PETERSFIELD Town chairman Graeme Moir has urged everyone at the club to keep believing they will escape from the relegation zone.

His rallying call came after the Rams sunk to the bottom of the table for the first time this season.

This was a result of Petersfield losing 3-0 at home to Kempston Rovers on Saturday, coupled with Histon’s surprise 6-2 win at Barton Rovers.

Things can only go up now quite literally for the Rams and Moir is urging people at the club and its supporters to stick together.

“Time is still very much on our side and there are plenty of clubs who have been in our position, picked up a couple of results and come the end of the season they are sitting comfortably in mid-table,” said Moir.

“Our manager John Robson firmly believes we will get ourselves away from the bottom of the table and that is my belief as well.

“Saturday’s performance after making a poor start to the game, showed signs that slowly and surely our play is coming together.

“It will still take time for things to come together enough to start winning regularly.

“However, we all must believe it will happen – both on and off the pitch. There is a lot of hard work to be done if we are going to pull away from the relegation zone but no one is suggesting in our camp that we are finished yet.

“We have to all stick together at this point and put in the hard graft which will turn the situation around.”

The Rams are taking a break tonight from the Southern League when they host Portsmouth Water Company at Love Lane in the Portsmouth Senior Cup.

The visitors play in the Portsmouth Saturday League and Petersfield will be expected to comfortably progress into the next round.

“Tonight’s game is a bit of no win situation for us in our position,” added Moir. “Due to the gap between where the two clubs play their football we will be expected to win by a few goals.

“If we don’t do that or we get knocked out people will just come out with more comments about us being a struggling club.

“Hopefully it is an opportunity to put a win on the board and for the manager to get another 90 minutes working with the players and getting them to buy into the way he wants to do things.”