Nostell manager Paul Lines claims he was a victim of “derogatory” comments when he was sent off in the 4-2 defeat to Pickering Town
Five wins should see Nostell Miners Welfare safe, according to Paul Lines.
Nostell are third-bottom with 15 points and with 14 games to play in the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division.
The League currently expect two clubs to be relegated so Nostell have plenty of work still to do ahead of the visit of their former manager Alan Colquhoun’s Nostell side.
Lines said: “Realistically 30 points is what we need.
“Anywhere near that and I think we will be safe.
“We have Retford and Glasshoughton to play and if we win those games that will take us to 21 points.
“We have got to start racking them points up.”
A run of two league consecutive wins came to an end last Saturday in the 3-1 defeat to Shaw Lane Aquaforce.
This was followed by the nightmare 4-2 defeat to Pickering Town in midweek.
Nostell have lost Greg Porter for the rest of the season after he went off after four minutes with suspected cruciate ligament damage.
James Davies was dismissed for a second bookable offence and then Lines himself was sent off in the second half.
“It was always going to be one of those nights,” he said.
“It was just a bad night at the office. Losing Greg Porter after ten minutes was a blow as he has been playing well.
“Then losing James Davies early on compounded it.
“Pickering were the better side. They were sharper and quicker to the ball than us so I have no complaints about it.
“I went in after the game and just it was one of those nights and that we need to forget it and move on.”
Lines apologised to referee David Sullivan after the game on Tuesday night for his behaviour.
He intends to accept any charges brought by the Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup.
After being told to leave the technical area, he became involved in heated exchanges with a number of Pickering players.
Lines claims he was subjected to abusive comments and was provoked.
“I thought it was really harsh, Lines said of his red card.
“I did shout f**k off at the linesman twice, but he didn’t know until their assistant manager told him.
“When the ref came over I thought he was just going to say ‘calm it down Paul, get back in your dugout’, but he sent me off.
“Then when I walking off, I had some of their players saying derogatory things to me.
“I didn’t react at first, but then I did. I shouldn’t have had to put up with it because some of the comments were quite personal.”