Yeovil Town set a new crowd record in the Nationwide Conference - thanks to a bumper final match of the season attendance.

A total of 8,111 fans descended on Huish Park on Saturday for the Glovers' match with Chester City which concluded with the team being presented with the Nationwide Conference championship trophy.

It took Yeovil's average home attendance for the season to 4,741 to beat the previous highest record of 4,602 achieved by Wycombe Wanderers during their championship winning season of 1992-93.

The crowd of 8,111 was the third highest in the club's history since moving to Huish Park in 1990, while it was also the third highest ever from when the Conference was formed back in 1979-80 as the Alliance Premier League.

It was the best crowd of the season in the Conference and Yeovil's gates took 16 of the top 20 attendances during the season. Doncaster Rovers took the other four and one of those was against the Glovers when 5,344 watched the match at Belle Vue on April 12 on the day Yeovil were proclaimed champions.

Yeovil manager Gary Johnson said: "A big thank you for the hundreds and hundreds of letters received by me and the players from our loyal, respected and absolutely fantastic supporters.

"They have deserved this club's success for their unbelievable support for me and the players over my two-year period in Yeovil."

Club chairman John Fry, who has often been in conflict with the supporters since taking over the Huish Park hotseat in 1996, has thanked the fans for their wonderful backing during the past season. He added he was delighted that the club had finally given them the top prize of all - a place in the Football League.

Yeovil's top five attendances during the 2002-03 season: 1 Yeovil Town v Chester City 8,111; 2 Yeovil Town v Telford United 7,558; 3 Yeovil Town v Scarborough 7,008; 4 Yeovil Town v Doncaster Rovers 6,674; 5 Yeovil Town v Hereford United 6,487.