Oxford United boss Chris Wilder says the noise the fans make at the Kassam Stadium, and the atmosphere they are creating, is playing a massive part in the team’s great home form this season.

And both he and the players really appreciate it, he insists.

Just as in the Blue Square Premier game against promotion rivals Luton in September, the stadium was like a cauldron during the second half of Saturday’s FA Cup clash with Yeovil as the U’s attacked towards the Oxford Mail Stand.

Supporters have been raising the roof this season, and it is both unsettling the opposition, and helping United’s own players, contributing to another special win as Wilder’s men toppled League One Yeovil 1-0 to set up another home tie in the second round against Barrow.

“I’d love it to be the same atmosphere in the next round as it was on Saturday,” Wilder said.

“It does help, of course, when the opposition bring a decent-sized support, but our supporters were again first-class.

“They really got behind us and willed us over the finishing line.

“It gives myself and the players such a boost and it’s going to be such a help if they can keep doing that right through the season.

“The lift it gives the players is enormous . . . it doesn’t half make a difference.”

United’s home form in 2009-10 has been sensational, with ten wins and one draw from 11 league and cup games, and only one goal conceded in the last 12 hours of football played at the Kassam Stadium.

The U’s boss told the club’s website: “The support yet again was unbelievable and that atmosphere around the place was first-class. That’s with 6,000 people in, so if we can get another 4,000 in as well, God only knows what that will be like!”

Barrow, who face Oxford United twice in the next three weeks, in both league and Cup, look set to sign former U’s winger Craig Nelthorpe on loan from York City.

Their joint-manager Dave Bayliss said there will be no pressure on his team.

“People have said we must be gutted, but we're not.

“We know there's going to be 6,000-7,000 people at Oxford, there's no pressure on us and we like going to the better grounds.

“We'll go there with no pressure on us whatsoever.”