Andrew Perry says Mansfield Town can shine in the national spotlight if the public back their 'Pay What You Want' offer against Gateshead tomorrow, reports Matt Halfpenny in the Nottingham Evening Post.

Supporters of both clubs can decide the price of their admission to Field Mill.

The forward-thinking scheme has attracted interest from the media and a host of clubs.

And chairman Perry believes the backing of the town through a bumper gate will benefit not just the club, but the community as well.

"The motivation we have in doing this is to bring new people to our games and break down barriers to coming to watch us play," he said.

"We are a club that are fighting for promotion with a good home record and hopefully some of the people will like what they see and want to come back.

"We are conscious that the eyes of the nation are on us. What we are doing was running across the Sky Sports News ticker tape the other day.

"And I have had numerous club chairmen phoning me up asking about it. They are all waiting to see how it works and I just hope we can show them it has captured the imagination of Mansfield.

"If we could get 4,000 people along, then we would be happy with that. We realise it is not easy because people have other commitments.

"But we are hoping that people will look what we have achieved and what we are going to achieve. We know (playing in) the Blue Square Premier is not necessarily going to motivate people to come.

"But we are trying our hardest to get back into the League and we ask people to put down any pre-conceptions they have of Mansfield Town in years gone by and make this a success."

Perry is hoping the promotion will not be a one-off.

He added: "This is definitely something we would consider doing again.

"I'm not sure what the rules are in the Football League, but you are allowed to have three offers a season in the BSP. We will try to look at the bigger picture."