John Cofie hoping to finish on a high

The 22-year-old former Manchester United youth striker scored the opener the last time Telford played Chorley before Lucas Dawson's penalty just before half-time gave them a 2-0 win.

That was the first of five consecutive clean sheets for the Bucks and the second of five straight wins.

Victory at Chorley would give Telford only their second double of the season after FC United of Manchester.

Astonishing

And Cofie wants to sign off on a winning note.

"I can't wait for the game. I can think of nothing better than staying up and then to win the last game of the season with a goal to my name," he said.

"As a striker my main aim is to score goals. I want us to win as a team but in my head I want to score and every goal is an astonishing feeling, and even more of a bonus is three points."

Cofie believes Telford's survival is down to divine inspiration.

"No matter how big or small a situation, I always pray and I thank God for helping us because I believe if it wasn't for him, it wouldn't have happened," he said.

"So the first thing I did when we stopped up was pray."

Cofie reckons he could have helped put the Bucks' survival fears to bed earlier – if manager Rob Smith had played him for longer. Cofie replaced Dawson after 62 minutes and it took until Tom Sharpe's 76th-minute own goal to put Telford ahead before fellow sub Sean Clancy's winner in stoppage time clinched victory last weekend.

Rivals Brackley led at Curzon Ashton before Danny Ward's 83rd-minute equaliser meant they couldn't catch Telford.

"It's a really good feeling to be staying up because no-one wants a relegation on their CV," said Cofie. "We were waiting for the other results to come through and when they did, we could celebrate.

"I remember going up to Rob and Larry (Chambers, assistant manager) and saying 'you could have saved yourselves a heart attack by starting with me!'

"But it was a really good moment. Afterwards I went to celebrate with the other players and the fans and then I drove back to my mum and told her the good news."

Telford were bottom of the table when Cofie arrived but he reckons he never felt any pressure.

"I don't know how the other players felt but I always go into every game feeling the same and I didn't feel any pressure," he said.

"Whether we needed to win the last game of the season to stay up or we'd have done it with five games to spare, the feeling would have been the same for me.

"I don't really look at it in terms of pressure because if I had, my performances would have been different."