Ashford United manager Tommy Warrilow on the pressure of playing for the Nuts & Bolts as Isthmian South East play-off battle continues

Tommy Warrilow says pressure comes with the territory when playing for Ashford.

The Nuts & Bolts are in a major scrap to make the Isthmian South East play-offs.

They conceded a 94th-minute equaliser in a 2-2 draw at East Grinstead last weekend.

On the plus side, they moved to within two points of fifth-placed Cray Valley, who lost to Whitehawk, but know they should be level with the Millers.

Seventh-placed Ashford have five games to go, starting with Lancing at Homelands on Saturday (3pm).

Victory would set them up nicely for two games in four days over the Easter weekend, after which they should have a good idea of where they are in the race for a top-five finish.

“It’s going to come down to who holds their nerve the most,” said boss Warrilow.

“I’m entitled to get angry with a performance, and I was fuming at full-time on Saturday because we should have seen the game out, but I’m not panicking.

“It’s the old saying about game management.

“What we need to do now is get our heads right for another big game on Saturday.

“They’re all big games at this stage of the season - all pressure games.

“We’ve only lost one in 10, so it’s not a bad run at all but there’s only five games to go now and that’s the difference.

“There’s no point building one game up without the others because they’re all important.

“When people sign for Ashford, they’re joining a club where the expectation levels are high.

“That comes with the territory of being an Ashford player. Whenever we lose it’s an upset and when we win we’re supposed to win anyway.

“That’s a massive compliment to how things have gone here over the last few years but at the same time it would be nice if we got acknowledgement for winning games.

“We’re still very much in the play-off