Mark Jennings, the Wolves coach, believes relegation may not necessarily be a bad thing for the struggling Premier Division team.

Wolves suffered a 3-1 defeat against Devonshire Cougars last Friday at Devonshire Recreation Club, which left them rooted to the bottom of the table, two points adrift of safety with only one game remaining.

Jennings had hoped that Wolves could qualify for a Dudley Eve berth this season, but instead the team find themselves fighting to remain in the top-flight.

To make matters even worse for Wolves, they face North Village, who have a chance of winning the title, in the final weekend of the season at Devonshire Recreation Club.

Wolves are one point behind St David’s Warriors, who take on Flanagan’s Onions, and two points adrift of Southampton Rangers, who take on Somerset Trojans, in their final league games on Sunday, March 30. Both Warriors and Rangers are at home.

Jennings seemed resigned to Wolves’ relegation after the loss to Cougars. “We’re pretty much in relegation and maybe that’s a good thing, so that we can regroup as a club and go forward from there,” he said.

“Unfortunately all season we’ve gifted other teams games. We’ve played well but have given up silly goals and you can’t be successful giving up goals.

“At the end of the day we have to finish off our opportunities and all season that has been our problem. We haven’t been consistent enough.”

Wolves’ biggest league victory came in October 2013 when they hammered Flanagan’s Onions 4-0 at Devonshire Recreation Club. After that they lost 3-2 to Rangers and drew 3-3 with both St David’s and North Village.

The second half of the campaign has not been much better for Wolves.

“The players still have heart, we have 16 to 18 out to practice,” said Jennings, who replaced Leroy Wilson as the team’s coach this season.

“I haven’t been to some sessions myself because of health reasons, but they have been there and the spirits are high.”

Wolves can take heart from last year’s relegated teams, Robin Hood and St George’s, who are both require just a draw in their final games of the First Division season this weekend to secure promotion.