Men’s First Team

Nationality: English | Date of Birth: 13/09/00

York City confirmed that goalkeeper Harrison Male had agreed to join the Minstermen upon the expiry of his contract in May 2024.

Male joined the club following a season at Dorking Wanderers, where he scooped up Young Player of The Year, Supporters Player of The Year, and Players’ Player of The Year accolades at the end of the 2023/24 season, alongside Player of the Month awards in August, September and March, after playing every competitive minute for them, bar the penultimate fixture of the campaign.

The shot-stopper is a product of the Leeds United academy, having spent over a decade coming through the youth ranks in West Yorkshire.

The goalkeeper has also represented England a few times between U15-17s level, as well as an England C appearance in 2023.

Male’s two-year spell at Worthing between 2021-23 concluded with 105 appearances at the Rebels, and the Players’ Player of the Year award.

Nationality: English | Date of Birth: 01/10/99

York City announced the capture of goalkeeper George Sykes-Kenworthy on a permanent transfer for an undisclosed fee from Bradford (Park Avenue) in October 2023.

Sykes-Kenworthy departed Horsfall Stadium having featured 88-times for The Green Army across a spell just shy of two years.

The goalkeeper started his footballing journey with Bradford City at under-8 level within the Bantams’ Academy, signing his first professional contract (a two-year deal) with the club in March 2018.

The shot-stopper picked up an accolade in May 2018 and was named Bradford City’s ‘Youth Team Player of the Year’ for the 2017/18 season.

A loan move to Guiseley in the National League North followed in the summer of 2019, featuring nine-times with the Lions before then Bradford City boss Gary Bowyer recalled him.

His senior Bradford City debut came off the back of it, starting against Manchester City U21s in the EFL Trophy in September 2019. He then earned a further Bantams appearance in November that year, featuring against Rochdale in the EFL Trophy too.

Sykes-Kenworthy then spent a season with Derby County’s under-23 side after departing Bradford City in the summer of 2020. Signing in October, he accrued ten Premier League 2 appearances and kept three clean sheets before leaving in June 2021.

A deal with Boston United was agreed on the eve of the 2021/22 season, following a successful trial period, where he featured seven times for the Pilgrims before setting at Bradford (Park Avenue) later that year.

Sykes-Kenworthy has enjoyed the most consistent football in his career to date with The Green Army, keeping 25 clean sheets since signing in December 2021.

Following impressive performances during his time at the club, the 24-year-old was named as First Team Captain for the 2023/24 season, taking the role from an experienced Avenue veteran in Gianluca Havern.

Nationality: English | Date of Birth: 05/02/96

York City were delighted to announce the signing of goalkeeper Rory Watson following his departure from League Two outfit Doncaster Rovers in August 2023.

The 27-year-old put pen to paper on a deal until the end of the season with the Minstermen.

York-born Watson spent the 2022/23 season with National League champions Wrexham, having joined from Scunthorpe United where he made more than 100 appearances across League One and Two.

Watson bowed out of Glanford Park having picked up six end of season accolades, including the Ernie Storey Memorial Player of the Season for 2021-22.

Position: Defender | Nationality: Irish | Date of Birth: 05/08/1999

The central defender departed Greenock Morton in the summer of 2024, having featured 68 times across all competitions for the Scottish team since 2022, to sign for the Minstermen.

Originally born in Croydon, England, O’Connor moved to Ireland in 2005 as a young child.

O’Connor made 20 appearances for Wexford in the First Division of Irish football as a youngster.

Performances at Wexford earnt him his first professional contract at Leicester City, signing for the Premier League outfit in August 2019.

A switch to Scotland followed signing for Scottish Premiership side Motherwell in 2021 and featuring for Queen of the South on loan in January 2022, making 17 appearances in total.

Position: Defender | Nationality: English | Date of Birth: 29/09/99

Joe Felix agreed to join the Minstermen upon the expiry of his contract at Worthing, following a successful year, in the summer of 2024.

Felix started his career as a Fulham scholar before moving across to QPR and heading on loan to Burgess Hill, Woking and Farnborough.

Other spells also saw him land at Hampton and Richmond Borough, Hendon, Maidstone United, Billericay Town and Torquay United in the National League.

Felix is a versatile player who can play across the right-hand flank and at the back, providing real flexibility again to Adam Hinshelwood.

Felix went from Dulwich Hamlet to Worthing in 2023, going on to feature 52 times for the Rebels initially under Hinsh.

Felix setup 15 goals in the 2023/24 season, scoring three of his own too.

His impressive performances were backed up at the end of the season by his peers, picking up the Player’s Player of the Season award.

Nationality: English

Leon Gibson-Booth joined York City Academy in 2023.

A defender who naturally plays on the left side, Gibson-Booth came through the i2i Football Academy before linking up with York City’s U19s.

The youngster netted in the Minstermen’s National League Football Academy Cup semi-final win away at Blyth Spartans in 2024 to help his side through to the final at St. George’s Park, in which he started.

Nationality: English | Date of Birth: 09/04/94

Howe joined the Minstermen from fellow National League side Solihull Moors, where he was club captain, in the summer of 2023.

Born in Doncaster, Howe returned to Yorkshire to join York City for an undisclosed fee.

The central defender featured 122 times for Solihull Moors across a four year spell between 2019-23

Howe also has plenty of National League experience with the likes of Lincoln, Eastleigh, Southport and Alfreton.

Nationality: Dutch | Date of Birth: 12/03/00

Amsterdam-born Andoh became the Minstermen’s fifth new signing of the summer in 2023.

The defender began his career with Aston Villa’s academy, before going on to have spells in Non-League with Cradley Town and Worcester City.

Promising form earned a move to Ipswich Town in December 2019 after he featured several times for their U23 side on trial, and he made his debut for The Tractor Boys in an EFL Trophy match against Crawley Town a year later.

After a two-year stay in Suffolk, the 6ft 3in defender, who operates mainly on the right-hand side but can also play in central defence, then joined Hereford originally on a short-term loan deal.

After spending further loan spells with Buxton and Hednesford Town, Andoh re-joined National League North side Hereford in January.

Nationality: English | Date of Birth: 03/01/1996

Ryan Fallowfield joined York City in the summer of 2022 following the club’s promotion to the National League.

An energetic right back by trade well-known to York City supporters prior to his signature after playing against the club for North Ferriby United in the National League and Harrogate Town – where he played a pivotal role in their rise to the Football League.

He made a total of 168 appearances for Harrogate over the course of five seasons.

Fallowfield took the armband a number of times in the 2023/24 season before going on to win Clubman of the Year award for the season.

Nationality: English | Date of Birth: 18/11/1997

York City secured the signature of Adam Crookes in the summer of 2022, following the club’s promotion to the National League.

The left-sided defender began his youth career at Nottingham Forest, heading out on loan to Lincoln and Port Vale before signing permanently at Vale.

Crookes featured 49 times in League Two before moving on to Grimsby Town, who had just been relegated to the National League.

Grimsby Town were promoted from the National League at the first attempt in the 2021/22 season, with the defender contributing to their promotion by featuring 25 times that season.

Nationality: English | Date of Birth: 17/03/01

Midfielder Ricky Aguiar signed on a permanent transfer from EFL League Two side Swindon Town for an undisclosed fee in July 2024, ending a three year spell

Aguiar broke into senior football down on the south coast with Worthing under manager Adam Hinshelwood.

Between 2018-21, the midfielder turned out over 90 times for Worthing and ended his first season as Managers’ and Players’ Player of the Year, retaining the former in 2019/20. Across the 95 appearances, he netted 15 goals.

Swindon Town snapped up the midfielder following a successful number of years at Worthing in 2021.

In his maiden Football League season, Aguiar featured 19 times and scored twice. He also featured in the National League South for Chippenham that season on loan, featuring in 14 games and scoring 7.

Across the 2022/23 season, another 13 appearances in the Football League were added to Aguiar’s tally. Aguiar began 2023/24 by securing a season-long loan back at Worthing. 30 appearances and 11 goals later, Swindon activated a clause to recall the midfielder in January 2024.

He turned out a further nine times for Swindon between then and the end of the 2023/24 season.

Nationality: English | Date of Birth: 13/01/99

York City announced the signing of Marvin Armstrong on a permanent transfer from Barnet in the middle of March 2024.

The midfielder linked back up with manager Adam Hinshelwood again, having played under the manager whilst playing for Worthing.

A successful, impressive, pre-season trial at Worthing in 2019 earned Armstrong a deal at The Rebels.

Despite a COVID-hit period, Armstrong went on to make 89 appearances and establish himself as an ‘integral cog in the heart of Adam Hinshelwood’s midfield’.

During his final season for Worthing, Armstrong played a pivotal role in securing their promotion to the National League South.

Fellow National League side Barnet acquired his services in the summer of 2022, signing a permanent deal with The Bees.

35 appearances followed in his inaugural National League campaign at The Hive, across all competitions, before a further 21 games followed in the 2023/24 season.

Armstrong featured seven times for the Minstermen in his brief 2023/24 period, netting a goal against Bromley before setting up for an assist against Chesterfield

Nationality: English | Date of Birth: 29/05/00

Nationality: English | Date of Birth: 10/12/97

York City were delighted to announce the signing of Daniel Batty following his departure from League One outfit Fleetwood Town.

The midfielder put pen to paper on a three-year-deal in August 2023.

The battling midfielder brings vast experience at Football League level to the LNER Community Stadium, having featured 58 times in the Championship and 81 times at League One level with both Hull City and Fleetwood Town.

Nationality: English | Date of Birth: 04/02/2001

York City signed attacker Tyrese Sinclair upon the expiry of his contract at Rochdale in May 2024.

Sinclair, who joined the Dale in 2022, played 34 games across all competitions last season, and ended the campaign with 11 goals to his name.

The forward began his youth career at Blackburn Rovers before settling at Mansfield Town in 2017, following a successful EFL trial day when he was just 17-years-old.

Loan spells with Radcliffe and Basford United followed for Sinclair, between 2019/20, experiencing senior men’s football for the first time.

Sinclair went on to feature 44 times for Mansfield during his spell, also heading out on loan to Scunthorpe United in League Two in his final Stags season.

Dale acquired the attacker’s service after release from Mansfield in the summer shortly after.

In total, Sinclair featured 70 times for Rochdale across his two-year spell, scoring 14.

Nationality: Portuguese | Date of Birth: 13/05/01

York City announced the signing of winger Leone Gravata from Eastbourne Borough on a permanent deal at the start of March 2024.

The winger joined from National League South side Eastbourne, a club he has spent his full career with up from U18 level.

Gravata is naturally a left winger, but can also play on the right or as an attacking midfielder, providing some good versatility going forward for Adam Hinshelwood.

Gravata briefly spent time on loan at Hendon, where he managed a single goal in the seven matches he appeared in.

He featured in just over 100 games for Borough, establishing himself as a fans’ favourite.

The youngster’s big breakthrough campaign came in 2022/23, totalling 46 league appearances and chipping in with nine goals as Eastbourne narrowly missed out on the playoffs.

In 2023/24, Gravata scored three goals across 31 games for Eastbourne before featuring once for his debut away at Kidderminster for York.

Nationality: English | Date of Birth: 24/01/2000

York City announced the signing of Billy Chadwick in January 2023.

The forward penned a permanent deal with the Minstermen following his release from League Two’s Stockport County, where he signed in the summer of 2023 before heading out to Gateshead on loan.

Hull-born Billy joined The Tigers’ academy setup aged-11, working his way through the ranks for 12-years.

Several appearances across 2020 saw Billy given a professional contract extension until 2022, when a further option was taken to keep him until 2023.

FC Halifax Town acquired the services of the forward initially in December 2020, scoring on his debut against Hartlepool. He finished his one-month spell at The Shay with three goals in five appearances.

Three substitute appearances in League One, and one in the EFL Trophy, for Hull City eventually led to a second Shaymen spell, where a further two goals in 13 appearances followed.

Linfield, of the Northern Irish Football League, called for Chadwick in the 2021/22 season. The forward made 18 appearances for the Blues all together, including three in the UEFA Europa Conference League Qualifiers where scored one, before a serious knee injury ruled him out for the season.

Chadwick then spent the second half of the 2022/23 season on loan at National League North side Boston United once recovered, scoring 11 goals in 20 appearances, and earned the division’s Goal of the Season award for an extraordinary long-range strike against Leamington.

Having joined Stockport County following his release from Hull City in the summer of 2023, the forward racked up 23 appearances, five goals and two assists for the Heed during his spell in the North East.

Nationality: English | Date of Birth: 10/06/97

Dipo Akinyemi joined for an undisclosed fee from Ayr United in the summer of 2023 after finishing the season as the Scottish Championship top scorer and Player of the Year.

The forward scored 24 goals and made 11 assists in 45 appearances in all competitions in his 2022/23 campaign. Akinyemi has previously been prolific in National League South with Welling United and Dulwich Hamlet too.

A fans’ favourite at the LNER Community Stadium already, Akinyemi bagged 15 goals in his first Minstermen campaign to finish as top goalscorer and top assister.

Nationality: English | Date of Birth: 17/05/89

Vastly experienced forward, nicknamed ‘The Shop’, who joined City initially on loan from Grimsby Town in February 2022.

John-Lewis has spent the majority of his career playing in the Football League for the likes of Lincoln City, Bury and Newport County.

After playing a key role in the National League North promotion season with City, John-Lewis was signed on a permanent deal and made City’s captain and top scorer in the 2022/23 season.