The Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Peterborough Sports all set for some Easter celebrations
Football - Three points will secure the the title for the city side
Win the League on Saturday and celebrate on Monday that’s the plan for Peterborough Sports over the Easter weekend.
Sports will clinch the Evo Stik Southern League Division One title with three games to spare with a win at lowly Kidlington on Saturday. They then host Cambridge City at the Bee Arena on Easter Monday (3pm).
It’s impossible to see Sports faltering now. They’ve won 17 of their last 19 fixtures, they are the joint top scorers with 102 goals and they have the best defensive record (24 goals conceded in 38 matches) by some distance.
“Those stats confirm we are the best team in the League,” Sports manager Jimmy Dean insisted. “That’s not me being big-headed. It’s just a fact.
“And I just want the title race to be over now. We’ve coped superbly with so much pressure and now we deserve to be able to celebrate.
“In some ways it would be great to win the title in front of our own fans, but I want to win it on Saturday so we can celebrate on Monday.”
Sports moved to within three points of the title with a 3-1 home win over Aylesbury United last Saturday.
The city side didn’t play to their best, but they didn’t need to. A Dan Lawlor penalty, a Josh McCammon strike and a debut goal from teenage centre-back Henry Nkobi made a late Aylesbury goal irrelevant.
A bumper crowd in excess of 300 watched the game to the delight of Dean.
“I’m hoping the people of Peterborough see us as their second team now,” Dean added. “The crowds have been steadily rising and the club deserves that. We should be just three divisions below the Football League next season and I’d hope to get regular 250300 crowds then.”
Jim Stevenson and Josh Moreman return to the Sports squad on Saturday when Yaxley host Thame United (3pm).
The Cuckoos made certain of safety with a 2-1 win at Dunstable Town last weekend with goals from Liam Hook and Charley Sanders. Yaxley are at Corby on Monday.