YORK City have made the astonishing announcement that manager Stuart Maynard has left the club.
Maynard led York to a club record 108 points in the 2025/26 season, winning the Enterprise National League title despite only taking charge of the club in August.
The hugely-popular boss had led City to Sky Bet League Two, ending the Minstermen’s decade long hiatus from the division.
The decision has been made by a ‘difference in vision’ between Maynard the York board.
Maynard’s exit comes with less than a month before the competitive season starts.
A club statement reads:
“York City Football Club can confirm that Stuart Maynard will be leaving his role as First Team Manager, with immediate effect.
This has not been an easy decision, and it is not one the board has taken lightly.
Ultimately, it comes down to a difference in direction and vision for the football club.
We recognise that, from the outside, this may look like a strange or difficult decision to understand.
But we believe that in the long term, the football club will be in a stronger position because of it, another step towards the vision we, as custodians of this club, believe will deliver sustained success.
Like every one of you, we love this football club, and we would never make a decision we didn’t believe was in its best long-term interests.
We hope our track record of improving year on year has earned us a degree of trust, and we understand that not everyone will agree with, or fully understand, this decision right away.
We would like to thank Stuart for his contribution to York City FC and wish him well for the future.“