Records
The highest attendance record at the stadium was 28,123 for a match against Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup sixth round on 5 March 1938. The highest attendance in the Football League is 21,010 against Hull City in the Third Division North on 23 April 1949. The attendance of 1,167 against Northampton Town on 5 May 1981 is the lowest ever to see York in a Football League match. York City were relegated to the Conference National in 2004, and their highest attendance in this division at KitKat Crescent was 4,921 at a game against Scarborough on 26 December 2005. The lowest was 1,567 for a match against Exeter City on 10 March 2008. The club's lowest attendance record at the ground is 609 for a Conference League Cup third round match against Mansfield Town on 4 November 2008.
The highest seasonal average attendance for York at home was 10,412 in the 1948–49 season. York's lowest seasonal average was 2,102 in the 1977–78 season, which came after two successive relegations from the Second Division. The most recent season in which the average attendance was more than 10,000 was in the 1955–56 season. This season also saw York's highest total seasonal attendance at the ground, which was 236,685. The lowest total seasonal attendance was 48,357 for the 1976–77 season in the Fourth Division.
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