List of York City F.C. seasons
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York City Football Club, a professional association football club based in York, North Yorkshire, England, was founded in 1922. They were elected to play in the Midland League for the 1922–23 season. After seven seasons in the Midland League, York were elected to play in the Football League in 1929 and were placed in the Third Division North. The team reached the semi-final of the 1954–55 FA Cup, and were defeated by eventual winners Newcastle United in a replay, which is the furthest the club have reached in the competition. York played in the Third Division North until the 1958–59 season, when they were placed in the Fourth Division on league reorganisation. They won the first promotion in their history this season, after finishing third in the Fourth Division.
York were promoted to the Second Division in 1974 and the 1974–75 season saw them achieve their highest league placing after finishing in 15th place. Two successive relegations and a finish of 22nd in the Fourth Division saw the club apply for re-election to the Football League at the end of the 1977–78 season. York won their first and only title after finishing first in the Fourth Division in the 1983–84 season with 101 points, becoming the first team to reach a three-figure points total in a Football League season. The club's first play-off success came in the 1992–93 season, against Crewe Alexandra in the final.
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