York City need Cup cash more than giantkilling glory
As a teenage York City fan in January 1985, Jason McGill leapt over the crowd barriers at Bootham Crescent and ran on to the pitch to celebrate Keith Houchen's famous last-gasp penalty that gave the Minstermen victory over Arsenal in one of the biggest FA Cup shocks of all time.
Twenty-five years on, the Cup is again giving McGill - - something to get excited about, albeit for slightly different reasons, as his club prepare for this weekend's third-round trip to Premier League side .
Under ambitious young manager Martin Foyle, York are flying on the pitch and lie in third place in the after a run of 10 wins in 11 games, a run that suggests they could trouble a Stoke side that are without a victory since 22 November and have not scored in five of their last six matches.
But, although stewards at the Britannia Stadium should be warned that McGill would jump at the chance of watching York cause another Cup upset, he will be looking at the bigger picture when he takes his seat in Staffordshire on Saturday.
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