 This on-field achievement, combined with the approval for a community stadium to be built for the club, led to "The Press" lauding "an unsurpassed nine days in the Minstermen's proud existence".Mills' signings for 2012–13 proved to be less influential than his signings the previous summer, a number of new players being left out of the team with little playing time.York were in midtable for most of the first half of the season, and his signings in the winter transfer window had little impact on the team.