They finished in first position in the 24-team 1983–84 Football League Fourth Division, in doing so becoming the first Football League club to reach and surpass a hundred points in a season.
By winning the Fourth Division championship, York earned the first major honour in the club's history.
They were knocked out in the first round of both the 1983–84 Football League Cup and 1983–84 Associate Members' Cup, being beaten by Grimsby Town and Hull City respectively.
18 players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were 11 different goalscorers.
Byrne finished as leading goalscorer with 28 goals, of which 27 came in league competition and one came in the FA Cup.