The Peterborough Evening Telegraph
‘Pull your socks up’ time for Sports!
Joint-manager Michael Gash admits it will be ‘pull your socks up’ time for his Peterborough Sports team as they face up to a busy final month of the season.
Sports extended their impressive unbeaten recent to six games with a dour 0-0 draw at Kettering on Tuesday night, having drawn 1-1 at Farsley Celtic last weekend.
The timely run of form has moved Sports well clear of the relegation zone in National League North with 11 points and nine places now separating them from fourth-from-bottom Leamington.
But a busy April now lies ahead, kicking off with a trip to rock-bottom Telford on Saturday and followed by a rearranged home game with play-off chasing Scarborough Athletic next Tuesday (April 4, 7.45pm)
They are the first of eight games Sports will play in the month, including the NFA Hillier Senior Cup final against Cogenhoe United.
And with injuries biting and defender Connor Johnson facing a ban after being sent off late on in the game at Kettering, Gash knows his squad will be tested.
“We have a very busy spell
coming up because of games being rearranged and the cup final is to come as well,” Gash said.
“With injuries and the sending-off, it’s going to be a case of ‘pull your socks up’ because we haven’t got a big squad. It’s going to be a tough spell, but with the characters
and attitude we’ve got, we’ll be okay.
“We knew it wasn’t going to be a pretty game at Kettering. It was physical and it was a bit of a battle. We could have nicked it towards the end when Josh McCammon went through, but the goalkeeper pulled off a good save and then we had one cleared off the line.
"It was a fair battle and it’s another point towards our target of staying in this league. There have been too many draws in our run, but if you’re not going to win the game, make sure you don’t lose it.”
Gash scored a second minute penalty at Farsley, but the hosts equalised in the final stages.
"It was frustrating,” Gash added. “But it was probably a fair result as they finished the game strongly. We were very naive in possession towards the end.”