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This was the decade that saw City reach the old Second Division
for the first and only time in their history. Under the leadership
of Tom Johnston and skipper Barry Swallow, they won successive
promotions from Division Four in 1970/71 and the old Third Division
in 1973/74. 27th April 1974 was a red letter day for the club
when a 1-1 home draw against Oldham Athletic clinched promotion
to the Second. Chris Jones was the scorer and the line up was:
Crawford, Calvert, Burrows, Holmes, Swallow, Topping, Lyons,
Woodward, Seal, Jones, Butler
Aston Villa provided the opposition on the opening day of the
1974/75 campaign and 9,396 saw City draw 1-1 with Barry Lyons
having the honour of scoring City's first Second Division goal.
The fixture list that season included Sunderland, Southampton,
Nottingham Forest, West Bromwich Albion and Manchester United.
The Reds visited visited York on 21st December 1974 and won
1-0 in front of 15,314.
City finished the season in a respectable 15th position and
average League attendance of 8,828 was the highest since the
mid-1950s.
FA Cup highlights in the 1970s included a thrilling and dramatic
3-3 draw against Southampton when City netted twice in the last
three minutes to force a replay. This encounter was staged on
23rd January 1971 and was watched by 13,775.
In January 1975 City held Arsenal to a 1-1 draw at Highbury
but the Gunners won the replay at York 3-1 after extra time
with Brian Kidd netting a hat trick in front of 15,362.
A major alteration to the ground was in the summer of 1974 when
seats were installed in the Popular Stand prior to the start
of the Second Division football. This increased seating capacity
to 2,762.
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