Flying Dutch winger Carlos Floyd-Hasselbaink, elder brother of Leeds and Holland international Jimmy Floyd-Hasselbaink, is interested in a York City link.

City manager Alan Little confirmed today that the 29-year-old elder brother of the Leeds United star, who featured in the World Cup for beaten semi-finalists Holland, wants to try his luck at Bootham Crescent.

"We've got a video of him in action in the Dutch first division and he has electric pace," said Little.

"We've been told he is interested in coming here so he we are hoping to get a look at him."

Little is currently scouring the country for a right-sided winger to fill the vacuum caused by Graeme Murty's record-breaking £700,000 move to Second Division rivals Reading. So far his search has proved fruitless, Little explaining: "Wingers are apparently like gold dust. Every manager I've contacted has said the same.

"I'm working hard on bringing someone in, but it could be this week, next week, or maybe it might take another month."

Little is to take all his senior players to Pocklington tomorrow for the first 'outing' of the pre-season programme to celebrate the official opening of the new Pocklington sports club pavilion.

But just four days into the return to training after the summer break it will be very much a chop and change City line-up, who will be in action.

Added Little: "I plan to play everybody. They will all get some part of the game.

"None of them are ready for a full 45 minutes or a full 90 minutes, so with the permission of the referee I will be bringing players on and off right through the match."

Meanwhile, City's young brigade will operate in a new set-up next season after the folding of the Northern Intermediate League.

City will start in the North-east Conference of the new Football League Youth Alliance, which also comprises two other divisions - the North-west Conference and the Midlands Conference.

The NIL was scrapped after six member clubs from the Premiership opted out to concentrate on their new academies, explained City club secretary Keith Usher.

So City will now compete in a division alongside Grimsby Town, Hartlepool, Huddersfield, Rotherham, Scunthorpe, Darlington, Halifax Town, Scarborough, Hull City, Sheffield United and Bradford City.

The conference 'term' will finish on February 13 and two weeks later the top three clubs of the three conferences will then face each other to determine who is top dog.

The City youngsters' new arena opens with a home clash against Bradford City on August 15.

Usher today confirmed City's first round Worthington Cup tie against Sunderland on Tuesday, August 11 will not be all ticket.

However, he advised supporters to purchase advance tickets, which are now available from the club ticket office during office hours from Monday to Friday.

The tickets are priced £8, £9 or £11 for adults, £5, £6 or £7 concessions. Postal applications will be accepted and bookings can be taken over the telephone with Visa and Mastercard.

Sunderland have allocated City 1,100 tickets for the second leg at the Stadium of Light on Tuesday, August 18.

The tickets will cost £10 for adults and £5 concessions.

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