League Two: Accrington, Tranmere, Morecambe & Carlisle face Survival Saturday

This has been Accrington’s first full season for over a decade without the reassuring presence of John Coleman at the helm.

John Doolan has vast coaching experience but this has been his first job as a number one and it has been a challenging campaign, summed up by small bursts of good form and barren spells.

Defeat away to Cheltenham Town at the start of October left them bottom and without a win, but they then reeled off four wins in six games to ease the pressure.

The ups and downs have remained, but when they thrashed Newport County on 8 March, Stanley had a 10-point cushion over the drop zone.

However, five more matches without a win has reduced the gap over Morecambe to six points and conceding four in successive losses to Fleetwood Town and Bromley will have increased anxiety levels, especially with home games against Tranmere, and Carlisle on Easter Monday, 21 April, to come.

Accrington are one of the smallest EFL clubs, but they have proudly held their place since promotion in 2006 and they do not want a 19-year stay to come to an end.

Doolan told BBC Radio Lancashire: “There’s five games left, we’re six points clear, it’s in our own hands, we can do something about it. That’s the beauty of it. We’re now chomping at the bit for Saturday.”