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YORK

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FOUNDED 1868

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LOCATION York
ENTERED LEAGUE 1902
LEFT LEAGUE Championship One
  GROUNDS Knavesmire, Wigginton Road, Huntington Stadium  
CAPACITY 5,000
NICKNAMES Knights, Ryedale-York

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HIGHEST LEAGUE POSITION 3rd in 1933

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LOWEST LEAGUE POSITION 8th in Third Tier 1997
MOST LEAGUE PTS 52 in 1933
FEWEST LEAGUE PTS 2 in 1919
  MOST POINTS SCORED 747 in 1993  
MOST POINTS CONCEDED 849 in 1948
BEST POINTS DIFFERENCE 412 in 1993

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WORST POINTS DIFFERENCE -633 in 1948

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CHALLENGE CUP Runners Up 1931 v Halifax 8-22
MOST INDIVIDUAL APPEARANCES 449 Willie Hargreaves 1952-65
HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL POINTS SCORER 2159 Vic Yorke 1954-67
  HIGHEST LEAGUE CROWD 4,977 v Halifax 5/1/1990  
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Championship One
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