October 2015 Blog Posts

Cresswell vows to do things his way

30th October 2015

Richard Cresswell takes charge of his first game in management this Saturday as York City visit Crawley for a Sky Bet League 2 fixture. Travelling to Wigginton Road Training Ground on Thursday morning I was expecting to see signs of Cresswell's nerves. I was surprised to be speaking to a man who didn't look a have a worry in the world.  

The 38 year old caretaker boss of City has no previous experience of management and little experience as a coach after finishing his playing career just 2 years ago. It can't be said that Cresswell seems overawed by the pressures that come with management though, he told me "I'm going to do it my way."

Cresswell started and ended his playing career at York City and the club is certainly in his heart "I've been here a long time I know the club inside out" he said "it's been a very proud moment even if it's just for a week or 2 weeks I'm going to enjoy it." Cresswell was keeping his cards close to his chest though regarding his ambition to take the City job full time "I've honestly not thought about that" he claimed.  

While he has little experience in coaching he has played under the likes of David Moyes and Tony Pulis, contacts that will be extremely helpful to him. It's impossible to know if the City board would entrust a man with no prior experience to lead their club but Cresswell seems ready for the challenge. His first taste of management has wet his appetite; "My phones not stopped ringing for the last 72 hours but I've enjoyed every minute." Cresswell joked, "Once you step into it I think you learn a little bit about yourself whether you want to go into it and I've enjoyed it." 

Cresswell takes charge of a team low on confidence, City have gone almost 2 months without a league win now leaving them worryingly close to the relegation zone. Cresswell was keen to emphasise the positive signs he's seen in his first week taking training "It's been very upbeat" he said "it's my job and my staffs job to lift them (the players) and it's been really bright." 

The City board have invited applicants for the vacant managers position at Bootham Crescent. Cresswell certainly has a great opportunity to make a case for himself this Saturday and it was clear he can't wait for kick off. "We are looking forward to it, the players want the result as much as anyone at the club" He explained. Cresswell also took the chance to address the fans who protested for much of Russ Wilcox's reign at the club, "What we need from the fans is to get behind the players." 

Posted by Tom Connell at 9:59am

Legal advice with Coles Solicitors

26th October 2015

Legal advice with Peter Gibson from Coles Solicitor.

Posted by Minster FM at 3:37pm

City sack Wilcox

26th October 2015

Russ Wilcox has parted company with York City after taking charge of the club for just over a year. The club is now in the hands of former player Richard Cresswell while the search for a new manager takes place. 

The news of Wilcox's departure comes after City have gone 9 Sky Bet League 2 games without picking up a win. The last few weeks have been hugely disappointing for Wilcox he told me on the 15th of October how important the run of games against Barnet, Dagenham and Redbridge and Wimbledon were "it is an important period, what we did so well last season was beat the teams around us and we need to do that." Wilcox's side managed to pick up just one point over this spell of games though, ultimately form that lost Wilcox his job. 

There will be few if any City fans who read the news on Monday morning without a smile. Much of the City support have wanted Wilcox out for most of the season. In recent weeks though animosity aimed towards their manager has grown massively. During Saturday's defeat against Wimbledon the final period of the game was overshadowed by calls for Wilcox to leave from large sections of Bootham Crescent. 

York City Chairman, Jason McGill said, "The Board of Directors would like to thank Russ for his hard work, commitment and endeavour during his time as York City manager."

"He has been a pleasure to work with and is an honourable, decent individual who has given his all to his role at the Club."

"The Board would also like to thank John Schofield for his hard work and enthusiasm on the training ground. Like Russ, he has also shown a high level of commitment to the Club during his time here."

Clearly McGill has not taken the decision lightly to part company with Wilcox. The board gave him as much time as they could, with the growing unrest amongst the support, though it seems it was his only option. 

City have now invited applications for the managers role having seemingly made no approaches to potential candidates until now. The early favourites to take charge on a permanent basis are Richard Cresswell, Nigel Clough and Mark Cooper. Even Tim Sherwood can be found at 25/1. 

Posted by Tom Connell at 3:14pm

Football preview October 23rd

23rd October 2015

Tom Connell speaks to Russ Wilcox and Thom Kirwin chats to Steve Evans ahead of York's and Leeds games this weekend.

Posted by Minster FM at 1:40pm

Sound Of Music Rhyming Showbiz

23rd October 2015

Once again Gayle managed to sing during Rhyming Showbiz...

Star Of The Week

Joint winners on Star Of The Week, well done John and Hazel Glaze...

Help a Hedgehog

This morning Gayle needed help with a hedgehog in her garden...

Gayle and Ben will be back on the Breakfast show after the Halloween half term on Monday 2nd November.

Posted by Ben at 11:09am

Culture comes to York

22nd October 2015

Ballet, Opera and Shakespeare come to York including Henry V by the York Shakespeare project.

Posted by Minster FM at 1:42pm

York Races season review

22nd October 2015

York Races season review with James Brennan from the course.

Posted by Minster FM at 1:37pm

Sport injury advice

22nd October 2015

Sports injury advice with Adam Budgen from Clifton Park Hospital.

Posted by Minster FM at 1:32pm

Fitness feature

22nd October 2015

We get fitness advice from Dan at The Box a the KP Club near Pocklington.

Posted by Minster FM at 12:33pm

Pitch black video

22nd October 2015

Gayle and Ben were trying to see a meteor shower in the Minster FM car park this morning and just managed to produce a pitch black video...

Cracked China

Ben has spent £50 on cracked China and is trouble with Mrs Fry...

BTTF

Can you believe Gayle and Ben were still talking about Back To The Future this morning...

Gayle and Ben are back at 6.30am and it is the final day of Bond week on Cine-Oke.

Posted by Ben at 12:02pm

BTTF DAY!

21st October 2015

Ben was loving Back To The Future Day and even got to sit in a De Lorean last week...

You can see the De Lorean at Kaboom at Castle Howard along with a screening of Back To The Future on October 31st.

Also on the show Gayle gave Ben a BTTF quiz to find out if he really is a super fan...

Gayle also did some Rhyming BTTF stuff, yes that's all they talked about this morning...

No mention of Back To The Future tomorrow from 6.30am.

Posted by Ben at 10:50am

Beautifully Shuttered

21st October 2015

How to give your home a wow factor with Beautifully Shuttered in Pocklington.

Posted by Minster FM at 10:25am

Gayle dancing

20th October 2015

This morning Gayle practiced the dance she is trying to teach at her little girls Rainbow club, sadly she can't remember the moves and it looks weird without music...

Spinning for charity

You can win a joint membership to The Box at the KP Club near Pocklington this week on the Game Wheel. You can also support the team at The Box on Thursday as they take on a spinning challenge...

How did you meet your partner?

Gayle was gushing about her Paul this morning...

Gayle and Ben are back on air at 6.30am with Bond week on Cine-Oke.

Posted by Ben at 12:33pm

Wilcox still the man

20th October 2015

Wilcox insists he's still the right man for York

The scrutiny intensified on the under fire York City manager Russ Wilcox on Saturday as he saw his side go down 3-1 against fellow strugglers Barnet. With a midweek visit of Dagenham and Redbridge looming, surely nothing less than a win will do for the Minstermen. 

City have won just 2 league games all season, form which has led an increasing amount of fans calling for Wilcox to be replaced. On Saturday the chants aimed at Wilcox from his teams travelling fans grew fiercer. Despite that the City manager arrived at training with a brave face on Monday morning, he certainly didn't seem a man who was ready to throw in the towel. He claimed he's confident that he is still 'without a doubt' the right man to take York City forward.  

"We're not where we want to be. I'm not hiding away from that fact there's not enough points on the board, there's not enough wins on the board but we've been unlucky in a lot of games and big decisions haven't gone our way." He said "You make your own luck so we'll keep fighting, scrapping, working hard to turn it around."  

Wilcox did admit that his sides result against Barnet was the hardest defeat of the season to take. When City drew level 10 minutes from time it seemed Michael Coulson had rescued his manager from further agony but York's defensive errors led to a defeat that leaves Wilcox on the edge. 

"To throw it away with cheap goals was hard to take" said the City boss, "it was down to doing the basics right. We conceded two goals from their goal kicks which shouldn't happen. We've had a meeting yesterday to put a few things to bed." 

To add to Wilcox's misery his captain Russell Penn has been sidelined with an injury he suffered on Saturday. While the injury isn't expected to keep Penn out for a long period, Wilcox did accept he is unlikely to play any part on Tuesday night.  

"He's sore at the moment, very swollen so that's another blow" Wilcox revealed, "You don't need that when you're in the situation that were in at the moment." 

Wilcox was though keeping his cards close to his chest with regards to how he will set his team up for the crucial clash with Dagenham and Redbridge. He is expected to make changes for the midweek game after the  majority of the City players were under par on Saturday. 

"We're going to look at the lads again today (Monday) and pick a team from there. See who's ready, who's fit and available" He explained. 

Dagenham and Redbridge will certainly be low on confidence themselves, they have been trapped in the relegation zone for the majority of the season. 

Wilcox said "It's against a team down the bottom end, the pressures on us, we're at home but we should embrace the pressure, go out there and perform, give it our best shot and hopefully pick up a win."  

This is a must win game for York and even if they do emerge victorious against Dagenham Wilcox will have a lot left to do if he is to win back support from the fans. It's set to be a significant night at Bootham Crescent.

Posted by Tom Connell at 12:16pm

York City and Leeds United news

19th October 2015

Uwe Rosler leaves Leeds and York v Dagenham preview.

Posted by Minster FM at 2:01pm

Sexy photo shoot

19th October 2015

So would you like your partner to buy you a sexy photo shoot...

Rhyming showbiz

This morning Russell Brand was on Rhyming Showbiz...

Bond week

With Spectre just 7 sleeps away, Gayle and Ben are doing 007 songs on Cine-Oke...

Gayle and Ben are back at 6.30am.

Posted by Ben at 11:51am

Pumpkin world record attempt

16th October 2015

Can York Dungeon set a new World Record???

Posted by Minster FM at 2:25pm

Minstermen eye winning run

16th October 2015

York City travel to Barnet this weekend to take on a side who have lost their last 3 league matches. York themselves are without a league win since early September and badly need a victory on Saturday.  

York go into this weekend's match on the back of a positive performance at Luton Town. The Minstermen came away with a draw, a result that before the game York surely would have been pleased with. However, Wilcox claims he is 'disappointed' his team didn't come away with all 3 points. The City boss was left frustrated by the officials, "a couple of big decisions didn't go our way" he said. 

York have had some challenging fixtures of late against Notts County, Oxford United and Luton Town. Now though they look forward to a run of games against teams who are either below or around them in the league table. It's a period of games that Wilcox is targeting to get his teams season back on track "It is an important period" he said, "What we did so well last season was beat the teams around us and that's what we need to do." 

York have just 2 league wins so far this season, form that has seen the manager receive criticism. Wilcox is looking at the weekends game as a chance to start putting their poor start right, "We've got to make sure we're brave with the football and play our game and if we perform like we can then it's a great chance for us to get 3 points."

York were able to play an unchanged team against Luton and it is possible that the same team could play again this Saturday. The City manager says he is "just waiting on one or two with little knocks from last weekend but it's good to get consistency." 

York City have had some good news this week, the club have managed to keep hold of 20 year-old forward Rhys Turner beyond the one month loan that was initially agreed with Oldham Athletic. The deal is one that has pleased Wilcox "He's showed a different side to his game that we probably haven't got, so we're pleased he's staying."  

York's performances have certainly improved of late, yet they have failed to turn those good performances into results. If Wilcox is to win back frustrated supporters that will have to change over the coming weeks. 

Posted by Tom Connell at 2:06pm

Swifty rip off

16th October 2015

Gayle and Ben played the new 1D song this morning and Gayle spotted something very interesting...

We also played the new Take That song this morning and Gayle did some Rhyming/Singing showbiz to celebrate...

Star Of The Week

Oliver Langton was a very worthy Star Of The Week winner this morning...

Gayle and Ben are back on Monday at 6.30am with more Vue cinema tickets to be won.

Posted by Ben at 1:45pm

Weekend Football preview

16th October 2015

We look ahead to York and Leeds United's games against Barnet and Brighton.

Posted by Minster FM at 1:44pm

Snappy Auction

16th October 2015

Gayle find out more about Snappy's black tie event.

Posted by Minster FM at 1:34pm

Copper Challenge update

15th October 2015

Are you getting involved with the Copper Challenge?

Posted by Minster FM at 12:13pm

I'm A Celeb Winner Joe Swash

15th October 2015

Joe Swash wants you to be a good neighbour.

Posted by Minster FM at 12:06pm

Mr Perfect

15th October 2015

The Lomas saw the perfect man yesterday and now wants to find him...

Movie Quiz

This morning we tried to invent a new movie quiz without much success...

QI Quiz

With Stephen Fry quitting QI, we did a QI quiz as we will all miss him lots!!!

Gayle and Ben are back with more Vue cinema tickets to be won at 6.30am.

Posted by Ben at 11:46am

Gayle's big post day

14th October 2015

This morning Gayle was very excited about getting some post...

School photos

Today Gayle was excited about her little girl's school photo day...

Scammers

Turns out lots of people have been the victim of scammers...

Mushroom news

Ben had some amazing news today about the affect of touching a mushroom...

Gayle and Ben are back with more Vue cinema tickets to be won at 6.30am.

Posted by Ben at 1:30pm

Mushroom news

13th October 2015

This morning Gayle had a gardening query...

Gayle's story created some response including an amazing story about a hamster...

Guess who???

We had a fab game of celeb 'Guess Who' with The Lomas this morning...

Bonus Points

Their was 20 bonus points on the Number Plate Game for helping a lost animal this morning, Gayle wasn't letting Ben have the points for his horse story...

Gayle and Ben are back with more Vue cinema tickets to be won from 6.30am.

Posted by Ben at 11:59am

Financial Planning

12th October 2015

Financial Planning advice with Julie Wilson from PenLife.

Posted by Minster FM at 1:35pm

Snog, marry or throw off a cliff

12th October 2015

This morning Gayle and Ben were playing silly games and turns out Gayle wants to marry Len Goodman...

We play again tomorrow with a prize up for grabs, you could be going to see Hamlet at Vue in York this Thursday.

Embarrassing injuries

Ben revealed too much information again this morning...

Rhyming/Singing Showbiz

A stolen caravan was making the news today...

Gayle and Ben back with more Kaboom family passes to give away on the Game Wheel from 6.30am

Posted by Ben at 11:46am

Facebook Film Star

9th October 2015

John Clarkson is our Facebook Film Star winning a £700 Panasonic TV with Freeview Play.

Posted by Minster FM at 11:04am

Blair Witch winner

9th October 2015

This morning John Clarkson won a £700 Panasonic TV with Freeview Play from Rutherfords Of Stamford Bridge as he came out of the draw on #FacebookFilmStars.

His effort was pretty scary...

Thanks to everyone that took part, see more of the videos on our Facebook page.

Bake off Berry bants

Well the Bake Off bants might never end and got a bit rude this morning...

Hug A Hospice

Gayle and Ben loved taking part in the St Leonard's Hug A Hospice event...

Gayle and Ben are back on Monday with more Vue cinema tickets to be won.

Posted by Ben at 10:34am

Hug A Hospice

9th October 2015

Gayle Lofthouse looks back on Hug A Hospice at St Leonard's.

Posted by Minster FM at 10:28am

Stud

8th October 2015

This morning Gayle and Ben did some more bad acting...

Bake Off bants

Lots of Bake Off chat this morning including spoilers!!!!

Copper Challenge

This morning we helped John Hattam from Clifton Green Primary launch a new fab idea...

Gayle and Ben are back in the morning at 6.30am with more Vue cinema tickets to be won.

Posted by Ben at 1:46pm

York Races preview

8th October 2015

We look ahead to the final two days of the season at York Racecourse.

Posted by Minster FM at 1:39pm

Cackling Witch

7th October 2015

Gayle and Ben did some more bad acting as we search for Facebook Film Stars!

Gayle really threw herself in to it as they were doing a scene from her fave movie...

Talented kids

Gayle and Ben love their kids lots but they don't seem to be the most talented bunch...

House news

So despite his protests it turns out Ben is moving house after all...

Posted by Ben at 10:58am

JPT Win for City

7th October 2015

Fantastic win for York City against Doncaster Rovers in the JPT and boss Russ Wilcox was pleased when he spoke to our reporter Tom Connell.

Posted by Minster FM at 10:48am

Bad acting

6th October 2015

Gayle and Ben are giving you the chance to win a 40" Panasonic TV if you can act out a movie scene on your mobile, this is Team GB doing Star Wars...

To enter send your video to studio@minsterfm.com...

Movie plot holes

This morning Gayle baffled Ben with some movie plot holes...

Sharing

Gayle was fretting about her parenting skills on the show today...

Gayle and Ben are back on air with more @Vuecinemas tickets to be won at 6.30am.

Posted by Ben at 10:45am

Gayle's rider

5th October 2015

This morning we revealed that Jess Glynne has a Toffee Crisp on her big gig rider...

5p bag

Lots of 5p bag banter this morning and Gayle even made a valid point for the first time since November...

Rhyming showbiz

How often does Uri Geller get a mention on the show?? Well he was the subject of today's Rhyming Showbiz...

Win a Panasonic TV

Gayle and Ben are back on in the morning with your chance to win a TV...

Tune in from 6.30am.

Posted by Ben at 12:19pm

York City reaction

5th October 2015

York boss Russ Wilcox gives his poat match reaction to our York City reporter Tom Connell after the Minstermen drew with Cambridge on Saturday.

Posted by Minster FM at 11:59am

Ronnie update

2nd October 2015

This morning we had a Ronnie Pickering update and discussed getting angry for no reason...

Mistake FM

Ben didn't cover himself in glory this morning...

Star Of The Week

Breast Friends were very worthy winners of our first ever Star Of The Week...

Gayle and Ben are back on air on Monday at 6.30am with more Vue cinema tickets to be won.

Posted by Ben at 10:44am

Birthday snub

1st October 2015

It is Ben's birthday today, but he was worried about a missing name on his birthday cards...

Fish Face

Apparently Fish Face is the new way to smile for photos, Gayle probably needs to practice at home in front of a mirror...

Rhyming Beards

We had some birthday and beard action on Rhyming Showbiz today...

Gayle and Ben are back with more Vue cinema tickets at 6.30am.

Posted by Ben at 10:06am