YORK City's Friday night play-off battle with Morecambe at KitKat Crescent could net the club more than £70,000 in extra revenue.

With tickets rapidly selling out for tomorrow's match - the Minstermen have announced the Main Stand and Family Stand are now full along with 2,000 tickets gone in the David Longhurst Stand - the club is looking at an unexpected windfall from gate receipts.

City's annual budget plans did not include a home play-off fixture and, with a full house at KitKat Crescent now looking ever likelier, the extra cash is an unexpected boost for a club which is run to Football League standards, despite being in the Conference.

City can also expect to make at least another £2,000 from TV revenues as Sky Sports are showing Monday's semi-final second leg from Christie Park.

Sophie McGill, the club's communications and community director, said while the games were not just about money the extra income was welcome.

"Since our relegation to the Conference in 2004, the finances of the club have been very difficult to manage. Our income dropped dramatically and although certain cuts were made, we believed it was important to maintain a Football League structure, with a full-time professional first team squad of players, a reserve team and a full youth policy," she said.

"The important aspect for our supporters to understand is that the directors of the club do not receive salaries or expenses for the work we do. We are volunteers who pay for our match tickets just like everyone else.

"This means that extra income goes towards operational losses and straight into the playing budget to ensure we have a strong team which is able to compete in whatever league we are in.

"Clearly the games ahead are not just about money. We are an ambitious club which wants to reach the highest level possible. We owe it to our fans to try to ensure we make it back into the Football League and this was the reasoning behind our decision not to sell Clayton Donaldson in the transfer window.

"Whatever happens in the next few days, with the prospect of our new stadium and stability at the club, we have a bright future ahead."

Morecambe fans have also been snapping up tickets for the game with more than 800 supporters now expected to make the journey to York on Friday.

If the ticket rush continues, the expected attendance could begin to threaten the crowd of 6,969 which turned up for Huddersfield Town's visit to KitKat Crescent in January 2004 - the club's biggest gate in recent years.