Job is far from over, maintains Robins, a view shared by Bruce

MARK ROBINS has warned his Huddersfield Town side that the job of staying in the Championship is far from complete.

The Terriers breathed fresh life into their survival campaign on Saturday with a 3-1 win at relegation rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers.

A second-half double from Jermaine Beckford and a wonderful solo effort by Sean Scannell did the trick for Town, who thanks to Barnsley’s 6-0 drubbing at home to Charlton were able to move two points clear of the drop zone.

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Huddersfield can take another giant step towards safety tomorrow night when they visit Blackburn, who are one place and one point behind.

However, Town manager Robins has been quick to quash any talk of his side being within touching distance of securing their Championship status.

He said: “The job is far from done. Anyone who thinks so should remember Leeds – I got the impression they thought it was done after we beat them (on March 16).

“Of course, we have the euphoria of winning against Wolves, but it is vital we quickly get our feet back on the floor because the games come thick and fast.

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“We have a really important game on Tuesday night at Ewood Park and everyone has to keep their feet on the floor.

“Peterborough also won (on Saturday against Watford), as did Blackburn (at home to Derby). Barnsley lost at home, but it doesn’t matter as what is important is what we do.

“We have four games left and there will be twists and turns, but we have an advantage and we have to try and keep our heads above water in those remaining games.

“Blackburn is a big game because it is the next one. We have to keep trying to pick up points. The win at Wolves underlined what I said last week about the draw with Peterborough. It was a good point.”

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With Bristol City seeming as good as down following defeat to Bolton, the challenge for the other sides in the bottom third is staying clear of the remaining two relegation berths – which are occupied by Wolves and Barnsley.

Asked if one more win would be enough to keep Huddersfield up, Robins replied: “Who knows? We have four games, some have five left.

“We are on 51 points now and that would mean us being well safe in any other season. But not this season and that keeps everything interesting. There may be teams who don’t win another game this season. We know what we have to do is maintain our level of performance against Wolves.”

Sharing Huddersfield’s sense of satisfaction come the end of Saturday’s games were Leeds United, who triumphed 2-1 against Sheffield Wednesday in Brian McDermott’s first game in charge, and Hull City.

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The latter gave their hopes of clinching automatic promotion a massive lift with a 2-1 win at Ipswich Town. Together with Watford’s defeat to Peterborough United, the Portman Road triumph means Hull are six points clear of Gianfranco Zola’s men with four games to play.

Hull do have an inferior goal difference to the Hornets, but with games to come this week against the bottom two clubs, the East Riding outfit are in a hugely advantageous position.

Manager Steve Bruce, whose side travel to Wolves tomorrow before they host Bristol City on Friday night, said: “We can’t get carried away. We are within touching distance, but we have still got a job to do. We have got to see it through.”

On a dream start to his managerial tenure at Elland Road, McDermott said: “What we needed to do was pass the ball, create things and make things happen. I thought the players were really brave in the second half. I said to them ‘this crowd really want to get behind you’. You could tell that. I’ve been at places where that’s not necessarily the case, but it certainly was here.

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“There is so much potential here and a lot of good will. I put myself on the line here – there would have been options at maybe four or five other clubs, but this club came in and I felt that this was different.”

Another new manager celebrating was Chris Morgan as Sheffield United kept their outside hopes of automatic promotion alive in League One with a 2-0 win over Swindon Town.

Morgan, in his first game in charge since replacing the axed Danny Wilson, said: “We wanted the lads to relax, express themselves offensively and do what comes naturally. This result was down to determination, desire and effort. To a man, they were fantastic. If you have that desire to be better than your opponent, you will never go far wrong.”