YORK City chairman Jason McGill is calling on the whole of Yorkshire to cheer the white rose to victory next Saturday.

The Minstermen have been assigned Wembley’s unlucky away dressing room for their FA Trophy final against Stevenage.

From 35 matches, only three teams – Hull City, Luton Town and Portsmouth – have emerged victorious after entering the pitch from the left side of the players’ tunnel.

The visitors’ role is normally reserved for the most northerly-based club at the new stadium and Malton-based McGill, for one, feels that the north/south divide might still exist at Soho Square.

He said: “I hope we get a lot of people, not just from York, but the north of Yorkshire and the whole county. There’s a bit of a north v south thing going on in the lead up to the final and it would be great if people turn up to support the white rose and get behind the only professional football club left in North Yorkshire.”

McGill has admitted the Trophy final also represents welcome respite after two tough seasons since the club mounted a play-off bid in 2007.

He added: “I will feel very humble and proud to see the club at Wembley having been a York City supporter all my life and it’s been a phenomenal run to the final. I did say to Martin (Foyle) ‘will you please give me one day in the sun’ and it looks like we will be getting that.

“It has not been the best season in the league but we got vital results in our last two home games and the whole experience will be fantastic for everybody. Any cup game is a one-off match and, in a final, anything can happen as has been proven over the years.”

McGill also stressed the game would provide a crucial financial boost to aid plans for the future.

He said: “The club has been in the doldrums for a number of years now. We’ve tried to sort out a lot of stuff off the pitch in terms of the problems we inherited.

“We will get some good income from this whole adventure and we can put some of it into building a team that can hopefully challenge next season.”