GRATEFUL manager Gary Mills is hoping York City supporters turn out in force again for Tuesday night’s home game with Bromley.

Yesterday’s 3-0 Bootham Crescent victory over Braintree attracted the second-highest number of Minstermen fans (2,784) at any home game this term, only behind the New Year’s Day clash against North Ferriby.

The attendance might have been swollen by the club’s “Bring a Friend for a Fiver,” but Mills would like to see most and, ideally more, try and roar his team on to a win against Bromley, which would lift the club out of the National League relegation zone they have occupied since November.

“I hope all the fans come back (against Bromley),” Mills said. “We had close to 3,000, which is immense and incredible.

“They played their part in the victory, as much as the players did and know they’ve got a team to be proud of. Hopefully, they can come to our last three home games now and make a lot of noise, so we can win games simply by that.”

On maintaining the balance between continuing to get the best out of his players at a crucial part of the season and sheltering them from the pressure of the club’s situation, Mills added: “Tuesday will be the first time we know that we can get out of the bottom four and we know the importance of that.

“We know nobody can stop us from going up three places if we win, so it’s a game that can do so much for us, but we’re just turning up to play football. My job, along with Darren Caskey, is to relax the players, so they can go out and enjoy what they’re doing.

“They’re enjoying the challenge and know they are good enough to win games. When you’re not good enough, you can’t enjoy football, because you’re hoping for something to happen that’s not there.

“But we’ve got six tough games to go and we’re not getting carried away. We’re still in that bottom four and will be staying motivated until that final whistle at Wembley.”