I know high pressure and this is right up there – Kazim-Richards on the ‘massive’ Crawley Town-Salford City clash

The Reds are 22nd in League Two heading into the final day of the season, above Harrogate Town and the dreaded relegation zone on goal difference only.

Match or better the Sulphurites’ result against Barnet at the weekend and Crawley should be safe, with bottom-club Barrow three points adrift and eight goals worse off than the Reds.

The visit of the Ammies to the Broadfield is being billed as one of the biggest games in the Reds’ history and the club anticipates tickets to sell out as fans flock to drive their team over the line.

Kazim-Richards said: “I've trained all my life for these type of situations, for these type of moments. Obviously, you never envision being in a relegation fight.

“You don't when you're coming up in your career or whatever it might be. You never think about what could be the worst. You always think about promotions, finals, Champions League finals, whatever it might be.

“You never say, ‘you know what? One day I can imagine myself being in a relegation fight.’ You don't do that, but it's here.”

In only his sixth game at the helm of a club, Kazim-Richards was asked if Saturday’s contest was one of the most important of his extensive playing career.

“100 per cent,” he said. “This is to keep a club in the professional. Because it is in the EFL, in the professional leagues, in the professional pyramid in England.

“The history, the meaning that it has to people, it's a massive, massive game in my career –player [or] coach. I’ve played in some really high pressure situations, been involved in some high pressure situations, and this is right up there. It's not egotistical or anything to say that, right?

“It is the truth, and it doesn't make you as a weak person to identify things that are going to be difficult. I think when you identify things, then you can have an honest conversation with yourself about what needs to be done.”

He added: “A lot of people don't know the cost. They know the price, but they don't know the cost.

“And when you know that, you're alright jumping in the fire. I promise you, I'm OK with jumping in the fire because I know the cost.”

Barrow welcome 21st-placed Newport County at the weekend, who along with Tranmere Rovers (20th) are a point above the Reds on 40. The Rovers host sixth-placed Grimsby Town.

Perhaps crucially, Crawley hold the highest goal difference (-24) of League Two’s bottom five, so could hold the edge if results go their way.