Glossop North End head to Wembley

The importance of Saturday's game is still sinking in for the Hillmen of Glossop North End.

The North West Counties League team is returning to Wembley for the second time in their club's history after winning 2-1 on aggregate against cornish side St Austell.

Even though they lost their semi-final, second leg 1-0, their 2-0 victory in Cornwall was enough to send them to the finals and to Wembley.

Last time the club was in the Vase Cup Finals was back in 2008 where they were beat 2-0 by Whitley Bay, who went on to win the trophy three years in a row.

Saturday's game was not a glamorous one but it was tense. The hillmen got off to the worst of starts when left-back Matt Russell, such an important man in their first leg victory, was shown a straight red card for a challenge on Neil Slateford.

But the man disadvantage didn't seem to bother Glossop too much, in the first half and they even created a number of opportunities for themselves, Tom Bailey narrowly missing the goal with a shot from outside the box twenty minutes in.

It was still 0-0 at half time and after the break St Austell seemed to ratchet up the pressure, conscious that they needed two goals and that time was ticking away.

Glossop however dealt with the waves of St Austell's attacks for most of the half, even though there were a few tense moments, including when goalkeeper Greg Hall fumbled the ball and very nearly gave the Cornish men the opportunity they wanted.

Towards the end of the game Glossop started putting more pressure on a visibly tired St Austell side but got caught off guard in the first minute of extra time when St Austell's Liam Eddy slipped in behind the defence and scored from close range.

The last 4 minutes were nailbitting stuff for the Glossop supporters but their team held on and when the whistle blew dozens of fans came running on to the pitch to embrace their victorious players.

Glossop will now be looking to avenge their 2008 defeat and return home with the FA Vase cup held high.