Dartford manager Ady Pennock counting on maximum points and results elsewhere going their way in last three Isthmian Premier games of the season to stand chance of reaching play-offs

Dartford manager Ady Pennock insists his team need to win their last three matches to stand any chance of making the Isthmian Premier play-offs.

The Darts closed the gap on the sides above them to two points after drawing 2-2 with Carshalton and beating Chatham 3-2 over the Easter weekend.

Even three wins might not be enough if Brentwood and Chatham don’t drop any points in the last fortnight of the season.

“It’s got to be three wins,” stated Pennock. “The other teams are ahead of us, they’re in the driving seat.

“But we can only do what we can do. The form has been excellent for a couple of months so we’ll have to wait and see.

“We can only concentrate on ourselves. If we go lose-lose-lose, then it’s all over anyway so we need to get three wins and see where it takes us.

“We need a little bit of luck as well with other results going our way so it’s not in our hands.”

Pennock insisted that there’s still pressure on his players, even though they’re the ones doing the chasing.

He added: “Football's a funny old game and anything can happen, there’s a lot of football to be played yet.

“I just know that my team will give it everything and I can’t ask for anything more.

“There’ll still be pressure on us - there’s no free hits - but I don’t put any pressure on the boys, I just tell them to go and enjoy themselves.

“It’s a great industry to be involved in and they’re getting paid for it as well so it’s not too bad.”

Dartford make the trip to already-relegated Canvey Island this Saturday.

From the outside, it looks like the ideal fixture for Pennock’s men, but he knows they’ve dropped points against teams at the wrong end of the table too many times this season.

“The games that we’ve been the most successful in are against teams