The North Riding FA County Cup will no longer be hosted by York City because of a fixture backlog at Bootham Crescent.

The match, between Leeper Hare York and District League side Bishopthorpe United and Kirkbymoorside will now take place at Pickering Town's Recreation Ground, on Wednesday, April 18, kick-off 7.30pm.

Bishopthorpe boss Jeff Morrow said: "We're disappointed it's not going to be played at York City but there's nothing we can do about it.

"Pickering is a lot nearer to Kirkbymoorside than us so it will be like a home game for them, but we like being underdogs."

The Minstermen had agreed to host the match after Bishopthorpe and West Yorkshire League champions Nestl Rowntree won through to set up the first all-York final.

Rowntrees lost their place in the final after losing their semi-final rematch with the Moorsiders, which they were ordered to play after mistakenly fielding a cup-tied player.

The final had been arranged for last Wednesday but was called off because of a waterlogged pitch and City are now unable to fit the match into their schedule.

North Riding FA secretary Mark Jarvis said: "York City have got 24 games still to hold on that pitch this season and they could not fit us in."

Updated: 12:45 Thursday, April 12, 2001