CARETAKER manager Michael Flynn has dismissed the suggestion that he has already done enough to land the Newport County AFC job on a permanent basis.

Saturday’s 1-0 home victory over Accrington Stanley, thanks to Ryan Bird’s second-half header, made it six wins from 10 games in charge for Flynn and saw County climb out of the League Two relegation zone with two matches left to play.

The Exiles were 11 points from safety when Graham Westley was sacked last month but his replacement is in no mood to bask in the praise just yet.

“It’s a good record but we’ve achieved nothing yet,” said Flynn. “I want to finish the job.

“Getting this close now and not doing it would be heart-breaking for myself and the club.

“But it’s not about Michael Flynn, it’s about keeping Newport County in the Football League and then we’ll worry about other people’s views after that.

“It has been a great turnaround,” he added. “It feels amazing to be out of the bottom two but we’re keeping grounded. Nothing’s done yet, we haven’t achieved anything.

“We’ve got ourselves in a good position and we’ve just got to keep going now until the end of the season.”

County are now two points above Hartlepool United and two below Cheltenham Town, who both lost on Saturday and who play each other next week.

With a trip to Carlisle United and a home game against Notts County to end the campaign, the Exiles know that they are now in charge of their own destiny.

And Flynn is demanding two wins to ensure his hometown team will be playing League Two football next season.

“I don’t worry about other results, but the crowd made it clear – they were that loud,” he said.

“It puts more pressure on Hartlepool now because they’ve got to win and even Cheltenham as well, because if they lose next week and we win they have a very tough game away to Portsmouth [on the final day].

“But it’s not something I’m looking at.

“We’re in a position now where if we win our final two games we’re safe so that’s what we’ll be concentrating on.

“It’s going to be a tough game at Carlisle – they’ll be fighting for the play-offs.

“But we’ll go there prepared and give it our all.”

Flynn, assistant Wayne Hatswell and first team management consultant Lennie Lawrence will ensure that the players do not get carried away after Saturday’s win.

“We keep them grounded when we win and we don’t get too disappointed when we lose,” said the boss.

“We win together and we lose together and that’s how it will be until the end of the season.

“It’s a massive game for us next week and if luck goes our way then we could be safe.

“But we can only look after what we can do and we’ll see where we are at 5pm next Saturday.”