MORECAMBE play in another 'cup final' on Saturday as the race for a place in the Conference play-offs becomes white hot.

Seven points from nine in a week has really shoved the Shrimps back into the fray.

And ahead of the showdown with Scarborough at Christie Park they are one win away from the coveted top five, with a game in hand on many teams higher in the table.

Boss Jim Harvey wants to see his men go into the game with the same grit and determination that saw Hereford and Leigh RMI beaten and an impressive Exeter City held to a draw.

"I have said time and again that there are no easy games in the Conference," Harvey says.

"It is all about determination and effort and the boys are showing that at the moment. They were tremendous against Here-ford and worked hard at Leigh.

" I think we paid for having the midweek game when we played Exeter. The lads looked a little tired and jaded so we had to work very hard to get a result.

"I believe that if we had an extra day to prepare we would have won - but that is a situation we have faced all season."

Michael Twiss was magnificent in all three games, scoring five of Morecambe's six goals.

But Harvey prefers to spread his praise and says: "Leigh is a hard place to go. The pitch is always bumpy and awkward and we cannot play our normal game at places like that.

"So we had to dig deep and get the result, that's always the most important thing.

"We won 2-0 and in the end could maybe have had four or five goals. The attitude was spot on.

"And it will have to be the same on Saturday. Scarborough are a tough side to beat and we have to focus on the game and approach it with the right attitude."

o Before that crunch, Morecambe face a clash with Stalybridge Celtic tonight (Wednesday) in the GLS Cup Northern semi-final. The Christie Park clash kicks off at 7.45pm.