ALAS POOR YORK CITY

FA Cup afternoon and 32 winners will raise £25,000 for their clubs courtesy of Emirates Funding. Previous FA Cup semi-finalists playing this afternoon include:
York City 1955, Leyton Orient 1978, Chesterfield 1997.
In 1955, remarkably, in the semi-final, York City held Newcastle United to a 1-1 draw on neutral ground and then lost 0-2 in the replay. They had beaten Notts County 1-0 in Rd 6, Tottenham 3-1 in Rd 5, Bishop Auckland in Rd 4 3-1.
The Bishop's were a top amateur side in those days (as they are now!) being losing finalists in the 1954 Amateur Cup,losing to Crook Town at Wembley (100,000 crowd). In 1955 they beat Hendon in the Final 2-0 and the crowd was 100,000!, In 1956 they drew 1-1 at Wembley and then beat the Corinthian Casuals 4-1 after a replay at Middlesbrough in front of 30,000. They were finalists again in 1957 winning 3-1 over Wycombe Wanderers.
Back to York City where they beat Blackpool in Rd 3 2-0 away (Blackpool had been Cup winners in 1953), Dorchester Town 2-5 away in Rd 2, Scarborough 3-2 at home in Rd 1. Some run.
 the badge from 1959-78
The modern one
and today they beat local north-easterners, Blyth Spartans 0-1 to move on into the First Round proper.
Leyton Orient lost to Maidstone United 2-0. Chesterfield beat AFC Fylde away 3-1.