Peterborough Sports aim to ruffle the feathers of National League North high-fliers at PIMS Park
Peterborough Sports will try and ruffle a few feathers when high-fliers Darlington visit PIMS Park for a National League North game on Saturday (3pm kick off).
Sports are in dire need of three points as they battle to beat the odds and escape relegation. They are three points and two places from safety, although fellow bottom four sides Alfreton Town and Hereford United also have multiple games in hand. They met each other on Thursday night with Alfreton winning 2-1.
Darlington have their own ambitions with a play-off place the target. They are currently fifth after an impressive midweek 3-0 win over rivals Radcliffe on the same night Sports were held to a 0-0 home draw by mid-table Marine.
The city side have seven games to save themselves and tomorrow is one the tougher ones.
"We know we can hurt any team in this league,” Sports boss Michael Gash told Peterborough Community Radio. “We’ve gone toe-to-toe with most of them already this season.
"Our lads have shown they are up for the battle. The workrate, heart and endeavour are there, but we have to show more quality than we did the other night.
“We have the players and I believe in them all. We have to be ready for a battle against a very good side who can play very good football and if we have to ruffle a few feathers we will.
"Confidence was low when I came back in, but we’ve picked up four points and kept clean sheets in our last two matches so morale is high. We are slowly getting there, but time is one thing we don’t have. We have to get there more quickly.”
Sports were disappointed with a small attendance of 158 on Tuesday night. They are hoping more football fans in the city can turn up and boost the club’s chances of an upset win tomorrow.
“The more fans the better,” Gash added. “Fans are so important for a club like ours. They could make all the difference.”