Well, that was quite an afternoon, at the end of quite a week at the finale of quite a season.
York City transformation from also-rans to promotion winners was the stuff of comic books – and the fact that the final act took place in front of a record crowd in our new stadium… well, you couldn’t make it up.
So here is the day as fans saw it on Twitter… from the pre-match nerves to the emotional aftermath.
It all comes down to this.
— York City FC (@YorkCityFC) May 21, 2022
We are York. We Fight to the End.👊#YCFC 🔴🔵 pic.twitter.com/VTFPsTacYq
Preparing for kick off! @vocationbrewery #ycfc #hebdenbridge pic.twitter.com/Oo4Tpfw6M5
— Alen Bardet (@alenbardet) May 21, 2022
Check this out. It’s why my stomach is like a washing machine on full spin and kick off is still 4 hrs away. I’m 64 and know I should grow up. Maybe one day. But don’t bank on it. https://t.co/5oszrIkAcR
— Terry Espiner (@TerryEspiner) May 21, 2022
Looking forward to a thrilling @premierleague finale tomorrow, but today is all about two clubs hugely special in my life – @YorkCityFC & @SunderlandAFC. Double promotion please 🙏 🤞
— Guy Mowbray (@Guymowbray) May 21, 2022
I’m here… I’m ready… are you? 👀#YCFC 🔴🔵 pic.twitter.com/LrbLO7IPyE
— Claire Pulpher (@Claire_Pulpher) May 21, 2022
FINAL DAY!!!! 🔴🔵❤️
— York City FC Turkey 🇹🇷🏴 (@YorkCityFCTR) May 21, 2022
🆚 @bostonunited
⏰ 17.00 (15.00 🏴)
🏟️ @YCFCStadium#YCFC pic.twitter.com/dxYKw2o4JX
But which scarf?!
— Jon Wakeman (@jon_wakeman) May 21, 2022
Come on York!#ycfc pic.twitter.com/T1TLc0kwFy
Brilliant! #ycfc https://t.co/DbVKLndHk2
— David Ward (@thecrescent78) May 21, 2022
#ycfc pic.twitter.com/Rwe8LT5Tv0
— Tuney (@YCFCtune) May 21, 2022
Whatever happens today, @YorkCityFC have given us so many happy days out this season. We’ll be cheering you on later like we have been all year. #YCFC Come on York!! pic.twitter.com/WSqO2TAG32
— Tom Bird (@tomwbird) May 21, 2022
Turnstiles are open!#ycfc 🔴🔵 pic.twitter.com/zBhJZayabR
— York City FC (@YorkCityFC) May 21, 2022
How did the dinosaur get through the turnstile!!!#YCFC @YorkCityFC @YorkCityFrance pic.twitter.com/wCAkzBa2pb
— The Old Station (@theoldstationuk) May 21, 2022
@YfrontFanzine spotted in the @shedseven going for gold top #ycfc pic.twitter.com/M0QW7C2Fuu
— Scott Dickens (@scottwdickens) May 21, 2022
📋 Here is how we line up this afternoon in our Promotion Final!
— York City FC (@YorkCityFC) May 21, 2022
🔹 Unchanged from the semi-final
🔹 John-Lewis is fit and starts#YCFC 🔴🔵 pic.twitter.com/Kl5wK16OkR
John Lewis fit! Askey you devil! Come on City!! #ycfc https://t.co/DhT9Ccm9v6
— Simon (@spattinson001) May 21, 2022
Here come the boys!#YCFC 🔴🔵 pic.twitter.com/PvSnWuVNyt
— Claire Pulpher (@Claire_Pulpher) May 21, 2022
Greetings from a rainy central Illinois. Come on @YorkCityFC we can do this #ycfc pic.twitter.com/0Z2MfDlocN
— jwtm (@gbinpaxil) May 21, 2022
Supporting @YorkCityFC from Aveiro, Portugal 🇵🇹 #ycfc pic.twitter.com/YWYce5dzKg
— Joe Swift (@joe__swift) May 21, 2022
Signing in from Center Parcs. #comeoncity #YCFC pic.twitter.com/egzeiDz3iI
— Deadpanda77 (@deadpanda77) May 21, 2022
COME ON CITY!!! #YCFC pic.twitter.com/LfYIeI04Kv
— YorkMix (@theyorkmix) May 21, 2022
We are underway at the LNER Community Stadium!
— York City FC (@YorkCityFC) May 21, 2022
Give it your all lads!#YCFC 🔴🔵 pic.twitter.com/lzO9LgDPHT
HIS NAME IS A SHOPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!#YCFC 🔴🔵 pic.twitter.com/J3FpjHILaY
— York City FC (@YorkCityFC) May 21, 2022
Lenell John-Lewis Never knowingly under-goaled! GET IN #YCFC
— Paul Nicholson (@pablo100) May 21, 2022
6' BBBBBUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT DEEEE CITYYYYYYYYYYYYY
— York City France 🇫🇷 (@YorkCityFrance) May 21, 2022
LE MAGASIN QUI MARQUE!!!!
JE VEUX MA CARTE DE FIDÉLITÉ !!!!
YORK 1 BOSTON 0#YCFC #YORK pic.twitter.com/rAFSFbgTSM
Celebration nose bleed ultras. #ycfc pic.twitter.com/CN6geD2dk7
— Jim Calverley MBC (@JimibCalverley) May 21, 2022
37' – CROSSBAR! Clayton Donaldson brings the ball down and curls one towards the top corner – clattering the woodwork
— York City FC (@YorkCityFC) May 21, 2022
(1-0) #YCFC
You can see Clayton Donaldson's class in some of his touches but also in the way Boston are getting stuck into him whenever he gets the ball. He's just curled a shot onto the crossbar.
— Stuart Rayner (@sturayner) May 21, 2022
On top of it, though, the old man is putting in a good shift too.#YCFC 1-0
When I found @mazkouhyar out of the game and selling cars for a living, and helped him find a club, I didn’t think a year later he would be featuring as a star player in the final of the National League North play-offs for #YCFC. But here we are & my heart is full of pride. ❤️🇦🇫 pic.twitter.com/BTi2Shoa08
— Tom Latchem (@TomLatchem) May 21, 2022
So far so good…
— York City FC (@YorkCityFC) May 21, 2022
John-Lewis' opener puts us in the lead going into the break!#YCFC 🔴🔵 pic.twitter.com/y3jjylYs1F
HT York City 1 Boston 0. Fantastic performance #ycfc
— YorkMix (@theyorkmix) May 21, 2022
City lead at the break! All going well so far.#YCFC pic.twitter.com/8i3SQfSSFd
— Ryan Brookes (@RyanBrookes23) May 21, 2022
📸 Let's get the job done, massive second half coming up..#YCFC pic.twitter.com/QeB2MjlxDy
— Ryan Brookes (@RyanBrookes23) May 21, 2022
We are back for the second half!#YCFC 🔴🔵 pic.twitter.com/zdn5h6HZlc
— York City FC (@YorkCityFC) May 21, 2022
Biggest 45 minutes of the season #ycfc
— Paul Nicholson (@pablo100) May 21, 2022
55' – Kouhyar clattered by Brad Abbott on the wing. Lucky not to get a second yellow.
— York City FC (@YorkCityFC) May 21, 2022
Paul Cox gets a yellow card instead on the touchline – to the joy of everyone in the stadium.
(1-0) #YCFC
The countdown to promotion IS ON#YCFC pic.twitter.com/sgq06ns9au
— Ryan Brookes (@RyanBrookes23) May 21, 2022
67' – Scott Barrow is going to be stretchered off here.
— York City FC (@YorkCityFC) May 21, 2022
(1-0) #YCFC
This is so tense 😬 Ten minutes to go… come on York, don’t throw this away! 🔴🔵 #YCFC https://t.co/YdjryfLVNd
— Ben McCluskey (@ben_mccluskey) May 21, 2022
You can barely hear anything other than the sheer passion and energy of the City supporters.
— Claire Pulpher (@Claire_Pulpher) May 21, 2022
No one can take their eyes off the game as we enter the 83rd minute…#YCFC 🔴🔵
🏟 An unbelievable attendance of 7,448 at the LNER Community Stadium today 👏👏👏#YCFC pic.twitter.com/07kMkn8ZDP
— Ryan Brookes (@RyanBrookes23) May 21, 2022
SCENESSSSSS!!!!#YCFC 🔴🔵 pic.twitter.com/6Y8Q9FFZKg
— York City FC (@YorkCityFC) May 21, 2022
85' – GOAL! MAZ KOUHYAR!
— York City FC (@YorkCityFC) May 21, 2022
What a tackle by Clayton Donaldson in the final third to set Kouhyar off down the right, he cuts inside and scores at the near post!
(2-0) #YCFC https://t.co/YjuIxNKXtt
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!! #ycfc
— Chuitar (@chuitar) May 21, 2022
85th minute and City’s Afghan international brings the fairytale ending into view… #ycfc
— Greg Stone 🔶🇦🇲 🇺🇦 (@gm_stone) May 21, 2022
I'm currently at Lords and really struggling not to cry.#ycfc https://t.co/jqtvc9TWoH
— Brian Stokes (@brianstokes92) May 21, 2022
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM #ycfc
— Noddy (@Noddy_Holder) May 21, 2022
Full-on party mood here: "We are going up!" sing the #YCFC fans in unison.
— Stuart Rayner (@sturayner) May 21, 2022
2-0
DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO ME JOHN ASKEY. I AM ALL YOURS #ycfc
— Browny (@Browny_90) May 21, 2022
THE FINAL WHISTLE!!! WE ARE GOING UP!!!#YCFC 🔴🔵 pic.twitter.com/IhwPN8VRdN
— York City FC (@YorkCityFC) May 21, 2022
WE.
— Matthew Day (@matthewnotmatt) May 21, 2022
ARE.
GOING.
UP.
SAID.
WE.
ARE.
GOING.
UP!!!!!!!#YCFC #WeAreYork #CityAreMassive 🔴🔵 @YorkCityFC #Promotion pic.twitter.com/fjww7vNhbA
These playoff matches need to come with a mascara warning! It’s been a long road old road finding a way out of the doldrums but we did it! What a win! @thecrescent78 @BBCYorkSport #YCFC #YorkCity #CityAreMassive 🤩🎉✨🌈⚽️🔴🔵 pic.twitter.com/jFhB2VrcF7
— philippa (@phillyvanilly78) May 21, 2022
Knock knock…. Guess who back? @TheVanaramaNL #YCFC https://t.co/vcfp8eKXcv
— York City FC Turkey 🇹🇷🏴 (@YorkCityFCTR) May 21, 2022
We are going up! #YCFC pic.twitter.com/AReyKElwbY
— Reaction Photography (@ReActionPhotos) May 21, 2022
WE ARE BACK!!!!!! #YCFC pic.twitter.com/IRyEIjvMqb
— Ryan Brookes (@RyanBrookes23) May 21, 2022
This is what it means. #YCFC
— Jacob Kilbride (@jacob_kilbride) May 21, 2022
📸 @tom_poole_87 pic.twitter.com/u5KJJAGXNi
Playoff winners for the third time in our history 🏆#YCFC pic.twitter.com/ij6QlCE9I0
— Ryan Brookes (@RyanBrookes23) May 21, 2022
A sell out crowd in sixth division regional football and the son of an Afghan interpreter just scored the goal that means we no longer have any claim on being the worst professional football club in the world. Stupid stupid wonderful sport. #ycfc pic.twitter.com/egz01aWRUM
— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) May 21, 2022
Superb news CONGRATULATIONS to everybody attatched to the club… A special mention to ALL the supporters who’ve stood by the club through the most difficult period in the clubs history ENJOY the moment & your night 🍻🍻 you deserve it… #YCFC #Promotion https://t.co/D1IJ6A0aQ4
— Shaun Collinge (@maltingsyork) May 21, 2022
Sheer joy! #ycfc 🆙️
— Richard Townend (@Rev_RichTea) May 21, 2022
The difference between this, and the deathly silence when we got relegated five years ago…Awesome scenes. pic.twitter.com/RjxUF5mnSF
I can’t describe how happy I feel, John Askey you’re some man. I don’t ‘heaven’ and all that shit but I really hope the old man knows what happened today
— Noddy (@Noddy_Holder) May 21, 2022
York City til I die #ycfc
What is there to say after that? What could possibly explain the way that crowd, those goals, that JOY, actually felt? Soak it in. Drink it up. Believe.
— Tony Cole (@Yorktone) May 21, 2022
YORK CITY FC HAVE BEEN PROMOTED
The #ycfc faithful have been rewarded. Finally. We did it. We actually did it… pic.twitter.com/2zjq9Szig3
🔴🔵 WE ARE GOING UP SAY WE ARE GOING UP 🔴🔵
— Tommy (@tommyf1996) May 21, 2022
I actually cried when the final whistle went. Another great season following City home and away. Askey turned our season around and got us out of regionalised non-league football, for that we will always be grateful. #ycfc pic.twitter.com/CQZLhmakie
We did it!! @YorkCityFC promoted!! #YCFC
— Tom Bird (@tomwbird) May 21, 2022
(have to tell them football’s not always like this) pic.twitter.com/heUEslklps
Celebrations at the LNER stadium, #YCFC promoted to the National League after beating #BostonUnited 2-0 @YPSport #YorkCity pic.twitter.com/dw5sNdnReA
— Tony Johnson📷 (@TonyJohnsonYPN) May 21, 2022
Thrilled to see @YorkCityFC promoted to the @TheVanaramaNL – a big step on the long road back and in our centenary year too! Watching from Boston 🇺🇸 👀 #YCFC 👊
— Jon Champion (@JonChampionJC) May 21, 2022
MAGIC https://t.co/xqs3A92cft
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) May 21, 2022
The lads did it! We are going up @YorkCityFC #YCFC pic.twitter.com/IcnnYFm75A
— Paul Bristow MP (@paulbristow79) May 21, 2022
29th January: York City sit 15th in the National League North and appoint John Askey.
— bet365 (@bet365) May 21, 2022
21st May: York City are promoted to the National League.#YCFC 🔴🔵 pic.twitter.com/o5ZmNZ6W20
City till I die #ycfc pic.twitter.com/OFn0EiZt6p
— YorkMix (@theyorkmix) May 21, 2022
It’s been a very long season I’ve been there all the way. It’s had it ups and downs. Today is one of those you chase and dream off. It’s been a wonderful day so many handshakes and hugs and now we are going up say we are going up! I love this club and fans #ycfc pic.twitter.com/h94R2IwhfH
— Y Front (@YfrontFanzine) May 21, 2022
CITY ARE MASSIVE #ycfc @YorkCityFC pic.twitter.com/jD3okFhvmd
— Dave Olsen (@dave_olsen16) May 21, 2022
The Minstermen’s big, MASSIVELY WELL-DESERVED moment is coming.
— Claire Pulpher (@Claire_Pulpher) May 21, 2022
The emotions in this stadium are out of this world.
KEEP THE FAITH. #YCFC 🔴🔵 pic.twitter.com/qKO5zoVwzB
In the most York City thing ever, this is the view of the trophy lift from the livestream. #YCFC 🔴🔵 pic.twitter.com/hF8L5kN3J6
— Will Harris (@ChipsyYCFC) May 21, 2022
Here’s the big moment for @YorkCityFC 👏
— The National League (@TheVanaramaNL) May 21, 2022
They’re back in the National League! pic.twitter.com/iASzhTMKFF
Ladies and gents… THE @Vanarama PROMOTION FINAL WINNERS!!!@YorkCityFC ARE GOING UP!!!!#YCFC 🔴🔵 pic.twitter.com/2YL8GfYfoQ
— Claire Pulpher (@Claire_Pulpher) May 21, 2022
#YCFC it's only time before a massive club like @YorkCityFC started trending on twitter @YfrontFanzine @YorkCityFC @YorkCityFrance pic.twitter.com/SJpvKRydnH
— paul elmer (@PJElmer73) May 21, 2022
Been waiting to say this for years…. WE ARE GOING UP, SAY WE ARE GOING UP @YorkCityFC ❤️💙 https://t.co/f0Q5Fla7Os pic.twitter.com/RWoTXBf1Al
— Scott Barrow (@19Barrow10) May 21, 2022
Go on Kurt 👨✈️#YCFC 🔴🔵 pic.twitter.com/aTMCYMoHDp
— York City FC (@YorkCityFC) May 21, 2022
Jack and Pete’s blossoming friendship has been the most beautiful part of our turnaround on the last few weeks and it’s been beautiful to watch. #ycfc https://t.co/ZnetfLuJxf
— Greg Stone 🔶🇦🇲 🇺🇦 (@gm_stone) May 21, 2022
You beauty! #ycfc pic.twitter.com/3C643OipPh
— David Ward (@thecrescent78) May 21, 2022
Celebratory scotch egg #ycfc pic.twitter.com/JWnihWF6St
— Greg Stone 🔶🇦🇲 🇺🇦 (@gm_stone) May 21, 2022
If you want to relive the excitement of today’s @YorkCityFC promotion, have a listen to my mix of the game #weareyork #ycfc #minstermen – 90minutes zipped into less than 5minutes! https://t.co/VqIaSl76ts
— Jeremy Buxton 📻 (@JeremyBuxton) May 21, 2022
When’s the open top bus parade @YorkCityFC 😉🏆🔴🔵 #ycfc
— Rob Lee (@Rob_Lee95) May 21, 2022
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