Dartford boss Ady Pennock insists their mindset can’t change in the race for the title.

The Darts know three wins from their last three games will see them crowned Isthmian Premier champions.

But any slip-up could open the door for Billericay and Horsham, who sit just two points behind Pennock’s men.

The Darts host play-off chasing Dover on Good Friday, visit Cray Wanderers on Easter Monday and then entertain Carshalton on April 26.

“I’m enjoying it so much,” beamed Pennock. “We’re in the play-offs [at least] which is incredible. The boys have been amazing but, as I’ve said all along, there’s no easy games.

“The next three are so tough and we know that - but we’re just going one game at a time and seeing where it takes us. Everyone behind the scenes is astonished but it’s really good.

“I think the mindset is we’ve got to win all three games, it is one game at a time but we’ve definitely got the hardest run-in. It doesn’t matter who we play, they’ve all been hard games.

“Have we got to win all the games? We’ve got to have that mindset, anyway. We can’t worry about other people, if we win all three then we know we’ve done it but we know it’s going to be bloody hard.”

There promises to be a bumper crowd at Princes Park when Dover visit, having already stuffed Dartford 5-1 at Crabble in September.

Both sides have bounced back from National League South relegation last season and Pennock praised his opposite number, Jake Leberl.

“We’re a different animal now from the first game,” said Pennock. “Jake’s done really well down there, it’s similar to us behind the scenes.

“It’s a local derby and then we’ve got another one on Monday. We know it’s going to be another tough game, we’ve just got to be ourselves.

“The fans have been great and I want them to turn up in their numbers, which they have been doing. We’re looking at 1,500 to 2,000 on Friday as Dover will bring a lot of fans.

“We need our supporters to carry on what they’ve been doing from the first to the last minute of the game. They were singing and dancing all the way through last Saturday.

“I want them to appeal for every decision and get behind the boys as they have done throughout the season.

“The supporters can see the players giving 100 per cent in every game, their shooting or passing could be off but they know that every single player will give 100 per cent.

“That’s what every supporter wants - win, lose or draw. But you’ve got to get the right players in and the right changing room - there’s been a massive togetherness since the start of pre-season.”

Dartford overcame a difficult hurdle in their pursuit of honours last weekend as substitute Olly Box came off the bench to score in a 1-0 win at Whitehawk.

Pennock handed Duane Ofori-Acheampong a rare start in tough conditions.

“It was a very good three points,” said the Darts boss. “If it was winter, it would have been called off as that pitch was unplayable, really.

“They don’t lose many games there - it was a case of rolling our sleeves up, getting the three points and getting out of there. It wasn’t pretty at all.

“I knew what the pitch was going to be like. I can’t remember going there before but I’d done my homework on other teams who have been there. It forced my hand a little bit and I went with Duane up front as three centre-forwards.

“It wasn’t a case of getting the ball down and playing football as you can’t on that pitch. They had one chance all game. They were playing down the slope in the first half so it was a case of being really strong and we did it really well.

“I did some changes after about an hour, bringing Samir Carruthers and Olly Box on and the one bit of quality in the game, we scored from it.

“The fans were amazing, they turned up in their numbers again. They contributed for us to have a coach to go down there which was amazing.

“Everyone was late because of the traffic but we got there at two o’clock so that was really important.

“We all turned up together. If we were in cars like we have been for the majority of the season everyone would have come in dribs and drabs. It was a really good gesture for the fans and I really appreciated it.”