Club's plea to help fans travel to Wembley final
GoogleA football club has launched a campaign to help its fans travel to Wembley to watch it play in the FA Trophy final.
Spennymoor Town FC are set to play Aldershot Town on 11 May and the club has said it wants as many of its fans as possible to be there in person.
It has launched the Back The Fans, Fill the Stands campaign to pay for coaches to take fans to London.
Spennymoor's partnerships manager Stephen Gilling said he wanted everyone from the "council to the corner shop" to chip in to make travel affordable.
He said he was asking local businesses and sponsors to pay for coaches to help "create a wall of black and white to roar the players on".
"I'm now asking for them to back the club and its fans in any way they can with this campaign and play a real part in what is a historic occasion for everyone in the town," Mr Gilling said.
The club has already subsidised coach travel to a number of away fixtures throughout the season.
The Back The Fans, Fill the Stands campaign allows people and businesses to donate directly to the club's PayPal account, with all donations going towards fan transport to Wembley.
Spennymoor beat Rochdale AFC 5-4 on penalties to secure their place in the FA Trophy final.
However, Rochdale later condemned a pitch invasion which took place after the final whistle and led to "unacceptable behaviour" from fans from both teams.