SHARPSHOOTER Peter Duffield is threatening to re-write the York City record books after scoring his fifth goal in successive matches, writes Dave Stanford.

In so doing Duffield became the first York City player to score five goals in five games since Neil Tolson achieved the feat in 1996.

Should Duffield hit then target when City play Swansea on Saturday he will be the first Minstermen to score six in six games since Keith Walwyn at the start of the 1985-86 season.

The club record for scoring in successive matches is seven and is shared by Billy Fenton (1952-53 season), the prolific Arthur Bottom, who managed seven in seven in 1954-55, and the equally potent Paul Aimson, who elevated himself to seventh heaven during the 1970-71 campaign.

With Lee Nogan grabbing City's second goal against Boston, it means all ten of City's goals so far this season have been scored by City's three front men - Duffield with five, Nogan with two and Jon Parkin with three.

Yesterday's goals helped City extend their unbeaten home run to eight games stretching back to the tail end of last season.

Of those eight games, seven have been victories including all three City home games this season.

The last time City lost at home was back in March when they went down 1-0 to Kidderminster. That is the only defeat City have suffered on home turf in the League in 2002.

With City also recording their first clean sheet of the campaign, the sizeable crowd of 4,228, the biggest home gate of the new season, was the icing on the cake.

Even with just more than 500 visiting supporters, it appears City's promising start to the campaign - they are now up to third - has helped bring in almost 500 new fans since the first home game against Shrewsbury.

Manager Terry Dolan said: "We said after the last home game against Torquay when there was seven goals we hoped many fans would come back.

"Now we have three away games on the trot before Rushden and Diamonds come here so it will be some time before we can test how many want to come back and watch us again.

"But as long as we can pick up points on our travels then that will set us up for a bigger increase."

Updated: 11:50 Tuesday, August 27, 2002