Even I was having doubts, as I wrote in last week's column, and the over-sized female singer was allegedly already on her way to the Withdean, but then a Tuesday night victory at Hereford gives every Albion fan that little glimmer of hope.

Coupled with that, and not wishing to trivialise the immortal words of the late Martin Luther King, I've had a dream.

In this dream I was sat in my seat in the Press Box at the Withdean on May 2 after the final game of the season against Stockport County. The Albion had ended-up with 50 points and survived.

Back to reality and after Tuesday night they now have 39 points with six games to go, three at home, Swindon, Oldham and Stockport, and three on the road, Colchester, Bristol Rovers and Huddersfield.

So where will those 11 points come from?

Despite wretched home form this season, given the situation, if they don't win their remaining matches at the Withdean, do they even deserve to stay up?

I actually think seven points, two wins and a draw, will come at the Withdean, whilst a win and a draw, and obviously a defeat, will come on the road.

What's key to the whole thing is the support the team get in these six matches.

If you are reading this and consider yourself an Albion fan, but for various reasons don't get to matches, I'm asking you, in fact almost begging you, to pick-up the phone or turn-on the computer and buy a ticket and come and get behind the team.

Aspects of this season, both on and off the field, have bordered on farce, but that can't be changed. What we can do now is get decent crowds creating some kind of atmosphere at the Withdean, which will help the team fight-off relegation.

Besides, has anybody heard the fat lady sing? It's certainly not the best tonic after a relegation. . .

I'm sure Lord Ferguson of Old Trafford has never been one for counting chickens, but I'm sure even he wouldn't have even comprehended the possibility of Porto scoring two valuable away goals.

It leaves United with a mountain to climb, but one they are more than capable of doing. But it must start preying on their minds now that if they were to go out in Portugal next week, then lose to a resurgent Everton in the FA Cup semi-final, in four days the quest for five trophies might become three.

But with his flexible added time, and his mind games, they could still end up with all five. Love him or loathe him, he is a legend.

In local sporting circles, the late Roy Pook Snr was liked and respected by all who came into contact with him, be it at football, the races or the greyhound track, and as a champion of the cause of youth football he certainly would have approved of the two semi-finals in the Under 14 floodlit competition that bears his name at Woodside Road last Thursday night.

A well-respected local footballing neutral on the night said that the two matches, between Ferring and PW Colts, and Worthing Minors and Worthing Town, were two of the most exciting matches he had seen at Woodside this season, which is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the management teams of all of the squads.

Bizarrely, both games were 1-0 half time, 1-1 full time then ending 2-1 after extra time, and now Worthing Minors will take on Ferring in the final next Thursday, April 16, at Woodside, 7pm kick off.

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