White Knight

We got around 3,500 against super league Cas. It was a friendly and £15 to get in. This is the first game of the season, it’s massive, against perhaps the favourites for promotion. It’s only £10 to get, £5 for concessions and absolutely free for under 16s AND there there are no restrictions on parking after 6:00pm. I think we’ll pass the Cas attendance by some way. Up the Knights!

Premier Season ticket holders pay a premium for their seats and should rightly be able to use them. In addition people in hospitality and those that have paid to experience the Premier Lounge experience as a one off should be allowed to take their seats too. The key thing is that, when allocating seats to the latter two groups, it is necessary to exclude any seats already allocated to Premier Season ticket holders. It really is not science. Sundays game reminded me of playing musical chairs as a kid. It seemed like the number of fans in the east stand was very close to the number of seats available, if not more. Groups were looking for spaces in areas where there were only isolated seats available, so unless they split up they were never going to fit. That resulted in booked seats being incorrectly taken which resulted in the problems seen.

https://yorkcityknights.com/club/club-statement-goodchild-becomes-knights-chairman/

Good question. Just viewed the area availability for the match and seven out of the nine sections of the east stand are now either unavailable or limited availability. The remaining two, EH and EI, are still showing availability.

https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/19849651.york-city-knights-coach-james-ford-ready-unleash-pauli-pauli/

Agree AB. Looks like there’s going to be a big crowd for this. A new LNER Knights record!

What was the crowd?

I predict steady sales of bobble hats before the match. https://ellgren.co.uk/product-category/rugby-league/york-city-knights/york-city-knights-accessories/

Taken from the Knights match day guide. No mention of free parking after 6:00pm. Car Parking and Access Our matchday car-park is located at the Monks Cross Park and Ride Car Park, less than a hundred yards from the fanzone turnstiles. Parking tickets can be purchased for £5 from the York Stadium Management Company Ticket Office at yorkcityknights.com/tickets. The postcode for the Monks Cross Park & Ride Car Park is YO32 9JU. We have a limited number of free disabled parking spaces available. Should you require one, please contact the York City Knights Office on 01904 670880. Matchday car parking within the Vangarde Shopping Centre is restricted to two hours but, with a £5 purchase at any of the shops, cafes or restaurants, you can get validated car parking for up to five hours. Please visit the Vangarde Shopping Park Office, located next to Prezzo, to validate your parking. The postcode for the Monks Cross Park & Ride Car Park is YO32 9JU.

Too many to pick from really but I’m really looking forward to seeing Ronan Michael in action. A season long loan from the Giants - hope we can keep him for the full duration. Already he has earned the plaudits for his time on loan at Swinton. Think he’ll go very well.

Player profiles now online. https://yorkcityknights.com/mens-first-team-player-profiles/

Me too. Can’t wait to see the squad of 2022 in action for the first time.

Strange mix of clubs.

Struggling to access. Anyone else having problems?

Welcome to the knights Hollie.

Great to see you’ll be decked out in amber and black SK.

It’s not every day that you sign a full England International. But the Knights are at it again with the signing of full back Tara Stanley from Castleford Tigers. Welcome to the Knights Tara.

Last season’s kits were always going to be a hard act to follow given the links to popular designs from the past. There are only so many designs to go around. As nice as black and amber hoops are, I wouldn’t want them every year. That said, the more I look at the home kit, the more I like it.

Our first (part) camouflage shirts. James to team “I didn’t see you at training tonight team.” Team “Its the new shirts James.”

1 hour to shirt reveal.

So, any thoughts or wishes for the 2022 kit?

So, a night match at home to Fev. Big game, big crowd, big atmosphere. There’s something about night matches that really add to the appeal of a game. Do folk remember the match against Halifax all those years back? Riddleston’s run and Sully’s tackle. 5,000 crammed into the stadium. Could that crowd be beaten I wonder? There’s a good chance I reckon.

Who are the four props? Dixon, Teanby, Matongo and ? The intention, I believe, is to play Pauli in the back row.

K Dixon, Salter, Porter, Cuthbertson and BJB still to confirm.