The club was formed as an association football club in 1886 by railway employees of the York railway station and were one of the first clubs to be formed in the city.
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Born in Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, Leaning had trials with York City in 1979 at the age of 16 and he went on to play for York Railway Institute and Rowntree Mackintosh in the Northern Counties East Football League as an amateur while working for British Rail.