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Branch News And History

2007
October 21	23 City London South fans foresake Lewis Hamilton's Brazilian woes to see City live on Setanta underneath the arches at Waterloo. The start of another 10 year winless run onTV?
August 30	18 City London South fans see City further extend their winless record when live on TV (excluding Live TV friendlies) as we twice lead only to lose 2-3 in London's Old Doctors Head.
August 24	Friday night in Tottenham, York City Knights at London Skolars. After our foray into Division 1, we were back on familiar ground, familiar results, albeit only 34-0 and not our usual 50+ points. Unfortunately, The Knights didn't take part in Part 2 of The London Rugby Weekender a day later preferring to leave St Helens and Catalan Dragons to fight it out for The The Challagne Cup.
August 20	26 fans (including a couple suporting Exeter) witness City extend their winless record when live on TV (excluding Live TV friendlies) as we get our first point of the season in a 1-1 draw at Exeter.
June 3	We entered the APFSCIL (Association of Provincial Football Supporters Clubs in London) 5-a-side tournament along with 11 other teams representing clubs from across England and Scotland. York City South worked their way to the semi-finals and earned a stunning plaque for the City South trophy cabinet. In the group stage the City South team faced Hibs, Stoke, and Southampton. Hibs were despatched 2-0 before a harsh 0-4 defeat by Stoke that was not helped by all the City South players attacking trying to get back in the game rather than having anyone defend. Southampton were then thrashed 4-1 to ensure qualification. Praise to David Ward who scored all 4 goals against the Saints, as well as one against Hibs, the other being scored by Chris Sutherland. In the quarter finals City South played Norwich City and rushed into a 4-1 lead, 2 more goals from Ward, 1 from Neil Borthwick and another from Chris Sutherland. However, this was nearly thrown away as Norwich came back to 4-3 and City managed to withstand a strong Norwich finish. The semi-final saw a weary City South play another Hibs team who despatched our tired heroes 4-0. Stoke went on to win the tournament but York City South took pride in their performance and deserved their success. Well done to all involved, especially to Marcus Cerny for organising our entry. Contact Marcus Cerny for all the details.
May 7	Biggest Yorkcitysouth cavalcade, numbering more than 2 figures, since Everton hits the motorways from all points south (Devon, Essex, Brighton, London plus) en route to Morecambe. Meanwhile, 45+ members congregate underneath the arches at Waterloo to watch City's play off game at Morecambe. City's bad reputation has reached The Met as one of their finest kept a watchful eye over us.
January 4	Over 25 members turn up at our Sydney (Australia) branch launch.
2006
October 12	Good turn out at Josh Easby's last meeting before departing down under.
June 7 - 10	Summer marathon. 4 days in Southgate cheering Yorkshire onto victory over Middlesex. Thanks to Yorkshire's valiant efforts, we didn't need to return up on Saturday. Instead, we flew off to Germany to see England beat Paraguay.
May 20	Cancelled. Assuming we don't catch Accrington, branch trip to play off final (Leicester KO 5:30pm), overnight stay anticipated.
May 11	Cancelled. Assuming we don't catch Accrington, branch trip to play off semi final second leg.
May 6 or 7	Cancelled. Assuming we don't catch Accrington branch, trip to play off semi final first leg.
April 6	Guest speaker Billy McEwan addressed the meeting via conference phone.
March	Branch purchase brick for City's wall, costing £293.75 for the corporate version, no jokes at the back about it being better value than our red shirted wall. Individual bricks cost £39.95 in black lettering or £47.50 in gold lettering. You will also receive a certificate. Replica bricks are available at £29.95 in black and £37.50 in gold for you to keep at home. The wall will be built in such a way that it can be transferred to the new stadium.
February 10	Guest speaker Josh Easby enthrals all with his life and times with There's Only One Arthur Bottom and City director.
2005
October 13	With crowd congestion outside, the kick off was delayed by 15 minutes as branch members found their seats. Once underway, City showed no fear of United. Despite an all international back 4 and England Under 21 keeper behind them, City could have easily been 3 up in the first 20 minutes. Instead, a well worked move saw a Barnes thunderbolt hit the back of the net after 25 minutes. With Beckham at his best, wild tackles, first in line to rebuke the ref and drifting inside from his wing, City worked hard to maintain the advantage. After the break, a rejuvenated United were first denied by City and then stunned as City struck twice more in the first 10 minutes. Even when Paul Baker was sent off for 2 silly bookable offences, 10 man City continued to boss the game. Nerves jangled as the game entered the last 5 minutes, but unlike recent games the rearguard held out until the final whistle. Everyone enjoyed their night watching the recently released DVD of City's 3-0 win at Old Trafford in 1995.
August 29	28 supporters watch City on the big screen at The Hole In The Wall (Waterloo, not Petergate).
June 12	Summer Rugby League outing - London Skolars v York City Knights. The branch keeps up its 100% record when supporting The Knights. Why can't we do the same for The Minstermen? Sharing special guest status with The Minstermen was the cast of "Little Britain" filming a sketch for a future show, stick to acting boys, the outtakes were numerous as they proved just hard it is for a disabled rugby player in a wheelchair to intercept a pass, sprint and swallow dive over the line.
June 5	APSCIL 5 a side in Battersea Park. City South prove to be the proud of Yorkshire but not quite good enough to clinch the big prize.
May 12	Branch AGM at the monthly branch meeting.
April 23	Branch donate £1,000 to help save the reserves. Branch provide mascot for the game against Farnborough. Congrats to branch member David Ward and his bride, Philippa Gooder, on their wedding today. PS What's he doing writing to Arthur the next day?
April 17	Too much excitement at the quiz? Well we reconvened at The Oval as the first branch outing of the summer expected a snooze in the sun enjoying the gentle tap of leather on willow, vaseline (not Yorkshire) and beer as Yorkshire took on Surrey at The Oval. How wrong could we be, a run fest ensued and kept us on our toes as Yorkshire ran out convincing winners. On his toes in a different manner was Paul Hilton completing his first marathon around the streets of London, its still not too late to sponsor Paul.
April 14	Congrats to Andy Naylor, our 2005 York City quiz king. Try the quiz now and see if you can beat Andy’s 26 out of 36.
March 14	An even bigger turn out than for the Morecambe game, enjoy the regular venue as City go down 2-0 at Halifax. At last we kept dry and one person enjoyed the night.
April 2005	Your chance to VOTE NOW for the branch’s City Player Of The Season. Remember folks, your vote really does count!
January 12	Breakaway branch meeting at Stamford Bridge. Put off by £20 tickets, disgraceful scenes in the tunnel, sitting in the gods and bored to death by tactics, the miscreants endure Chelsea's 1-1 draw with Manure before seeking forgiveness at the following night's branch meeting.
January 8	City supporters make a small fortune at Stevenage. The ground bookmaker offered 9-1 Robinson as the first scorer. Nogan was 7-1 and various home players as short as 2-1. He didn't even know we had 2 Robinsons. Paul nets the first goal and City supporters celebrate 3 figure pay outs. The following Monday, City announce Jon Maloney actually got the last touch.
2004
November 11	Steve Beck attends the monthly meeting and gives us the inside story on the week's big news. What's Chris Brass been doing in his first 3 days since losing the manager's job, what made the board act when they did, Steve's regret on his decision to stand down as club chairman and what's our budget for next season were just some of the questions answered on the night in a no holds barred seesion. Read Steve's best bits
October 16	The branch's annual match sponsorship. Canvey Island 0-0. At least the game wasn't postponed as it was last season.
October 5	43 of us watch City's Sky TV game on the big screen at The Elusive Camel in Waterloo. The locals didn't know what hit them. Even the local William Hill got in on the act, proudly displaying outrageous odds for the day's big match in the shop window. 66/1 on the double, Bryan Stewart to score first and City to win 3-1. On a more sombre note, it was founder member Lawrence Fray's last meeting before he left London for the west country.
August 29	The branch’s second annual trip to Tottenham. London Skolars v York City Knights. Couldn't quite beat last season’s 66-6 win, but certainly better than watching Spurs and not as crowded as the Notting Hill Carnival.
August 1	Arundel was so good we thought we’d do it again to see Yorkshire CCC play Middlesex. No one told us there's no castle in Southgate.
June 27	The branch enjoys a day out at Arundel supporting Yorkshire CCC against Sussex. Great game and 4 points. When was the last time we could say that about City.
May	John Catton, maintaining his year on year improvement over the last 5 years, eventually wins the YCFC Quiz to add to his collection of 6 XXXL York City South sweatshirts. He got 24 got of a possible 29, click here to see if you can do better.
May	Darren Dunning wins the branch Player Of The Season award by just one vote.
March 20	City v Yeovil postponed. Yet another branch sponsored match called off. At least the food and drink were plentiful, you had to be there to see who sat on Chris Brass' knee and hear all the inside news.
Pre 2003	Minibuses to Lancashire, dubious dives in Livingstone, Douglas Craig, Dean Kiely, Sky TV and John Champion. You don't know what you missed.
October 14 2000	Branch organise "Ginner Dinner", a testimonial evening in support of Wayne Hall's testimonial year. After an afternoon game at Southend, Wayne is the guest of honour at a dinner in the City Of London. Where was Ginner at 2 in the morning? A large donation to his testimonial fund will secure all the details.
1997 - 2000	Branch malaise sets in. No events of note to report. City relegated, we have a good moan at our meetings, or at least we did until our venue host does a runner and we're left venue less.
July 19 - 20 1997	Branch weekend debauchery in Edinburgh as City appear on Live TV and scoop their Meadowbank 4 team trophy. You had to be there to know how John "Twinkle Toes" Catton wooed the fair maidens of Edinburgh in his disco outfit.
Spring 1997	The branch's soccer side draw their first ever game 1-1. Lack of fitness and lack of a goalscorer told as we failed to turn our domination into goals. Our opponents, The Household Cavalry hosted us in Kensington Gardens, the grounds of Charles and Di's London pad, kick off being put back to allow Charlie's chopper to launch from the centre circle. Post match canapes and wine were much appreciated. Our next game was in the shadows of Wormwood Scrubs!
Autumn 1996	Branch launched at The Citte Of Yorke pub in Chancery Lane.
May 1996	As news of plans to launch a City South branch spread, Brighton fans invade The Goldstone Ground, rushing the length of the pitch to offer their fivers to become founder members. Referee forced to abandon game in the rush.

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