'He was always going to the top': Former Telford captain Shane Sutton on ex-boss Rob Edwards' rapid rise to Premier League

However, the story of the man who has guided them to English football’s promised land is just as impressive.

Rob Edwards took over at Kenilworth Road back in November and guided the Hatters to penalty shoot-out glory at Wembley on Saturday – just six years after he was given his first break in senior management at AFC Telford United.

And one of his former players believes that, even back then, he could see Edwards was destined for the top.

“I’d had good coaches before – but Rob was just above and beyond, the next level,” explained Shane Sutton, who was named club captain at Telford by Edwards. “You really could tell he was something special, it was just a shame we couldn’t do what he wanted us to!”

Edwards, a former Wolves and Shrewsbury Town defender, cut his teeth as a coach in the Wolves academy before taking charge of two games as interim manager back in 2016.

But it was 2017 when he was handed his first break as he took over at the National League North Bucks, who then had a close link with the Molineux club.