Forward Sam Pearson believes the momentum which guided Yeovil Town to the National League South title last season can build again as they take on the National League Premier this season.
The Welshman has featured in the last two matches which have both yielded victories having played a key role in the winning goal at Braintree Town last weekend and then played the opening 73 minutes of the 3-2 home win over Ebbsfleet United on Tuesday night.
Now the Glovers travel to Gateshead on Saturday to face a side tipped to be pushing for promotion this season having picked up seven points in their opening three matches.
Speaking ahead of the trip, Pearson said: “It is no secret that they are a good ball-playing side, but the group of boys we have are not afraid to go anywhere. We have a mentality where we are not scared of going anywhere, we know we have got the quality to go and win games and we showed that in the first half the other night. I am sure if we do what we do, we will have a good chance to do that.”
On Tuesday night, Yeovil cruised in to a 2-0 lead in the first half against Ebbsfleet, before conceding two goals in seven second half minutes to be pegged back to 2-2, before substitute Harvey Greenslade grabbed the winner with nine minutes remaining.
Pearson said the performance in the first half showed the way that manager Mark Cooper wants his side to play and the character required to battle back and take the three points,
The former Bristol City player said: “That free-flowing football is the way we want to play, we want to press high and create and score goals and we showed that in the first half.
“Even in the second half, there was a seven-minute spell where we were off it but then we showed the character to go back and get the winner.”