Peterborough Sports boss is excited as title win looms large

Football - City side could clinch the title this weekend

Peterborough Sports are within touching distance of a third title in four seasons and manager Jimmy Dean is finally getting excited at the prospect.

Sports need a maximum of six points from four games against teams in the bottom half of Division One Central of the Evo Stik Southern League to clinch top spot.

Last weekend’s 3-0 home win over a stubborn Sutton Coldfield side coupled with a shock home draw for sole title rivals Bromsgrove Sporting moved the prize much closer.

They will seize the crown on Saturday if they beat Aylesbury United and Bromsgrove lose their awkward fixture at Cambridge City.

“I’m getting excited now,” Dean admitted. “I’ve been playing down our chances all season because of the size and quality of some of the other clubs in the league, but it’s getting close now.

“We won’t be changing anything. We will still work hard in training and we won’t be taking any team lightly, but I’d be disappointed if we didn’t win it from here.

“We’ve come through a really tough run of matches with three away wins in eight days followed by a good win against a strong Sutton Coldfield side and now we have four teams in the bottom half of the table to play including the bottom two.”

Dean has a centre-back riddle to solve this weekend as Stuart Wall dislocated his kneecap against Sutton Coldfield after coming on a substitute for hamstring-injury victim Richard Jones. Former Posh youth team player Sam Gaughran could be asked to step in against an Aylesbury side Sports beat 4-0 away from home earlier this season.

Josh McCammon, Dion Sembie-Ferris and Mark Jones scored for Sports against Coldfield.

Yaxley are already celebrating after sealing survival from Division One Central with a 2-0 win over Coleshill at the Decker Bus Stadium last weekend.

The Cuckoos goalscorers were Charley Sanders and Tom Waumsley.

Peterborough Sports celebrate a goal against Sutton Coldfield.