LOOKING back to go forward is York City's midfield driving force Kevin Hulme.

The former Halifax Town skipper admits the Minstermen were left reeling by the manner of their 4-1 opening day mauling at Chesterfield last weekend.

But with City set to make their first home appearance of the new campaign against Cheltenham tomorrow, now is not the time to panic insists an experienced Hulme.

To prove his point, the 32-year-old explained both last season's top two sides - Rotherham and Swansea - suffered poor starts before going on to claim promotion.

Ironically, Swansea, who went up to Division Two as champions, lost 1-0 at Bootham Crescent while Rotherham went down 2-1 at Lincoln City.

"If you look at last season, Rotherham lost four out of five games so I don't think you can make any judgements until after ten or 15 games," said Hulme.

"We mentioned the result with Swansea as another way of staying positive. York kicked-off by winning that game but look where the sides finished.

"Come back and see where we are after ten games because I think only then can you judge how we are doing."