ADAM Lockwood insists Guiseley are “nowhere near over the line” as their battle for National League survival continues against Forest Green.

Victory over basement boys Southport at the weekend rocketed the Lions up to 16th spot in the table – six points clear of the drop zone with five matches remaining.

The first of those encounters sees high-flying Rovers visit Nethermoor on Saturday, with home boss Lockwood insisting his side have plenty of work still to do

“We’re nowhere near over the line – I want to finish as high as possible,” he said.

“We’ve got some very tough games, as last Saturday’s was. That was a massive three points but from where we were every three points was massive to even stand a chance of getting where we wanted to be.

“We’re still not there and, seeing some of the other results, we have to keep going. Every game that we take part in we want to win, as we have since we started.”

Third-placed Rovers still harbour outside hopes of claiming top spot but will most likely require play-off glory to claim a Football League place.

Either way, Lockwood is solely focused on his own side and their preparations this week.

He added: “I said from day one that nobody matters to me apart from Guiseley Football Club.

“We’ll do our side of the bargain and do it to the best of our ability, and see if we can get as many points as possible.

“We’ve had a good go up to now and hopefully it will be enough come the end of the season.

“As I said, it doesn’t matter to me who we play. Obviously, different teams provide different challenges and this will be a big challenge.

“But we’ve come up against good teams in this league already and competed very well.

“Yes, we’re playing a team around the top of the league, but it has to be about us and making sure we’re right.

“We’ll definitely look at their strengths and weaknesses but all along we’ve concentrated on ourselves and on getting ourselves right. Up until now we’ve picked up points.”

After initially taking charge on an interim basis in August following five straight defeats for the club, Lockwood has led the Lions to the brink of safety seemingly with time to spare.

“I always said that we’d have setbacks along the way and we’d have doubters,” he added.

“When I first got involved people said ‘you must be mad’ but I wouldn’t have got involved if I didn’t think we could do it as a group and as a club.

“I’ve said it many times, but the club deserve a lot of credit for the way they’re going about things.

“I can only thank everybody connected, and hopefully we achieve what we want to achieve.”