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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Michael Butler

York City and a ‘3UP’ campaign intended to make football a little less silly

York City fans
York City fans face another season in the National League. Photograph: Alun Roberts/ProSports/Shutterstock

FAIR GAME?

With a reduced slate of action and few transfers of note this week in the men’s or women’s game (unless you count Mainz signing forward and renowned Gwen Stefani fan Benedict Hollerbach), and still no word on Arne Slot’s new residency in Ibiza, Football Daily was fast running out of content for Tuesday’s missive. So thank goodness for the open letter from York City owner Julie-Anne Uggla addressed to the National League and the Football League, regarding the “structurally unjust” promotion system in the fifth tier of English football, which sees just the regular season winners (this season: Barnet) and one playoff winner go up from six teams, who finished second to seventh. Hurray!

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