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Preview: Alty v Farsley Celtic
By Connor Murphy
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Tuesday, Moss Lane
Kick off 7.45pm

ALTY face part two of a crucial relegation double-header when they welcome Farsley Celtic to Moss Lane tonight.

Victory against fellow strugglers Droylsden on Saturday sent Robins fans into raptures but Graham Heathcote stressed the job is only half done.

The Alty boss knows his side can ill afford a slip-up against their main rivals for Blue Square Premier survival.

A win against Farsley would put Alty eight points clear of the drop zone and leave them in pole position to avoid relegation.

Defeat, on the other hand, would see their opponents close the gap to just two points, still with two games in hand.

"It was good to beat Droylsden but we didn't go into the dressing room singing and shouting," said Heathcote.

"As far as I'm concerned, it's only half the job done - it doesn't mean anything if we don't get the result against Farsley.

"We did our job against Droylsden. I always knew that if we kept a blank sheet we'd have a good chance of winning and that's exactly what we did.

"But it has to be a different performance tonight, we have to keep the ball better than we did on Saturday and force the issue a little more."

Liam King is the only injury doubt after suffering a slight recurrence of a knee injury against Droylsden.

But it is the 12th man Heathcote is counting on to make the difference at Moss Lane.

He said: "The support at Droylsden was absolutely fantastic. To run out to 500 supporters gives you a massive boost.

"We need more of the same tonight. Sometimes you don't get the same kind of noise at Moss Lane because people are spread out around the ground.

"It might be good if everyone gets together on the terrace and gets behind the team as much as possible."

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