SWINDON TOWN: 'Now give me one big push' (From Swindon Advertiser)

SWINDON TOWN: 'Now give me one big push'

9:55am Monday 26th March 2007

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YOU'VE built the platform now push off!' is Paul Sturrock's challenge to Town's television performers.

Yesterday's 3-2 triumph at fellow promotion rivals Lincoln City catapulted the Wiltshire men firmly back into the hunt for automatic promotion.

The manager views it as a start and now sees the next four matches as going a long way to determining Town's fate for the campaign.

Goals from debutant Barry Corr, Christian Roberts and Lee Peacock proved decisive at Sincil Bank.

Aside from lapses at the start and finish, Sturrock said it was finally a triumph for his way' and players at last doing as they were told.

He said: "The important thing is to be in the top three at the end of the season.

"That (victory) should give us a platform now and we've got to kick on."

The win completed a fantastic quartet of away day triumphs for Town with Hartlepool, Walsall, M K Dons and now Lincoln all defeated on their own turf.

Sturrock said: "It was probably the best performance as far as people doing as they were told since I got here.

"All of a sudden people decided to do it the Paul Sturrock way and as you see it scores goals.

"I think they saw a wee glimpse of how they could win games quite easily if they were just to do the things they can do and do them for 90 minutes.

"Now we've got Shrewsbury, Rochdale and Hereford to face. And with Torquay on Easter Monday, those games will really determine where we're going to be going."

Not that yesterday's win was entirely without cost.

Everton-bound Lukas Jutkiewicz hobbled off with an ankle injury while Lee Peacock suffered a gash to the leg. Both were expected to need stitches with a further assessment today.

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