Gary Johnson says he and his side are ready for the biggest game of their careers at Wembley tomorrow.

Victory against Hull City in the Coca-Cola Championship play-off final will book the club a place in the Premier League.

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Although the likes of The Tigers' Nick Barmby and Dean Windass have played in the top flight, none of City's Wembley squad have appeared at the highest level.

And Gary says that is a huge motivating factor ahead of the showpiece fixture, which will be watched by a near-90,000 crowd - the biggest ever to have watched a Bristol City game - as well as by tens of millions across the world on live TV.

Using a mountaineering analogy, Gary told Bristol City World: "It's fantastic because you keep trying to get to the peak of that mountain, and we're very close to it now.

"We've just got a few yards to go, get the old crampons in and make sure we hang about for a little while more in this game.

"The experience gained by some of them in previous play-off finals has been great. I've been there myself [with Cambridge and Watford] so I think I can help them make the last few yards.

"But you've also got to want to them make the last few yards and, with a bit of luck, we can plant the Bristol City flag on the summit come 5pm on Saturday.

"It is the biggest [game of our careers] and the beauty of it is the bigger the games get at this end of the season, the more successful you have been."

City have been training hard all week on the Ashton Gate pitch and Gary says there is a confident mood in the camp.

He says: "We've left no stone unturned in our preparation. We've brainstormed everything. Everything which leads up to making sure we are 100% fit and ready for this game.

"We are very confident that we have prepared in the right way and we know what Hull have got, know how dangerous they can be and how to alleviate that.

"But at the end of the day it is about bringing out your own team's strengths. If we do, we can have a very successful day.

"We have trained hard. You cross your fingers and cringe sometimes when you see some big tackles going in but there's got to be because you've still got to train properly.

"But at moment in time everybody is fit and looking forward to be being selected in the 16."

He added: "The mood is a confident one without being complacent. If we see any complacency we will nip it in the bud.

"We've got no defeats in our heads - this group of lads is a group of winners. Even when they lose they are desperate to get the next win.

"We are confident because of our form over the past few weeks and when we're on song we can be as good as anyone.

"As long as the team turns up, which I think it will. We've got some confident players in our midst, they're not shrinking violets and we've got some big game players who one the day will show themselves.

Asked whether talk of the match being the most lucrative in world team sport will get to the players, Gary retorted: "I don't think the £60 million means much to the players to be honest, I think it means more to the accounts department at the football club because they have to make the figures add up all the time.

"Most of the players here know what their salary is going to be if they move up a league.

"But I tell you now that this group of lads will not have one thought about the money. Once the game kicks off, it's all about the prestige of getting to the Premier League and winning this game.

"It's a game of football that we've got to win. All the bits that come after - the finances and everything - really does come after.

"It will mean a great deal to see one half of Wembley red and white because they the supporters have deserved their Wembley day.

"As I have said before that a togetherness amongst the supporters, board of directors, players is an unbelievable thing and that can take a club as far as it wants to be. I keep saying that it is now coming to fruition."