The Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Peterborough Sports pile the pressure on their title rivals
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Peterborough Sports manager Jimmy Dean insists the pressure is all on opponents Bromsgrove Sporting as the top two clash in Division One Central of the Evo Stik Southern League on Saturday.
The city side are five points clearatthetopastheycrushed AFC Dunstable 7-0 last weekend while Bromsgrove’s game against Didcot was abandoned because of floodlight failure with the title fancies leading 3-1 and playing against 10 men.
A crowd in excess of 1,000 is expected to attend Saturday’s match, but it’s an occasion to be relished rather than feared according to Dean.
“We can’t wait to get started,” Dean said. “We are in great form, we played some excellent football against Dunstable and we have players who will rise to the occasion as well as players who have played in front of many big crowds in their careers.
“Jim Stevenson has played higher with Dover, while Dion Sembie-Ferris has played for Colchester for a start.
“The pressure is all on Bromsgrove. They have a more urgent need to win than us. It’s their home game and although they are superbly supported a big crowd could also work against them.
“We won at Boston United in the FA Cup in front of 925 people so the sheer size of the crowd won’t affect us at all.
“We won’t go there looking for a draw either. We are at our best when we are going forward so we would be foolish to change.”
Centre-back Paul Malone scored a hat-trick against Dunstable with recent signing Sembie-Ferris (2), Mark Jones and Abdo Sani also finding the back of the net.
Yaxley remain deep in relegation trouble after losing 3-1 at home to fellow strugglers Aylesbury. They are away to fourth-placed Berkamsted this Saturday.
Wisbech moved off the bottom of the Evo Stik Northern Premier Eastern Division with a 4-1 win over Ossett United.
Michael Frew scored a hat-trick for the Fenmen who climbed all the way up to 14th after a first win in 10 league matches.