Hebburn Town urged to embrace the pressure in promotion race
Hebburn Town will visit Northern Premier League rivals Warrington Town on Saturday.
Daniel Moore wants his Hebburn Town players to embrace the pressure they will face during the final weeks of the Northern Premier League season.
The Hornets will head into Saturday’s tough-looking visit to Warrington Town sitting two points clear at the top of the Premier Division as what has been an unexpected push for promotion rapidly approaches its conclusion. The Hornets will face a number of sides in and around the promotion picture and some others scrapping away at the other end of the table before the season comes to a conclusion in late April - and Moore is adamant his squad should thrive facing opposition in such pressure situations.
He told The Gazette: “Warrington Town are still in with a shout of the play-offs. They will be looking at it thinking if they put a run together they can get in there. Every team has something to play for and that’s a good thing because you want to play in games that have something on them. That brings pressure but it’s a good pressure because it’s difficult going into a game when neither side has anything to play for. It should act as a motivating factor for our players and I am absolutely sure it will.”
Platform
If there was one negative in what has been an overwhelming positive week for the Hornets, it came with Hartlepool United’s decision to recall Kian Foreman from his loan spell at Hebburn before agreeing a similar deal with National League North club Spennymoor Town.
Moore admitted he never expected to retain Foreman’s services for the long-term and is confident his squad can continue to impress after his departure.
He said: “That’s part of football I think. We had Dan Cameron go into the National League and Kian go into the National League North. We aren’t naive, we know we are giving these lads a platform and they can go on and play higher if they do well with us. We were never going to hold on to them forever. Kian made a big impact but we have other players that can help us and we are in a good place. Everyone wants to be part of it and that’s great for us.”
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