Boss Austin warns high-flying Harborough Town there is still work to be done

Harborough Town boss Mitch Austin is warning his players to stay 100 per cent focused as they close in on the Pitching-In Southern League Premier Central title.

With just five matches to play, the Bees are seven points clear at the top, with George Carline’s last-gasp goal securing a precious point in a 2-2 home draw with Bury Town last Saturday.

With second-placed Spalding United losing 2-0 at home to Bromsgrove Sporting, it means if the Bees take nine points out of the remaining 15 available to them, the title is guaranteed, regardless of what the Tulips do.

But Austin isn’t taking anything for granted.

“You can overlook things, and think things are done, but this isn’t wrapped up, I don’t care what anybody says,” Austin told @HarbTownFC.

“Other managers can say they are out of it, but it only takes a bad game from us, and on Saturday that was a bad half from us. Lucklily it wasn’t a full game, but that is something I have to make sure doesn’t happen again in the remaining fixtures.

“I am certainly not overlooking the fact that nothing is won right now, nothing, and I won’t let the lads think there is.”

The Bees face an Easter double header this weekend.

Friday sees Harborough go to relegation-threatened St Ives Town, before they host a Banbury United side that beat them a month ago on Easter Monday.

Title rivals Spalding are up against two strugglers, hosting Stourbridge on Friday and then travelling to Barwell on Monday.

“We have to go one game at a time,” said Austin. “We go to St Ives which will be difficult, and then we have to play Banbury who ran all over us at their place.

“They are two big games coming, but let’s not overlook St Ives.”