In just the last three years he has overseen the club’s rise from the Step 7 Cheshire League to, next season, Step 4 in the Northern Premier League West by virtue of the recent restructure.
Hat-trick hero Elliott Nevitt was the king of Wembley with his devastating display in front of goal edging Rylands past Binfield, who more than played their part in another electric final.
IT’S 6.30pm on Thursday evening and Binfield joint-managers Jamie Mc-Clurg and Carl Withers are sat in the car on the phone to The NLP before training, ahead of one the biggest weeks of their footballing lives.
At the heart of the love-in was Sean Moore, the captain and top scorer for the Hellenic League club whose Premier Division campaign was voided in December with them unbeaten in second place.
Goals in both halves from Kane Drummond and an Elliott Nevitt penalty put the North West Counties League side in dreamland, although Tom Tonks’ superb stoppage-time reply made for a nervy final few minutes.
Hebburn are in line for promotion to the Northern Premier League’s new Step 4 division and added to their success with a dramatic FA Vase final victory last Monday.
Nevitt’s fine 62nd-minute strike was enough to end the five-day defence of the 2019-20 title which the Hornets clinched in a dramtic finale against Consett at Wembley on Monday.
The 34-year-old central defender has no plans to change his routine ahead of the historic FA Vase semi-final home tie against Binfield with the winners going to Wembley .
Binfield are back on the road tomorrow in the FA Vase semi-final with a place at Wembley at stake when they face lower league United Services Portsmouth.
The Northern League Division One club will meet North East rivals Hebburn Town in the 2019-20 FA Vase final after a 12-month wait to get the eagerly anticipated tie arranged.