Cell phones and social media dictate that up-to-the minute scores from Sunday’s three crucial Premier Division matches will be readily available.

Not just for the supporters but probably the players, too, although that is not necessarily a good thing.

However, Ray Jones, the Devonshire Colts coach, will be urging his players to not get distracted by the goings-on at Southampton Oval and Somerset Cricket Club and to just get the job done against Boulevard Blazers at Police Field.

Colts, who lead second-from-bottom Southampton Rangers by a point, have an advantage in that they need only to win to make certain of survival. A draw would be enough, too, as long as Rangers do not beat PHC Zebras at home. Somerset Trojans are also in the mix, although they need only a draw at home to Robin Hood to be safe.

“The mood has been upbeat. We’ve had good numbers out training,” Jones said. “Everybody knows the importance and rather than make phone calls, let’s get the job done ourselves.

“We don’t need to worry about what everybody else does and that’s the mindset I’m working on. Hopefully we make the right decisions for selection and hopefully the result goes our way.”

Colts, who came up last season with Boulevard, probably did not expect to find themselves in this position after leading the league earlier in the campaign, while Boulevard spent several weeks in the bottom half of the table.

“We always knew points would be harder to get in the second half, but I must admit we never planned on having injuries as bad as we have had, and it slowed down the momentum we had in the first half,” Jones said.

“We showed signs of recovery in the mid-to-late second half when we picked up five or six points once everybody was back off injury.”

Colts will be without midfielder-defender Quinton Jones because of injury but otherwise their squad looks healthy for the match with Boulevard, who sit comfortably in fifth and could finish as high as fourth depending on the result of PHC’s match with Rangers.

“We definitely can compete at this level but player availability impacted the good start we had,” Jones said. “We should be able to field a decent team and hopefully can pick up the points.”

The two teams, who have Police Field as their home field, played to a 1-1 draw in the first fixture and it could be close again with Boulevard looking to finish their campaign on a high note.

“We’re not looking for any favours, just hoping that the result and three points are there for us, which means that we don’t have to have any anxiety as to how the other results are going,” Jones said.

“I’m sure Sunday the BFA, via the match commissioners, will try to keep abreast of the scores and how everybody is doing. That’s all part of the modern game; just have to deal with it.”

And if Colts are still drawing at half-time and Rangers are leading against PHC? “I might just tell them that [Rangers are leading] anyway just to get an extra ten per cent out of them,” Jones said.