Luke Williams has insisted that his Notts County side will treat their fixture with Yeovil like any other, despite a bumper crowd expected inside Meadow Lane on Saturday afternoon.
It was confirmed that more than 16,000 will be in attendance to watch the Magpies' National League encounter, set to comfortably beat their own record achieved against Solihull Moors last season.
The fixture is set to be the club's biggest home attendance since their 4-1 League Two play-off defeat to Coventry back in 2018, with 17,615 watching Kevin Nolan's side fall short of a trip to Wembley.
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And with that added atmosphere on the mind of the players and the manager, Williams insisted his side will treat this fixture like any other, explaining preparations have been no different to recent weeks.
"We have tried and made the preparation that we have to see this as a positive to try and increase our performance.
"We don't need to see this occasion as a threat to us or that we need to try and do anything differently.
"We have tried to prepare in the same way, but of course it will be silly to not mention that the atmosphere is going to feel very different, and I don't think we would be able to hide that from the players anyway because I am sure they all understand there has been a big uptake in ticket sales.
"But at the same time, we need to try and get the players to understand that this a great thing for us.
"More support, and more willingness to make a great performance and that is how we are going to try and treat the atmosphere like an extra, rather than a threat in anyway."
It was confirmed that almost 400 tickets were donated by Notts fans for the fixture this weekend, with the club in cooperation with Notts County Foundation, providing those tickets to people within the community who are unable to attend matches on a regular basis.
And the Notts boss highlighted the mutual respect between the fans and owners Christoffer and Alexander Reedtz, explaining that relationship contributed to the generosity of the Magpies faithful.
"It's an amazing thing and I think it shows that there are people here that are heavily invested in the club and want the club to do well," said Williams.
"We have seen over the years fans that have become disgruntled with the ownership and almost get to the point that they want the club to fail so that something can change.
"We are not in that situation, we are in a situation where there is mutual respect between the owners and the people that work here day in, day out, and the fans.
"There is a mutual respect both ways and that's the reason we are seeing this type of gesture.
"The playing staff and the backroom staff donated 50 tickets which is again a way of showing our gratitude and respect for the fans.
"It is really nice thing for it all to come together and to have that mutual respect between all parties is brilliant."
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