York City's next season saw them finish in fifth position in the Second Division and qualify for the play-offs where they lost in the semi-finals 1–0 on aggregate to Stockport County.

The York City goalkeeper Dean Kiely made a number of saves in the first half, including two shots from David Adekola and a header from Liam Robinson.

After Kiely had made further saves from both Roger Stanislaus and Derek Ward, his Bury counterpart Gary Kelly twice prevented Paul Barnes from scoring and the match ended 0–0.

Within a minute, Crewe retook the lead when a cross-field pass from Rob Edwards found Naylor who hit the ball beyond Mark Gayle to make it 2–1.

Phil Clarkson extended Crewe's lead four minutes into the second half when he shot from close range after intercepting a Gareth Whalley backpass.

With thirteen minutes of the match remaining, Naylor's shot from the left touchline struck the Walsall crossbar and Ward converted to make it 3–1.

[5] Crewe Alexandra were making their second appearance in the play-offs having lost in the semi-finals the previous season 4–2 on aggregate to Scunthorpe United.

[7] Both matches between the sides during the regular season ended in 3–1 home wins: York City were victorious in November 1992 at Bootham Crescent and Crewe Alexandra won at Gresty Road the following March.

[15][16] Dave McKearney saw an early chance to score go wide of the York goal before Crewe goalkeeper Mark Smith held a shot from Jon McCarthy.

[14][16] A mistake from Crewe's Neil Lennon allowed Tony Canham to shoot from the edge of the penalty area but the attempt went over the crossbar.

[16] Neither side made any changes to their playing personnel during the interval and early in the second half, Canham once again took advantage of an error from Lennon but his shot was too high.

[16] Fourteen minutes into the first half of the additional period, Barnes flicked the ball onto Swann who ran onto it and struck it into the Crewe goal, according to Frank McGhee of The Observer, "as though scoring were the easiest thing in the world", making it 1–0 to York.

"[18] York City's next season saw them finish in fifth position in the Second Division and qualify for the play-offs where they lost in the semi-finals 1–0 on aggregate to Stockport County.