But before anyone puts on their glad rags on there is a certain matter of a big home match to concentrate on, entertaing second-placed Old Redcliffians in National Three South West.

Having dropped down to ninth after last week’s frustrating 14-11 defeat at Dings Crusaders we could overtake second-placed Old Redcliffians if we win on Saturday, which shows just how tight the division is.

“It is our 40th anniversary to the exact day on Saturday,” said Ivybridge team manager Neil Thomson. “We have got 200 going to the Duke of Cornwall to celebrate and hopefully we can get a win and a good crowd in the afternoon to mark the occasion.

“If we had won last week we would have been second in the league. It was a game that just fell away from us, but we did come away with a point.

“There are so many teams who are very, very equal in this league. It is a big game for us this weekend with them being second in the league, but it could easily have been second versus third.

“If you look at Old Redcliffians points for they are bottom of the league but second in the table. They have also played five out of their seven games at home and home advantage is really big in this league.”

A bonus is the return of player-coach Gareth Elliott, who has missed the last few games due to work commitments.

Ivybridge are also hoping their second team can win back the Five Handles Trophy, which is played for between five South Hams sides, when they travel to Dartmouth on Saturday.