Garry Wilson is confident Eastbourne Borough will not buckle under the pressure in tomorrow's Blue Square south play-off final - three years after they froze on the big stage.
Borough take on Hampton and Richmond in front of the television cameras at Stevenage with a place in non-league's top flight the prize for the winners.
Wilson's men suffered stage fright at the same stage in 2005 when they lost 2-1 to Atrincham at Stoke's Britannia Stadium but the Borough boss does not expect a similar problem this time around.
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He said: "It is a totally different scenario to three years ago. The occasion probably got the better of us then and looking back we were not really ready to go up anyway.
"It was our first season in the division and we had come up on the rails to sneak into the play-offs right at the end while this time we have been in the top two all season.
"We are probably still not 100 per cent ready but we are definitely in a much better position. We are all much more experienced now, both the players and the management, so I expect us to approach the game in a more business-like manner rather than being a bit overawed."
Five survivors of the defeat to Altrincham - Andy Atkin, Ben Austin, Matt Smart, Matt Crabb and Lee Hook - will be in the squad tomorrow hoping to banish the memory of falling at the final hurdle.
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