York City sack Maynard three months after title win
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- Stuart Maynard has departed York City as manager, three months after guiding the club to the National League title and a return to the English Football League after a 10-year absence.
- York City announced the exit via a social media statement, citing a "difference in direction and vision for the football club" and calling it "not an easy decision" by the board.
- York won the National League in dramatic circumstances in April, scoring an equaliser in the 13th minute of second-half stoppage time to draw with title rivals Rochdale and finish the campaign on 108 points.
- Maynard was appointed in August 2025, replacing Adam Hinshelwood, and had previously managed Notts County.
- The board acknowledged supporters may find the decision "strange or difficult to understand" and asked fans to trust their "track record of improving year on year."
- York host Crawley Town in a Carabao Cup preliminary-round tie on August 3, with their first League Two fixture against Bristol Rovers at home 12 days later.
Why it matters: A manager who delivered a 108-point championship season and ended a decade-long EFL exile is gone before the new League Two campaign begins, with the board citing a "difference in direction and vision" — York must now appoint a successor ahead of their August 3 Carabao Cup opener against Crawley Town, leaving the club's promotion momentum in question.
