A MAXIMUM haul over Easter weekend could guarantee Harrogate Town at least a play-off place in Nationwide North and also improve their title chances.

Town lie third with five games to go and, with games against leaders Kettering and second-placed Droylsden to come, their championship hopes remain largely in their own hands.

The Kettering game, away, is on Monday, but first Town must seek three points at home to Redditch tomorrow.

Victory there would leave teams outside the play-offs with few games with which to knock Harrogate out of the top five, but Neil Aspin's men should be looking upwards rather than over their shoulders in the race for the one automatic promotion spot.