A LITTLE piece of York City will forever remain as part of Wembley history.

Aside from the Minstermen's penalty play-off triumph under the Twin Towers over Crewe in 1993, as the grand old stadium today hosted its last ever international match today a former Minstermen favourite this week ensured he will always be remembered in the annals of Wembley.

Keith Houchen's magnificent diving header in Coventry City's 3-2 triumph over Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup final of 1987 is officially one of the greatest goals ever scored in the 77-year history of Wembley.

The strike by Houchen, who is still a regular to Bootham Crescent working for PA, the national news agency, came seventh in the top ten list of best ever strikes seen under the Twin Towers.

Voted for by the fans, charismatic Keith, who carved his name into Bootham Crescent folklore by scoring the late penalty that knocked Arsenal out of the FA Cup in 1985, is certainly in esteemed company.

Geoff Hurst's third goal for England in their 4-2 World Cup win over Germany in 1966 was third, Ricky Villa's mazy dribble against Manchester City in the 1981 Cup final second with Paul Gascoigne's stunning volley against Scotland in Euro 96 deemed the best of all time.

YORK born and bred, ex-City keeper Bobby Mimms should have had little difficulty in finding his way to Bootham Crescent last night for the first time since his March departure.

But he certainly had Mansfield manager Billy Dearden sweating when he failed to make the team bus for last Saturday's encounter at Lincoln City.

Mimms was not at the arranged rendezvous point and also failed to show at Sincil Bank when the team arrived.

However, all ended happily when the 36-year-old turned up 20 minutes before kick-off, had a quick warm-up and went on to play his part in a superb 2-0 win for the Stags.

Billy said: "Bobby was late after his car got stuck in heavy traffic. At 1.50pm I asked the referee's advice and he just said put him down on the team sheet and we could change it if need be.

But Bobby arrived about 2.40pm and like the true professional he is went out there and kept us a clean sheet."

YORK City Supporters' Club can now be found on the Internet at www.citysupporters.co.uk

Simon Collins, a Selby-based member, has put the site together.

It contains all the latest news from the Supporters' Club as they endeavour to reach a membership of 1500 and thereby earn a place for a fans' representative to sit on the City board.

The site's launch follows the successful launch of

www.yorkcitysouth.co.uk - the site of the official YCSC London and the South branch.

TERRY Dolan's decision to switch dugouts at the end of last season is still catching out the opposition.

Both Rochdale and Brighton substitutes at City's last two home encounters were all sitting pretty in the Minstermen dugout prior to kick-off before realising their mistake.

The glow from the red-faces as they were forced to swap sides was enough to warm the coldest of hearts.

City boss Dolan 'swapped' sides at the end of last year, moving into the long-standing away dugout to get a better view and therefore improve home advantage.

STRANGE but true. The attendance for York City's match at Exeter City last month was 2,904 - the very same as last season's corresponding fixture at St James' Park.

MORE facts for the anoraks.

Mark Sertori's red card against Hartlepool last week was the 12th brandished in a York City match since Terry Dolan took charge, some 27 games ago.

It means, on average, a red card is branded little over once every two matches when the Minstermen are in action.

Five City players, including Sertori, have received their marching orders with seven members of the opposition sent-off during Dolan's tenure.

YORK City's Football in the Community's autumn soccer fun week later this month will include a tour of Leeds United's Elland Road ground.

The fun week, at the Tadcaster Road site of York College, runs from Monday, October 23 to 27, from 10am to 3pm.

The FITC programme is now offering children's party packages at Bootham Crescent, which will include a tour of the ground, football activities in the club gym plus an autographed York City football.

The club's infamous mascot, Yorkie, can also put in an appearance.

For further details of both the funweek and parties, contact FITC officer Paul Olsson on 01904 613017.

FORMER York City loan ranger Martin Carruthers failed to break his goalscoring duck during his short Bootham Crescent tenure but finding the net at Roots Hall has never been a problem. Until last week.

His winning strike in Southend United's 1-0 win at Rochdale literally broke the net.

Carruthers' 31st minute screamer caused a ten-minute delay while groundstaff repaired the damage.

Ironically, Rochdale boss Steve Parkin is still believed to be trailing the Shrimpers hot-shot and has reportedly offered Southend £75,000 for his services.

Of his net-busting effort, Carruthers said: "I didn't see the net come off because I turned away as soon as I knew I had scored.

"But when I looked round I must admit I had a little laugh to myself. After the game I was left to joke with the lads about the power and strength of my shots - I've never known a net to literally fly off the frame of the goal!"