With a victory, the Mariners, who are currently playing well, might join Warrington Rylands and Macclesfield in the postseason.
After losing to Rylands at the start of April, Young’s team has responded admirably, winning all three points against Workington and Morpeth Town.
He said to Off The Park, “There have been a lot of people saying we’re not special, we’re not this and that, but we’re getting results.” We’ll keep recruiting and playing in a specific way since we are unable to compete financially with other teams in the league.
“We’re entering a really crucial phase, we’re in a great spot to make a playoff semi-final, and we had a strong run
“When you watch some of the other managers speak, it seems like we’re not that different from them. We’re straightforward and possess these qualities—not all of them, but some of them. They’re not wrong in what they say, but we work harder than anyone I would say and we are very efficient in what we do. We don’t want to seem good.
“We were criticized in the preseason for making a lot of changes, but we haven’t done anything yet; instead, we have placed ourselves in a situation that many wouldn’t have imagined at the beginning of the season. Although the season has been enjoyable, we must close out in the greatest possible way.
Colls’ visit to the Marine Travel Arena marks the final home match of a successful season for the Crosby club. Under Young, there has been gradual growth from the side that was relegated from the Northern Premier League but bounced back with promotion and several memorable cup campaigns.
Nine of their last 10 home matches have attracted over 1,200 supporters. The upward trajectory of the Mariners comes as no surprise to Young with the building process continuing but with the fanbase ever-increasing, there is no reason to let-up, he added: “The fans have been fantastic home and away, the away support has been amazing – Workington isn’t an easy journey but I’ve said the way we are as a club, resource-wise, it’ll take a period of time to build our football.
“It’s well documented we haven’t put the Tottenham money anywhere else apart from the infrastructure of the football club, it’s a slow build and you can see that in our recruitment with where the lads have come from.
“I’ve said all along that it’ll take time to establish ourselves, irrespective of what league we’re in next year we will establish ourselves in terms of players we can attract, it’ll be a slow burner because we’re not going to throw money at it.
“I understand the way we are working, I’m the biggest advocate of it, we’ve got ways of doing things and we’ll continue going that way.”
Colls were relegated as a result on Tuesday’s 1-0 defeat to Macclesfield. Marine can book their place in the playoffs with a win and Young has warned of the quality that they possess. He said: “I feel sorry for Atherton because if you look at the results, as the season has gone on they have improved.
“They have been winning in games, conceding late on and some cases conceding two or three. They’ve got good players at the top of the pitch, they’ve got good footballers, they’ll be looking to showcase their talents, we took Harvey Gregson from them and what a season he is having. We’ve got to be on our mettle and we’ve got a job to do.”
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