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Guiseley's Spanish player Jonathan Fernandez who will be hoping to help put Guiseley in the promotion play-offs.

GUISELEY'S hopes of reaching the promotion play-offs go to the wire. They need to win their last game, at home to Kendal on Saturday but also have to rely on Eastwood Town slipping up against Leek Town.

Guiseley dropped out of the play-off places with their 1-0 midweek defeat at struggling Leek last week. They hit back with a win at Worksop on Saturday but results also went the way of Eastwood who climbed above them.

Buxton sealed their play-off place with a mid-week win over Frickley so now it is all down to the last matches on Saturday.

Kendal are expected at Nethermoor with a coachload of spectators as their sponsor has laid on a free coach to reward loyal supporters.

Guiseley will need their supporters to come out in numbers and to cheer them on in a bid to lift their dismal home form.

They have shown notoriously bad form at home whilst triumphing in style away and Saturday is surely the time they must lay this particular bogey once and for all.

Nothing but a win is acceptable and even then they have to rely on Eastwood getting no more than a draw.

Guiseley will be without their leading scorer James Hanson who damaged ankle ligaments at Worksop.

Whether Guiseley are hoping to dupe' their players into thinking they are playing away is open to speculation as they will meet early at Nethermoor and then journey to a local hotel for a pre-match meal and relaxation.

Manager Steve Kittrick said: "It is all about us getting three points first off, we have to look after ourselves and then hope that Leek Town - who play Eastwood - do us a favour. They themselves are battling for Premier Division survival and if they play like they did against us then who knows.

"I don't want my lads getting nervous, they have to be allowed to go out there and play, they need the whole of the crowd behind them in what is a vital match for us.

"Everyone needs to back us all the way, there is no room for criticism we just need fantastic support, which is what we get from a big majority of the fans to be fair. It is just the odd two per cent who criticise all the time.

"I am happy to have been re-appointed as manager for next season but obviously this season is our concern at the moment and we are still aiming to make those play-offs.

"Football is obviously all about opinions but I am confident in what I am doing. We have a number of young players and we will be doing things slightly different to try and relax them. Kendal will obviously be coming to us with nothing to gain really but they will be coming to try and spoil it for us."

Worksop Town 1 Guiseley 2

They completed the first part of that with a 2-1 win at Worksop but it was far from convincing with the hosts having their goalkeeper sent off.

Guiseley took the game to Worksop from the outset and created several openings before breaking the deadlock. That came on the half-hour when Lee Crooks and James Hanson combined and Aron Wilford netted.

More chances followed but Guiseley were struck a body blow when their leading scorer James Hanson was carried off with an ankle injury late in the first-half. Gavin Knight took to the field at the start of the second-half to replace him and eventually became the match winner.

Worksop were forced to re-organise when, in the 56th minute, they lost their keeper to a red card for handling outside the area in what seemed harsh circumstances. The home side's ten men rallied and levelled through Steve Akers with just a little over 12 minutes remaining.

Guiseley however were undeterred and responded when Wilford headed on and Knight raced through to beat the stand-in keeper from close range and celebrate with one of his trademark somersaults.

11:52am Thursday 24th April 2008

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