The Cappielow club recorded an important 2-0 win in last Saturday’s live TV clash against the Pars, a victory which moved them eight points clear of the pre-season title favourites.

This weekend’s trip to Station Park promises to be a less glamorous occasion — but Duffy insists his side must not allow their performance levels to drop as they are in for just as difficult a match.

For the Ton boss, there is nothing in a name and he refuses to entertain the notion that the Ton should roll up in Angus and claim three points just because they are facing part-time opposition.

He told the Tele: “I don’t know what it is but people sometimes have this image of a club and think if you don’t have a famous name then you can’t be a good side.

“To be dismissive of any team is disrespectful but it’s total garbage in this case because those are the teams with the best records, or on the best runs, in this division.

“We’re playing a team who are currently above us in the league, away from home. If someone thinks we should go up there and just win automatically, that’s their thoughts and that’s fine.

“I can’t change that thought process and would rather people expect us to win. But what I can do is make sure the team don’t underestimate anyone in this division in any game, home or away.

“Forfar are a good side, Brechin are a good side, Stranraer are a good side — Steve Aitken has done an unbelievable job there the last few years — with the same desire as every other team.

“So people can talk about Morton and Dunfermline all they like, but these teams are in there challenging and they’re in there challenging on merit.

“Forfar have been very consistent throughout the season. They’ve been there or thereabouts, in the top three the whole season just about.

“We’ve had them watched a couple of times this year; they haven’t played that great but they’ve managed to win, and that’s an important quality to have.

“Even if it’s not going their way they know how to knuckle down and grind a result out, and it means they’re always going to be dangerous.” Despite his warning, Duffy says his team will travel up the east coast in a confident frame of mind after a run of positive results.

Ton are now unbeaten in three matches and have won three and drawn one of their last five, including last weekend’s victory over John Potter’s men.

He added: “From our point of view, we want to continue playing with the same belief that we’ve had in the last few weeks.

“Even though we drew at Ayr United, I felt we played very well in the game. And obviously we won at Stenhousemuir and we won last Saturday.

“I think we played well last week against Dunfermline and that’s the motivation for trying to move forward.

“It was a difficult match in the first half, they had a couple of good chances, but we really knuckled down and found more space in the second half and scored a couple of good goals.

“And that was against a team I think will improve between now and the end of the season. I think John [Potter] has just taken a little bit of time to settle in, but they will improve.

“So I think that was a very good result for us and if we can continue that kind of performance, where we are hard to beat and hard to break down and then can capitalise going forward.

“There’s an element in football whereby if you win matches you go into games believing you’ll win the next match, rather than having your fingers crossed.

“So we should be going up there in good spirits and with a degree of optimism. Our aim is to go there and try and win the game.”