WORCESTER City boss John Barton has been handed a treble tonic ahead of tomorrow's FA Cup crunch at Hampton and Richmond Borough (3pm).

Midfielders Paul Carty and Ian Cottrill and striker Micky Cotter all came through last night's training session and have been declared fit for the fourth qualifying round tie.

The trio's inclusion will greatly increase City's chances of coming through a tricky tie and landing a potential money-spinning tie against a Football League side in the first round.

However, defender Martin Weir (knee) and striker Carl Tranter (thigh) will miss the tie after failing to shake off knocks.

Cottrill (ankle) and Cotter (hamstring) both missed the midweek draw with Merthyr Tydfil, while Carty was forced to come off at half-time with a recurrence of a toe injury.

Barton said: "All three players are important to us, no doubt about that. But we are going to need 11 players tomorrow to be very important for us.

"We need a good, disciplined performance first and foremost. Everybody needs to make a contribution to have a chance of getting in the hat."

Barton has yet to decide on his starting line-up but is considering positional or formation changes in a bid to combat the Ryman League Premier Division side on their own Beveree ground.

City are unbeaten in five games although their opponents have not lost in their last nine, and Barton added: "We are going down there on a decent run of form - there is no need to worry about lacking in confidence."

The City boss is anxious that his players concentrate on the task in hand at Hampton rather than think about the rewards that could lie ahead in the next round, the draw for which will be made straight after tomorrow's game.

He added: "The game tomorrow is the one to deal with. If we can deal with that, then you can look at other things and all the peripheral things, the glamour and the finance, come with that."

Barton also called for City's travelling supporters to play a major role. "If they support us like they did at Stalybridge in the Trophy last season, that went a long way towards getting us a result."