WINCHESTER City are hoping to attract a bumper crowd for this Friday’s (February 20, 7.45pm) spicy Sydenhams Premier Division showdown with Moneyfields.

Petersfield Town are looking more and more like would-be champions, so it may be that the best Winchester and Moneys can aim for now is runners- up spot.

But with both clubs having lodged applications for promotion – along with Petersfield, Blackfield & Langley and AFC Portchester – that is still a position worth fighting for and Winchester want as much support as possible to help them narrow the gap on Miles Rutherford’s second-placed Moneys side.

Along with the battle for points, there will be the sideshow of the league's two leading marksmen - Winchester's Warren Bentley and Moneyfields' Steve Hutchings - slugging it out for the Wessex golden boot award.

To help woo fans out of the house on a Friday night, City are offering special admission of £5 adults and free for concessions and under-16s. Anyone with a season-ticket for any other club in the area will also get in free of charge.

“We’ve invited the Winchester City Flyers girls’ football team to come along and help make it a really good occasion,” said City’s director of football Dave Malone.

“It’s a big game for us and we’d love to see loads of fans flocking in.

“It’s going to be a hell of a job now to catch Petersfield but, generally speaking, a top-two finish gives you a good chance of going up.

“We’ve got a difficult game on Tuesday at home to Follands (7.45pm) and then another one on Friday against Moneyfields.

"It’s important we get the right results or else we’re out of it."