STANLEY face a pivotal Easter double header against promotion rivals Mansfield and Notts County - but winger Jordan Clarks believes the opposition is irrelevant given the confidence coursing through the Reds.

After a weekend off thanks to the postponement of their Wham Stadium date with Yeovil Town the Reds make the trip to the seventh placed Stags on Good Friday before hosting County, currently fourth, on Easter Monday.

But a run of 12 wins in 14 games since Boxing Day has propelled Stanley eight points clear in the automatic promotion places, and although the significance of this weekend isn't lost on Clark, he is confident of more success.

“It’s a big Easter weekend. If we can get two wins from those games then we’re closing towards the end of the season," the 24-year-old said.

“It’s two teams that are chasing us so they’re two massive games coming up.

“Everyone has been going on about the run-in and playing the teams in third and fourth and the play-offs, but if we take points from them it stops them catching us so we have to look at it as a positive and if we take points from them we’re doing things right and we’re getting closer to achieving our goal.

“We’ve got that much confidence that it doesn’t really matter who we play. At Coventry there was a lot of pressure, there were a lot of fans there and it was a big day but we just embraced it, the early goal that day silenced the crowd.

“When you play teams at the lower end that can be harder to get up for, but we’ve got that much confidence it doesn’t matter who we play.”

Clark was in two minds about the 13-day gap without a fixture, with the Yeovil clash called up due to international call-ups. While concerned about the loss of momentum he was happy for a rest ahead of the final eight games of the season.

While the Reds are now 'there to be shot at', Clark is determined to embrace the new kind of pressure - and hopefully win his family some many in the process.

“I remember saying it at Coventry, people all write us off at the beginning of the season. I think my grandad has got us at 28-1 to win the league so hopefully we’ll be winning him a bit of money," he said.

“At the top you're there to be shot at, but it’s good pressure. At Luton we looked nervous but we have to handle that pressure.

“We’d rather be there than at the bottom of the league scraping to stay up, we have to embrace the pressure."