The Peterborough Evening Telegraph
It’s crunch time for Sports as title rivals visit the Bee Arena
Football - Top two in Division One of the Evo Stik Southern League are set to clash
It’s crunch time for all-conquering Peterborough Sports as they approach a season-defining run of games in Division One Central of the Evo Stik Southern League.
First up on Saturday at the Bee Arena (3pm) are secondplaced Bromsgrove Sporting who can jump above the city side if they can repeat a victory from earlier in the season.
Sports also face other members of the top six Corby, Thame and Didcot, within their next five fixtures, but is manager Jimmy Dean concerned? Not after watching his side demolish Dunstable 7-0 away from home last weekend with a display he described as ‘outrageous.’
Sports have now won 16 and lost just one of their last 18 league games.
“That was the best performance since I became manager,” Dean enthused. “We were on it from the first whistle to the last. It was an outrageous performance. We did to Dunstable what Posh did to us in a pre-season friendly. We were different class and it sets us up nicely for the tough games coming up.
“I can’t wait for Saturday’s game. Bromsgrove are an excellent side who play football the right way. We lost 4-3 at their place to a last-minute goal. It was a great spectacle, but we were suffering from illness and injury so we are confident of getting revenge.
“It’s the first of a crucial run of matches that could define the season for us. They are hard games, but the next five matches will decide how comfortable the rest of the season will be for us.”
Sports blitzed Dunstable with four goals in the opening 14 minutes. The win kept them a point clear of Bromsgrove who have also played three more games.
Mark Jones (2), Josh McCammon (2), Lewis Hilliard, Dan Lawlor and Paul Malone scored the Sports goals.
Josh Moreman is available on Saturday after completing a three-game suspension.
Yaxley host play-off chasing Berkhamsted on Saturday. Dan Cotton’s late goal forced a 3-3 draw at relegation rivals North Leigh last weekend.