York Nomad Society

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The York Nomad Society or YNS are a supporters group associated with York City Football Club who play in the Conference National. The YNS was formed in 1981 as an alternative travel to away matches for City supporters. The coaches the YNS put on were cheaper and allowed breaks at pubs for drinking. Since the nineties however, the YNS has become a hooligan group aswell as just a supporters group. In the Hooligans A-Z book, the YNS were described as being more akin to an Italian ultras group than a traditional English football 'firm', due to the fundraising carried out by the group. It was also claimed that, in one way or another, around 1,000 people have been 'members' of the YNS since its formation.

YNS logo

1 Fundraising
2 Clashes
3 Latest arrest figures
4 External links
- 4.1 Newspaper articles

[edit] Fundraising

The YNS are avid York City fans, and like other York supporters groups, they raise funds for the club. Currently the group make a regular donation each season by way of paying the club to have an advertisement board on the half way line infront of the Pop Stand.

YNS ad hoarding at Bootham Crescent

[edit] Clashes

Clashes have transpired in recent years with Bury, Hartlepool, Exeter, Aldershot, Oxford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Carlisle and Doncaster among others.

The most recent occured away to Oxford in October 2006, where 3 York fans were arrested on the day of the game, and a further 8 arrested a few weeks later after an investigation.

[edit] Latest arrest figures

In the 05/06 season, York had the second highest number of arrests in the conference with 16, behind Exeter on 19. The arrests breakdown showed that 8 of those York arrests occured away from home - the highest of any club in the league that season.

There are currently 19 York fans with football banning orders.