Not gone yet: Littlehampton Town’s relegation battle hots up – as boss praises ‘amazing’ fans
Littlehampton Town are still in there fighting to stay in the Isthmian League.
A 3-1 home win over Hartley Wintney has kept up their hopes of avoiding relegation – but they are still in the drop zone, three points off safety with two play.
They finish at home to Hayes and Yeading this Saturday and at Horndean a week later and will go all out to win both.
Joint boss Mitch Hand said: “It was a really, really good result last Saturday – we looked back to ourselves.
"The support was amazing and the backing we’ve had in the past 10 to 12 weeks, when we’ve had difficult moments – we’re still getting clapped off the pitch even when we lose.
"The supporters are amazing and they got us over the line on Saturday.
"The constant rallying round for the team has been brilliant and I expect no different – they’ve helped us through difficult moments.
"They’ve given us a fighting chance and that’s all we can do. Other results didn’t really go our way but we’ve just got to try to win our last two games and see where that gets us.
"If we do that and get relegated on 49 points I don’t feel there’s a lot more we could do.
"Now it’s on to Saturday and the same application from us is needed and I’m sure we can grind out another result and give ourselves a puncher’s chance on the last day.
"It’s always dramatic when Littlehampton are involved so anything could happen. But hopefully we’ve shown everyone we haven’t given up and we’re still fighting and that’s all we can do until that final whistle goes.”