Stoney column: The players know what's required

Just three games remain, and every team we face between now and the end of the season will be looking to spoil the party. Dean Davenport's Crystal Palace will be no different this afternoon.

We know Palace have a bit of pace that could cause us problems and it will be a different game to the away fixture we played on an artificial pitch in November, compared to the grass at Leigh.

Palace have had an inconsistent season but we know that if we execute our game plan, we will win.

As cliched as it sounds, we haven't been looking too far ahead into the maths and permutations of certain results in recent weeks, though I was told.

Obviously, we know that if we do our job, we will be crowned champions.

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