FA Vase

Pep set path to success at West

Manchester City’s treble winners lit up the world stage in 2023 but a Step 5 club just six miles down the road is looking to go one better.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
11 January 2026

By Andy Mitchell

ALL TOGETHER NOW: West Didsbury & Chorlton players celebrate with fans after beating Rossington Main in the last round
PICTURE: Garry Griffiths

MANCHESTER City’s treble winners lit up the world stage in 2023 but a Step 5 club just six miles down the road is looking to go one better.

If Pep Guardiola’s multi-million pound superstars skirt around the south of the city for 20-odd minutes they might come across West Didsbury & Chorlton whose own road to Wembley continues with an FA Vase last-32 tie at home to lower-ranked Nelson on Saturday.
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