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Tottenham will be supporting 'one of their own' as a thrilling climax to the National League season sees five teams battling to avoid relegation on the final day.
One of the clubs with all to play for on Saturday lunchtime is Wealdstone whose manager Sam Cox is a former Spurs academy team-mate of Harry Kane, Ryan Mason and Andros Townsend, and still works at the Premier League club coaching the under-15s.
He joined Wealdstone's coaching staff in January and became interim manager a fortnight ago.
Remarkably the north-west London club still need a result at Oldham to guarantee safety despite having 53 points already.
Kidderminster, Dorking and Oxford City are already down but the remaining relegation place lies between Boreham Wood (51 points), Woking (52) and Ebbsfleet, York and Wealdstone (all 53).
Spurs are showing support to Wealdstone interim boss Sam Cox as he looks to avoid relegation
Cox played for Tottenham at youth level alongside the likes of Harry Kane and Ryan Mason
The 33-year-old still works at Tottenham, where he coaches the club's Under-15 team
Wealdstone are the only genuinely part-time team among the quintet, their players having other jobs and training on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
'It's been a crazy season in the National League to say the least,' reflects Cox. 'You could go down with 54 points and into the play-offs with 68. It's been that close.'
Cox, 33, has tried to replicate some of the footballing philosophy learned at Spurs while also dealing with a backlog of fixtures caused by postponements.
'We have to keep training pretty light because most of the boys are knackered from the pile-up of
