 He failed to make the first team with City and joined York City in June 1966.He was an ever-present in the York side for his first four seasons with the club and went on to make nearly 400 first team appearances as City rose from the Fourth to the Second flight of English football.In 1974 Burrows was the first winner of the York City Clubman of the Year Award, a trophy in memory of former York player Billy Fenton who had died the previous year.