As attention switches to matters off the field, it’s easy to forget that there’s still a game on tomorrow.

The tension of recent weeks is off as City bring down the curtain against Crewe.

But while safety may be secure, Peter Jackson wants to sign off a depressing campaign on a bright note.

He said: “You’re only as good as your last game and we don’t want to go into the summer dwelling on a bad performance.

“There have been a lot of high- pressure matches for us lately, particularly at home against Burton and Aldershot. They were massive for us.

“This time we can enjoy the occasion because we’re safe and it’s important that the players express themselves. I don’t want to just turn up and get beaten.

“We know it will be a good game because Crewe get the ball down and play decent football. It’s important we are positive, we have a go and hopefully finish with a bit of a flourish.”

Jackson will not flood the team with young players but hinted that one might get a start. Winger Dominic Rowe and centre forward Darren Stephenson have had brief tasters of first-team football and could be involved again.

“I’d like to have done it three or four games ago,” added the interim boss. “But we didn’t know if we were safe then.

“Maybe one or two will be involved and I might even start one but there won’t be loads of kids thrown in.”

City, who are without Tom Adeyemi again, will finish the afternoon with the traditional walk around the pitch to thank the fans. They are likely to face a very mixed reaction.

Jackson said: “It’s a lap of appreciation for the fans, that’s all it is. It’s certainly not a lap of honour because we don’t deserve that.

“The club were firm favourites to go up at the start of the season. A lot was expected of Peter Taylor and the players this year and they haven’t performed.

“We’ve been fighting relegation for the last four weeks but it’s a mixture of everything, not all the players’ fault.

“It’s a big club, a well-supported club, and this has been a non-event season but I think it has spiralled down for the last five or six years.

“The fans have been brilliant. They had a go and rightly so after the Accrington game when we just turned up and rolled over.

“But they have stuck right behind the team and the players really respect that. They do appreciate the support.”

Jackson’s wait for an official signal over the full-time hot-seat goes on. When asked what he thought of his performance to date, he paused before answering.

“Six or seven out of ten perhaps. If it was a school report, maybe a B plus!

“We’ve had ups and downs but I knew it wouldn’t be smooth sailing. There have been highs and we’ve had some massive lows as well.

“We’ve had a lot of problems and it could be a really hectic summer in terms of what could happen to the club but I believe I’m big enough and strong enough to respond to that if they do make me manager.”