YORK boss Gary Mills is hoping to consign the club's recent troubles to the history books by winning tomorrow's Blue Square Bet Premier play-off final at Wembley.

The Minstermen were relegated to the Conference in 2004, ending their 75-year membership of the Football League.

They were already suffering major financial hardship at that stage, with former chairman Douglas Craig having put the club and its ground up for sale and his successor, John Batchelor, having failed to deliver on a series of promises.

A supporters' trust took control in 2003, and having achieved financial stability, the group are hoping to drive through a move to a new purpose-built stadium.

Last weekend's FA Trophy victory over Newport County was a fantastic achievement, but a win over Luton Town tomorrow would secure an even greater prize.

"We know where we go if we win," said Mills. "It puts a lot of things to bed, a lot of things that have gone on over the years at York City Football Club. They are going to be gone. We know what it means. We know what it is going to take.

"It is going to take a good performance from us, being at our best, playing as we can.

"Every game we have played against Luton we have had to be at our best because we know they are a strong side. We have proved that our best has been good enough. Why not do our best again and go and beat them again?

"They have got a point to prove because they haven't beaten us. They have got that added pressure of trying to do that. I think they will probably be hurt that when they have played York City we have done very well against them. I've got to make sure that doesn't change."

York finished two points above Luton in the final Blue Square Bet Premier table, and saw off Mansfield to make the play-off final.

Their supporters will be heavily outnumbered tomorrow, with Luton having sold around 25,000 tickets and York set to be backed by fewer than 7,000 fans, but Mills feels last weekend's success has relieved some of the pressure ahead of his players' final game of the season.

"It has been good because it has taken our minds off it," he said. "It takes the added pressure off the players knowing how important the game is.

"What better way to do that than with a Trophy final, winning it, celebrating it and enjoying the moment. That has been a plus going into a very important few days for us."