Following their victory last week away at Dover Athletic, which secured their fourth double of the campaign, Torquay United manager Kevin Nicholson remained grounded and insisted that there were no 'well dones' or 'pats on the back."
And with the knowledge that only a win will over already relegated North Ferriby United can give the Gulls any real confidence of avoiding the drop outright he has a very good reason to do so.
United currently stand on fifty points - a figure achieved by earning 25 points against the top eight in the division and 25 against the remaining 15 sides - and with relegation rivals Guiseley also on 50, York City on 49 and Braintree Town on 48 another three points would keep them out of their reach.
Guiseley, managed by former Gulls loanee Adam Lockwood, are at home to Solihull Moors, York host Forest Green Rovers in front of the BT Sport cameras and Braintree travel to Aldershot Town, who are already assured of the league's final Play-off spot.
Parallels can be drawn between United's current situation and that of Boreham Wood last season. The Wood hosted an already relegated Welling United on the final day of the 2015-16 campaign and were one of four clubs who could have potentially gone down. However, Luke Garrard's side won 3-0 to preserve their National League status and a similar score line for the Gulls this time around would do nicely.
United's history has been punctuated with numerous final day escape acts, notable ones include the 'Bryn the Police Dog' encounter against Crewe Alexandra in 1987 and the 'loser loses all' match with Barnet in 2001.
Saturday's clash has the potential to rank alongside both of the aforementioned matches.
Footnote: Much has been made in recent week's about the Gulls' record against the National League's top eight which reads: Played 16, won six , drawn seven and lost three with a return of 25 points.
However, United's record against the league's bottom eight has seen them pick up 19 points from a possible 45, which includes six wins. Wouldn't it be a great way to even things up by increasing that figure to 22.
