Pitchero Non League

....Larkhall Athletic at Sandy Lane on Tuesday night.

Larkhall's 3-2 win at Wellington last Saturday, combined with Bitton's 1-0 home loss to Ilfracombe Town, leaves the leaders needing just one win to be sure of the Premier Division title.

Dawlish player-manager Gary Fisher will be determined to make sure that celebration doesn't happen tonight.

Fisher's side are still in great shape for a top-four finish themselves, and have produced their best displays against the top sides.

Last Saturday they drew 2-2 with fifth-placed Bristol Manor Farm, although it needed some harsh words from Fisher at half-time to inspire a fight back after they went 2-0 down in the first half.

Second half goals from Craig Fenner and Liam McAuley rescued a well-earned point for Dawlish.

"In the first half, we were awful," said Fisher. "We played like it was an end of season game – we were just strolling about.

"We looked like we had nothing to play for and they were rightly ahead because they tore us apart.

So I gave them a bit of the hairdryer treatment at half-time — I told them a few home truths.

"We came out flying after that and got back into the game. It was a fair result in the end — a real game of two halves.

"Before the game we would have taken a point because they are up there and on a good run."

Larkhall, meanwhile, have had to abandon their promotion dream after being told their Plain Ham ground does not meet the standard required for Zamaretto League football.

Around £15,000 of work was needed to bring it up to Grade E standard under the FA's National Ground Grading Requirements.

An agreement with Bath City to play their home games at Twerton Park hasn't worked either — Larkhall have been told that ground sharing for the purposes of gaining promotion is also not allowed.

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