FROM BOTH CAMPS:

Richard Money: "We're going to be in for two exciting but two tough games. York are a good team, a very good team. I know Martin well and like him a lot and believe me he'll get his team ready for the challenge. They'll slug it out. Of the other three teams they're the ones who'll slog it out the most. And that's why both teams will be focused on Thursday night. We'll go there looking to win the game - you can't afford to waste 90 minutes trying to be clever. We don't want to concede a goal but that's the same in every game."

Martin Foyle: "I'm sure Luton will come to us in a similar fashion as they did the last time. It will be cagey, but the two draws were very good games. We know they are good going forward and, like ourselves, have different strikers that can change games, but we have got to take the game to them at home. I think there's a bit more pressure on Oxford and Luton but we can only worry about ourselves. I'm really looking forward to it. It's a question of who has got the confidence to handle the pressure. I look at our lads and know we can play but we've got to mix it at the right times."

TEAM NEWS:

Hatters: Richard Money welcomes back Claude Gnakpa and Keith Keane after hamstring and knee injuries had ruled them out of the Town's last two fixtures. The Hatters boss also has slight worries over defenders George Pilkington and Ed Asafu-Adjaye but both should be fit to feature.

Minstermen: Goalkeeper Michael Ingham will return in goal for the Minstermen after Josh Mimms deputised between the sticks at Stevenage. Ben Purkiss could also make an immediate return at right back at the expense of Daniel Parslow while David McGurk and Luke Graham look set to continue their partnership at centre back, keeping Djoumin Sangare on the bench. 36-goal leading marksman Richard Brodie should also return to the front line and will be partnered by Michael Rankine or Michael Gash.

IN FOCUS

Nickname: The Minstermen

Manager: Martin Foyle

Ground: Bootham Crescent

Last season: Conference 17th

2008/09 average attendance: 2,295

2009/10 BSP title odds: 22/1

Previous meetings:

Luton wins: 10

Draws: 5

York wins: 2

The Hatters hold a healthy advantage in meetings with the Minstermen with 10 victories from the past 17 league and cup encounters - including doing the double the last time the two sides met prior to this season in 2001/02.

The match at Bootham Crescent, a 2-1 victory, was probably best remembered for Steve Howard's missed penalty - missing twice after he was allowed to retake the spot kick by the referee.

The two sides have met on eight occasions at Kenilworth Road with the last - October's 1-1 draw - the Minstermen's only ever point on Bedfordshire soil, bringing to an end seven successive Town wins.

York's only league victory came in the two sides' first ever meeting in March 1967 at Bootham Crescent, coming out on top 5-1. That was followed two months later when the Hatters beat City by the same scoreline at Kenilworth Road!

Recent history:

After being founded in 1922 and joining the Football League seven year later the Minstermen finally lost their status as a League club following relegation from League 2 in 2003/04.

Their relegation that season was down in no small part to the fact they failed to win a league game in their final 20 matches of the campaign.

After a 17th place finish in their first season in the Conference they missed out on the Play-Offs by three places in 2005/06.

The following season, however, the Minstermen did make the end-of-season lottery but lost at the Semi-Final stage to Morecambe, who went onto win promotion themselves.

In 2007/08 City failed to replicate the form of the previous campaign and ended up marooned in mid table, eventually finishing 14^th.

Last season saw another frustrating league campaign in the Conference for the Bootham Crescent faithful when finishing in 17^th place, narrowly avoiding the drop with a late resurgence in form, towards the tail end of the season, helping them survive.

It was a different matter in the cup competitions, and Manager Martin Foyle did guide the club to Wembley in the FA Trophy, but the Minstermen lost 2-0 in the Final to Stevenage Borough.

Official website: www.ycfc.net

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