York City fans are getting used to ‘do or die’ games.
York City v Forest Green Rovers, Bootham Crescent, York
Sat Apr 29 @ 12.15pm
The club has been through some dark days – but always made it through to a new dawn.
On Saturday the team face what is arguably their most crucial game yet.
Televised live on BT Sport they play Forest Green Rovers. City need to win, and hope other teams above them falter, to stay up.
Otherwise City will be banished to the National League North.
This is the sixth tier of English football, the lowest the club will have plummeted in its 95 year history, home to the likes of Gainsborough Trinity, Harrogate Town and Alfreton Town.
But are fans downhearted? Well slightly. But the fighting spirit has kicked in, as these fan responses testify…
York City Need You More Than Ever This Saturday! #ycfc pic.twitter.com/dSPqQcVNda
— Y Front (@YfrontFanzine) April 27, 2017
Where the clubs stand
All the final games kick-off at 12.15pm on Saturday (April 29)
Bottom four clubs relegated
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| League position |
Team | Points | Goal diff |
Last game |
| 17 | Chester | 52 | -6 | Boreham Wood (15th) (H) |
| 18 | Woking | 52 | -14 | Dagenham (4th) (A) |
| 19 | Torquay | 50 | -9 | North Ferriby (23rd) (H) |
| 20 | Guiseley | 50 | -1 | Solihull Moors (16th) (H) |
| 21 | York City | 49 | -15 | Forest Green (3rd) (H) |
| 22 | Braintree | 48 | -23 | Aldershot (5th) (A) |
| 23 | North Ferriby | 39 | -48 | Torquay (19th) (A) |
| 24 | Southport | 38 | -45 | Lincoln (1st) (H) |
‘If we do it, I might just go loopy’
get your lucky socks or your prayer shawl on for #ycfc this weekend #flickr https://t.co/BOx1I5UmMW
— Tony Cole (@Yorktone) April 26, 2017
With the club facing relegation, football fever has gripped the residents of York! #ycfc pic.twitter.com/sKB33LZ91r
— Y Front (@YfrontFanzine) April 28, 2017
People who say it's just a game #ycfc ??⚽ pic.twitter.com/vR7dkBVSIx
— Jon Taylor (@JonTango) April 29, 2017
We can do it!
The Great Escape Theme. #ycfc https://t.co/wQL3rz1UfD— Keith Walwyn Statue (@Walwynstatue) April 24, 2017
If i ever buy a pub I'm naming it the Muggletons Arms #ycfc
— Guy Mowbray (@Guymowbray) April 22, 2017
#Messi fancy a kick about on Saturday ? #ycfc
— Gaz (@GazWogga) April 23, 2017
Everywhere we go… #YCFC pic.twitter.com/VKMQvgOKgD
— Bobbinson Crusoe (@bobbinsoncrusoe) April 23, 2017
IMO: Perhaps THE most important game in the history of @YorkCityFC on Saturday and I include any Play off or Trophy final in that ?⚽️??#ycfc
— York City FC Police (@NYPYCFC) April 26, 2017
When someone tells me “It’s only a football match” #YCFC pic.twitter.com/lqsI62So66
— Tom (@tom_armstrong) April 29, 2017
Time to roll this one out for the last time. Supporting York City in one photograph #ycfc pic.twitter.com/aRsAl8etdw
— Noddy (@Noddy_Holder) April 29, 2017
City fans everywhere be like… #ycfc pic.twitter.com/qjrkIGvgSi
— Chuitar (@chuitar) April 22, 2017
We need a Striker to save us on Saturday! #ycfc pic.twitter.com/0Fl0fWObsD
— Y Front (@YfrontFanzine) April 25, 2017
if it's 0-0 going into injury time, a win keeps us up, and Jon Parkin unleashes a top corner howitzer, it could eclipse Brodie 2010 #ycfc
— Rodge (@roguez9) April 26, 2017
This plant is like #ycfc fans, it's Erysimum Constant Cheer, even in this turbulent season. Good luck on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/m2rKWIGFBC
— Johnsons Xpress (@WhixleyXpress) April 28, 2017
Tomorrow, there will only be 2 emotions possibly felt. Absolute elation & euphoria. Or inexorable heartbreak. There's no in between #ycfc
— Graham Brown (@GrahBrown) April 28, 2017
Let's showcase on BT what we are about york fans. Best in the league even at this stage. #ycfc
— Sam James Wade (@SamJamesWade) April 26, 2017
Spent day number crunching with VERY interesting results. #ycfc played 19 league games in 2017. If season starts Jan 1st, they would be 9th! pic.twitter.com/xYrdxewq2v
— David Ward (@thecrescent78) April 25, 2017
Hoping for one of these later @YorkCityFC . #YCFC #Millsyfistpump pic.twitter.com/73g7JbIHr9
— Pete Marshall (@petemarshall7) April 29, 2017
"If we do it, I might just go loopy," says #ycfc boss Gary Mills ahead of make-or-break @FGRFC_Official game https://t.co/8Psnb181yI
— BBC Radio York Sport (@BBCYorkSport) April 27, 2017