CORSHAM Town manager Kieran Baggs is hoping a capacity crowd at the Southbank during the Quarrymen’s FA Vase semi-final on Saturday can help “pull us over the line one more time.”

Corsham – who are the joint-outsiders to reign supreme at Wembley Stadium at the end of May – face favourites Ascot United at home for a place in the final.

Tickets for the game will have sold out ahead of kick-off, with almost 1,200 people expected to be on site as the Quarrymen play the biggest match in the club’s 130-year history.

In the six previous rounds up to this point, Baggs’ men have faced four away days and come through each one, needing penalties to beat Royal Wootton Bassett Town and Peacehaven and Telscombe along the way.

Having seen off former FA Vase winners, Deal Town in normal time and Brixham on penalties at the Southbank, Baggs is hoping his players can make it third time lucky on home soil with the Wembley arch looming.

He said: “This game is absolutely huge for the county of Wiltshire and for the town of Corsham as well.

“Having so many local people there to get behind the boys will always act in our favour. Hopefully, the boys feed off of that and they don’t get too caught up in the occasion.

“We’re in really good form, but hopefully having that partisan home crowd can pull us over the line one more time.

“It’s a huge, huge ask, but I’m hoping that we can catch Ascot out and prove a few people wrong one more time.”

The size of the task in front of Corsham can be put into context via two eye-widening statistics.

The Yellamen have reached this stage thanks to an aggregate score of 13-2. Meanwhile, Ascot have also only lost two Combined Counties Premier North Division fixtures all season.

But the Quarrymen’s own good form gives Baggs more than hope that a shock is on the cards.

He said: “We’ve had such a busy schedule of catching up on league games over the last month, I haven’t had too much chance to think and count down the days as it’s all come around at once.

“We know we’re facing one of the toughest teams in the competition, but when we are at home, we know we’re tough to beat.

“As long as we can stay in the game as long as possible, hope for a little bit of luck one more time, and you never know what might happen.

“But the boys are ready and prepared, and we’re in really good form, so we can go in full of confidence.”