CAUTIOUS boss Tom Killick urged his Poole Town players to keep their feet on the ground following the dramatic win at Concord Rangers.

Dolphins moved to within two points of safety after Steve Devlin's fizzing strike in second-half stoppage time gave them a 1-0 victory against their National South relegation rivals.

Hungerford Town's 1-0 home loss to doomed Whitehawk also helped Poole's cause, with Killick's men still able to catch both Hungerford and Concord, who meet on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Poole take on visitors Whitehawk in their penultimate game of the league campaign.

Reflecting on his team's survival hopes, Killick told the Daily Echo: "Up until Saturday, it was looking very unlikely and now there are some possibilities.

"But it's important not to get carried away because things are still out of our hands.

"It's going to be difficult for us. But we were very buoyed by the performance and the result against Concord and, clearly, the manner of the result is very good for morale.

"It almost gives you a much better feeling than if you score after 20 minutes and see it out. Yes, you are delighted to win the game but to win in the manner we did does give everyone a bit of a lift.

"I'm hoping that will stand us in good stead ahead of Tuesday."

Poole created a number of decent chances and Carl Pettefer crashed against the woodwork early on, while Rangers goalkeeper Louis Wells produced a string of fine saves.

However, there was no stopping Devlin's low, rasping strike in the dying embers which zipped across Wells and nestled in the right corner.

Killick said: "It was looking a bit bleak with a minute of stoppage time to go but I think we deserved it.

"In the second half in particular, we dominated and had quite a few chances which we were unfortunate with.

"You start thinking it's not meant to be so credit goes to the players because I think it's easy for them to start feeling like that.

"But luckily they are made of sterner stuff and they kept on going and were rewarded with a goal at the end."

Former Torquay United striker Elliot Benyon gave Whitehawk victory against Hungerford thanks to a well-taken finish five minutes from time.

Asked if he had been surprised by the result, Killick said: "Only because Whitehawk are already down. In terms of opposition, they seem to have been invigorated by an influx of finance and since that happened, their results have been worthy of the top six or top seven.

"It's not surprising in terms of recent form but I suppose a lot of people might have thought that with them having already been relegated, they might not have provided as stiff opposition as in other circumstances.

"I feel they have an awful lot of integrity to have performed like that."