page_title: Bootham Crescent
section_title: Records
hierarchical_section_title: Bootham Crescent / Records
caption_attribution_description: English: A graph of York City F.C.'s league attendances at Bootham Crescent, York from 1932 Highest attendances for the 1932–33 to 2007–08 seasons: Batters, David (2008) York City: The Complete Record, Derby: Breedon Books, pp.&#160;258–410 ISBN: 978-1-85983-633-0. Highest attendance for the 2008–09 season: (2009) Non-League Club Directory 2010, Tony Williams Publications, p.&#160;162 ISBN: 9-781869-833664. Highest attendance for the 2009–10 season: (2010) Non-League Club Directory 2011, Tony Williams Publications, p.&#160;160 ISBN: 9-781869-833688. Highest attendance for the 2010–11 season: (2011) Non-League Club Directory 2012, Tony Williams Publications, p.&#160;156 ISBN: 9-781869-833701. Highest attendance for the 2011–12 season: (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, Tony Williams Publications, p.&#160;162 ISBN: 9-781869-833770. Highest attendances for the 2012–13 to 2015–16 seasons: Statistics: English League Two: 2012/2013. ESPN FC. Retrieved on 23 August 2016. Individual seasons accessed via dropdown menu. Average attendances for the 1932–33 to 2007–08 seasons: Batters York City: The Complete Record, pp.&#160;235–237 Average attendance for the 2008–09 season: York City FC. European Football Statistics. Retrieved on 23 August 2016. Average attendance for the 2009–10 season: Flett, Dave (20 May 2010). "Review of York City's 2009/10 season". The Press. Retrieved on 23 August 2016. Average attendances for the 2010–11 to 2011–12 seasons: York City FC. European Football Statistics. Retrieved on 23 August 2016. Average attendance for the 2012–13 season: Statistics: English League Two: 2012/2013. ESPN FC. Retrieved on 18 August 2015. Average attendance for the 2013–14 season: Football League statistics. The Football League. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Average attendances for the 2014–15 to 2015–16 seasons: Statistics: English League Two: 2014/2015. ESPN FC. Retrieved on 23 August 2016. Individual seasons accessed via dropdown menu.
context_page_description: Bootham Crescent in York, North Yorkshire, England, is the home of York City football club and York City Knights rugby league club. With a capacity of 8,256, it is near the city centre, just over a mile from York railway station.
  York City leased land at Bootham Crescent from York Cricket Club as a replacement for their ground at Fulfordgate on the outskirts of the city. The ground was constructed in four months, and opened on 31 August 1932. In the Second World War, the Popular Stand was converted into an air-raid shelter, and the ground suffered slight damage when a bomb landed on houses along the Shipton Street End. York purchased Bootham Crescent for £4,075 in 1948. Floodlights were fitted at the ground in 1959, and replaced by ones twice as powerful in 1995. A number of improvements were made in the early 1980s, with a gymnasium, offices and a lounge for officials built.
  The David Longhurst Stand opened in 1991 after a roof was erected on the Shipton Street End, named after the former York player David Longhurst who died during a match at the ground in 1990.
context_section_description: The highest attendance record at the ground was 28,123 for a match against Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup sixth round on 5 March 1938. The highest attendance in the Football League is 21,010 against Hull City in the Third Division North on 23 April 1949. The attendance of 1,167 against Northampton Town on 5 May 1981 is the lowest ever to see York in a Football League match. York were relegated to the Conference National in 2004, and their highest home attendance in this division was 6,660 for a match against Morecambe on 4 May 2007. The lowest was 1,567 for a match against Exeter City on 10 March 2008. The lowest attendance at the ground for any first-team fixture was 608 for a Conference League Cup third-round match against Mansfield Town on 4 November 2008.
  The highest seasonal average attendance for York at Bootham Crescent was 10,412 in 1948–49. York's lowest seasonal average was 2,139 in 1977–78, which came after two successive relegations from the Second Division. The most recent season in which the average attendance was more than 10,000 was in 1955–56. This season also saw York's highest total seasonal attendance at the ground, which was 236,685. The lowest total seasonal attendance was 48,357 for 1977–78 in the Fourth Division.
  York's biggest margin of victory at Bootham Crescent was by eight goals, achieved with a 9–1 win over Southport in the Third Division North on 2 February 1957. Their biggest margin of defeat at the ground was by seven goals, when they were beaten 7–0 by Rochdale in a Third Division North match on 14 January 1939. The most goals scored in a match was 12 on 16 November 1935, when York defeated Mansfield Town 7–5 in the Third Division North.
caption: York City's highest and average league attendances at Bootham Crescent from the 1932–33 season
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