In less than a week’s time the football league season gets underway, as the first set of matches will be played throughout the divisions. The first day of the football season is always an exciting moment, as fans get to truly assess where there club lie after the summer break.
This applies especially to York City, who after an eight year absence make their long awaited return to the football league. On Saturday they kick of their League Two campaign as they host Wycombe Wanderers, who were relegated from League One last year. Their pre-season campaign has been completed, which included a successful match against York University to mark the opening of the new facilities. In that encounter the professional outfit eventually ran out 2-0 winners.
The past months have season excitement and anticipation build in ready for the big kick off. Indeed the season has actually already begun as, York were defeated on penalties by Doncaster Rovers on Saturday, after holding the side who were relegated from the Championship last year to a 1-1 draw throughout normal and extra time.
New signing Michael Coulson opened the scoring for York, before their League One opponents equalised in the 74th minute through a Chris Brown penalty. York comfortably matched their opponents through extra time, but were then defeated 4-4 on penalties by Doncaster, as Coulon and Matty Blair missed the target with their attempts. Despite the defeat it was an excellent performance, which bodes well for the season ahead.
York’s manager Gary Mills was pleased despite the eventual loss, telling BBC Radio York; “There’s a lot of positives there. We’ve shown we shouldn’t have to fear anything this season if we go and play like that. It was a penalty that got them back into the game and at the end of the day penalties have cost us. We move on and get ready for next Saturday now. ” Indeed if the side continue the promising display into their league campaign, then a potentially fruitful season lies in store. The waiting is now over, it is time for the football to begin.