 Despite being told he had a future with Histon, Knight joined York City on a two-week trial in July with a view to signing on a season-long loan.Illness resulted in him missing York's pre-season friendly with Hull City although he later played one half of York's 2–0 defeat to Barnsley, with manager Martin Foyle saying he "did well".After playing in the 1–0 friendly victory over Morecambe Foyle said he was interested in signing Knight.