The Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Sports are desperate to avoid a ‘calamitous’ relegation
Peterborough Sports’ chairman Stephen ‘Tommy’ Cooper admits relegation from Division One South of the Evo Stik League would be ‘calamitous’.
Sports dropped into the bottom four after a demoralising 4-1 home defeat by Carlton on Tuesday night, just days after losing 3-0 at Basford in the club’s first FA Trophy tie.
They’ve won just one of their last eight Division One One South matches ahead of a key home match with nextto-bottom Romulus at PSL on Saturday (3pm).
Only one team is relegated, but Cooper, who has overseen successive promotions for a club now playing at step 4 level for the first time in their history, is far from complacent, especially as he’s busy trying to restructure Sports behind the scenes in an attempt to make them an Evo Stik force.
“Only one team goes down, at the Bull Hotel but there is not a standout bad side in the division,” Cooper said. “Someone has to go down and we play the bottom two in the next two games. Forget title showdowns, these games are much more important as relegation would be calamitous.”
Sports follow the game against Romulus with a trip to bottom club Gresley. In between they have a mouthwatering League Cup tie at local rivals Stamford AFC.
The Daniels are in decent form. They are unbeaten at home this season and moved into the first round proper of the Trophy with a 3-0 win against Loughborough Dynamo last weekend.
Former Posh striker Lee Clarke has signed for Stamford AFC who host Lincoln United on Saturday. Clarke played for United Counties Division One table-toppers Blackstones in a 1-1 draw with Olney last weekend. Stones are at Raunds on Saturday.
Big game in the Premier Division sees Deeping Rangers host unbeaten Newport Pagnell. Yaxley host Harborough, while Peterborough Northern Star’s young side travel to Wellingborough Town.
Star drew 1-1 at home to Rothwell Corinthians last weekend and 2-2 at Wisbech on Tuesday when Connor Pilbeam equalised in the last minute.