Eastleigh are hoping to gather a massive crowd at the Silverlake Stadium for their crunch final home game of the normal season.

The Spitfires need just a point against Kidderminster Harriers to secure a play-off finish and, in turn, extend their campaign by at least two more games.

But, regardless of the result, the club want supporters to descend in their numbers on Stoneham Lane to celebrate the end of a remarkable first season in the Vanarama Conference.

The dangling carrot of a play-off place has somewhat masked the reality that Richard Hill’s men are, in their first ever season in the Conference top-flight, about to record yet another milestone.

It’s easy to forget that no matter what the result, the Spitfires will be able to celebrate their highest-ever finish in history.

And Eastleigh are urging fans to come down in their numbers for the occasion, as they look once again to break their record attendance of 4,126 set at the end of February against Macclesfield Town.

“Basically we’re trying to get a near sell-out,” said chief executive Mark Jewell. “We want to get something as close to the 4,000 we got for the Macclesfield Town game as possible.

“We obviously hope the match will get us that magic point to get us into the play-offs, but we’ll be celebrating the season regardless of the result.

“We’ll be celebrating how far the club has come.

“It’s been a marvellous season – we just want to gather a crowd to get behind the lads in celebration of what we’ve achieved in our first season in the Vanarama Conference.

“We want everyone to get behind Richard and the boys.”

There’s an opportunity for supporters to do a local club double on Saturday with Saints in action at 12.45pm at St Mary’s against Spurs, meaning there’s time to get to the Silverlake for kick off at 5.15pm.

“We’d like curious Saints fans to come across and have a look,” Jewell said.

The Spitfires Supporters Club have also been promoting the game.

All of the Conference’s final fixtures start at 5.15pm on Saturday as the season reaches its climax.

With everything to play for against Harriers, Jewell was keen to see the bigger picture.

“Should disaster strike and we end up in sixth, it’ll be very disappointing to come so far.

“But when you reflect that alone would be a huge achievement.

“One of the things we said when we came into the season is that wanted to be competitive.

“Where we are now is a huge reflection of how we’ve developed and the direction the club is heading in.”