Celtic may be embroiled in a dogfight at the bottom of the table, but Deacey is refusing to allow that to descend into a kick and rush race for the safety line.

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Farsley stuck by their footballing philosophy for the visit of promotion-chasing Cambridge on Saturday and it paid handsome dividends as they condemned their visitors to only a second defeat in 10 matches.

And tonight they travel to a Weymouth side who occupy the fourth and final relegation slot just below them with Deacey promising to continue to turn on the style.

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Deacey said: "I like to play good football whatever the conditions. The weather was horrendous on Saturday but we still played good football all of the time.


"That's what their manager Jimmy Quinn said to us after the game, that we never go from our philosophy of keeping the ball on the floor, whether we're playing with the wind, against the wind and whether it's chucking it down. We just keep it on the floor and try to play football, and that's what we will continue to do.

"I have tried to bring people in who are good footballers as well as battlers and we will definitely try and play our way to safety. I just believe in that. We won't just hoof the ball forward. We want to play football and I think that will get us out of this situation."

That philosophy certainly earned the Celts their 2-1 win over the U's on Saturday after they had fallen behind to a 51st-minute strike from Lee Boylan.

Damien Reeves levelled matters before Dominic Krief struck the winner direct from a 72nd-minute free-kick.

Former Leeds United youngster Krief was playing despite the death of his grandmother and Deacey said: "I had a word with him before the game to see if he wanted to play and whether his mind was right and he assured me it was.

"He has been excellent since he came back into the side, he's formed a very good partnership in midfield with Craig Bentham, and he fully deserved his goal."

Despite the result, Farsley are just a point clear of Weymouth having played one game more.

Weymouth had a good result themselves on Saturday, beating Stevenage Borough 1-0 while Altrincham, who are a point clear of Farsley but have played two games more, also won 1-0 against Forest Green.

It means the pressure is still on Farsley to get a result this evening –but Deacey is confident they are in the right form to do just that.

"Altrincham had a bit of luck on Saturday, Forest Green went down to nine men, but we can't concern ourselves with what other teams are doing," he said. "We beat a team up at the top who hadn't lost for six games and thoroughly deserved to.

"It's a big game tonight, of course it is, but the way we are playing we are capable of getting something down there."

Celtic set off on the trip south this morning without winger Rory Prendergast, who serves the second match of his two-game ban, while Amjad Iqbal was unavailable due to work commitments.

Mark Jackson, who switched from right-back to partner Iqbal on Saturday, is expected to line up alongside Georges Santos who returns from suspension tonight.

Steve Downes is likely to continue in the right-back berth.
With Celtic's squad now settled and in form, Deacey has allowed striker Tris Whitman and defender Mark Hotte to join UniBond League First Division North side Bradford Park Avenue.

Young hot shot Lee Tuck is on loan at Premier Division Guiseley.
"You can't keep everybody happy when you have got a big squad and you have got to keep the players fit as well," explained Deacey.