The Celts are targeting six points from their remaining three matches, at home to Forest Green tomorrow, at York on Tuesday night and then against Grays Athletic at Throstle Nest next Saturday in a game which will kick off at 5.15pm.

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And Firbank said: "I want to appeal for the people of Leeds to get behind Farsley Celtic tomorrow for what is an absolutely vital home game against Forest Green Rovers.

"We want them to come in droves because there is no doubt about it, the volume of noise behind the team does help the lads immensely.

"We as a board are confident we will stay up – but we do need points from our last three games."

And to get those points tomorrow, Farsley are going to have to stop the Blue Square Premier's leading scorer Stuart Fleetwood.

The much coveted 21-year-old, who has netted 33 times this season, turned down a reported £175,000 move into the Football League with Crewe Alexandra in January.

Farsley boss John Deacey said: "He is the leading scorer in the league and he has turned down a couple of Football League clubs, so he has to be half-decent.

"And they are a good side. They have had a very consistent season and it is going to be tough for us.

"But we have got to do a job. We're at home, we haven't done bad against the sides at the top end of the table, and we have got to be looking for three points.

"We are desperate for a win to take into the last two games."

Deacey's hopes of landing a victory which would take Celtic within three points of his safety target of 45, will be vastly enhanced if skipper Amjad Iqbal makes a return to action after missing the last three games. The Pakistani international has reported feeling "okay" following a hamstring injury.

Fellow centre-half Georges Santos has been undergoing intensive treatment at former club Sheffield United on a thigh strain which forced him out of action midway through the first half of the 3-1 defeat at Ebbsfleet United on Tuesday night.

Deacey is hopeful Santos and Iqbal can resume a promising partnership at the back – though the former had an able if somewhat surprising deputy on Tuesday evening.

Veteran striker Simeon Bambrook dropped back into the defence and gave a sterling display, while Deacey was also full of praise for winger Andy Watson who has filled in in central midfield in the last week or so.

"I ended up with six centre-forwards on the pitch on Tuesday," said Deacey. "We had Bambrook, Colin Heath, Lee Tuck, Steve Torpey, Damien Reeves and David McNiven.

"Bambrook was at centre-half, he went there when Georges went off, and he was outstanding.

"And the biggest bonus to come out of all our injury problems has been Andy Watson playing in the centre. He has been absolutely awesome.

"He's an intelligent player, so sharp, and the link-up play between him and the forwards has been top class.

The opposition just can't stay with him."

Watson could stay in the centre of midfield tomorrow as James Knowles completes his two-match ban. Farsley's appeal against his dismissal at Oxford United last weekend was turned down on Tuesday afternoon.

But there was some good news for the Celts in midweek as they managed to keep hold of striker David McNiven, who scored the opening goal on Tuesday night, after parent club Stafford Rangers had threatened to recall him from his loan spell at Throstle Nest.