South Shields will host Kidderminster Harriers in the National League North play-off final on Saturday lunchtime.

South Shields midfielder Jack Roles has urged his team-mates not to get caught up in dreaming and face reality as they prepare to face Kidderminster Harriers in Saturday’s National League North play-off final.

The Mariners players have a chance to create history by claiming a win that would take the club into the top tier of the non-league game for the first time and mean they are just one potential promotion away from a place in the EFL. However, they are also fully aware of the size of the task facing them as they take on a Harriers side that claimed maximum points in both of their meetings with Ian Watson’s side during the regular season.

With a sell-out crowd set to be on hand at the 1st Cloud Arena, Saturday will arguably provide the Mariners with the biggest day in their recent history - but Roles has stressed the need for his side to ‘come back to reality’ as they prepare for a major test.

He told The Gazette: “I think as players, you’re allowed to dream, but I wouldn’t say dream, I’d say visualise. You can visualise yourself playing well or scoring, having the opportunity to be a hero. But you can’t just get set on that, you have to come back to reality a little bit and there is a job to be done, if it’s 90 minutes or a 120 minutes or penalties. You can’t get caught in a trance. You have to come back to reality and play the game as it unfolds.”

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