Farnham Town chairman Harry Hugo on back-to-back promotions

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00:00Harry, that was a really fitting way tonight, 6-0 against Reynolds Lane to steal back-to-back

00:06promotions, back-to-back titles, what a way to do it.

00:10Nuts. Two years ago, to think that we'd be going into Step 3 would have been completely

00:17unfathomable. The boys have left everything out on the pitch, all season, and last season,

00:22I don't want to... Last season was so special, and to be able to recreate something as special

00:2912 months later, and it is 367 days since we won the title in Jersey last year. Paul

00:35Johnston and Jimmy Hibbert have done an incredible job, put together an amazing squad, a formidable

00:39squad, a scary squad for everyone in this league, and we have obliterated this league.

00:44We're on 90 points, the next best is 69, 21 points clear in March, and what can I say

00:50really other than the superlatives, there aren't enough to talk about how amazing this

00:55squad and this club is with everyone behind the scenes, and what an atmosphere it was

00:58this evening. A party atmosphere once we scored our second or third goal, and that

01:02second or third goal went in at Rains Park. They were queuing up in front of goal, weren't

01:08they, to get their clock-end moment, and I'm delighted for every single one of them.

01:12It was raining goals in that second half, in that clock-end, wasn't it? Five in the

01:15second half there. Absolutely. And all the records last season, and you'd have known

01:19it would have been a step up this year, and you just delivered and really stepped up to

01:23the mark. Yeah, look, when we talked in the summer, we knew it would be a step up, we

01:26knew the goal would be to compete, be up there. We didn't think we were going to win the league,

01:29we didn't think we were going to blitz it, that's for sure, and we put everything in

01:33place in order to make sure that we could be competitive. I have to say the league is

01:38slightly disappointing in one hand, but it also proves how deep it is, because that playoff

01:42picture is eight teams deep, and I'm staggered that we're 21 points clear of the next best

01:49team. We have been so consistent, and the boys have ridden to the pressure, because

01:55there is pressure when you play for Parliament Town, not just because there's huge crowds,

01:58but because of the external noise, and people expect you to win every game. That's not realistic,

02:02it's not football, and we've done a very good job of nearly making it true.

02:05And that's two years in a row, so you've sealed titles in March, which kind of says it all, really, doesn't it?

02:10Yeah, March wins, I mean, they don't come around very often. Title wins, for clarity,

02:14do not come around very often, and we've done two in three, six, seven days in March,

02:22and we'll remember these moments for the rest of our lives.

02:25Obviously, when you first got involved, you wanted to create special memories for the town,

02:29for the community, there's already been so many, and tonight is obviously another one, isn't it?

02:34Yeah, look, it's been a fantastic week in sport for Farnham, a huge shout-out to the

02:38Farnham Rugby Club, who also got promotion to the highest level they've ever been at,

02:42so congratulations to them. Farnham Football is on a trajectory that's going beyond what

02:48you could ever imagine, and that's thanks to the community and everyone that is around,

02:51so keep pushing it forward, and the boys on the pitch who make it happen.

02:55All those guys, perfect harmony, I'm just here to watch on and cheer,

02:59and back to that baby, it's a sweet, sweet feeling.

03:04And obviously this comes in the week with the good news about the clock end work,

03:09so it's really fitting, on the pitch and off the pitch, moving forward still.

03:13Yeah, it's huge news, clock end development got approved, that's a near 800 capacity

03:19standing stand that will sit behind the clock end, make us more than Step 3 compliant,

03:24and I'm ready to go and mount an assault on maybe another table.

03:28We couldn't, could we?

03:30Yeah, obviously you've won it tonight, you probably don't want to think about next season,

03:34but it's exciting, isn't it?

03:35It is exciting, it's a whole new world for Farnham Town, 120 year history,

03:40and they've never been at Step 4 before, we've just blitzed it, 21 points clear in March,

03:44won the league, and we're talking about Step 3 football, that's a massive step up,

03:49the expectation is not that we go and run that table,

03:52but I'm excited to see what Step 3 football has to offer Farnham Town.

03:56And obviously just a word on the scenes of celebration at the final whistle,

04:00the players, the management, the fans, everyone, just great scenes really, isn't it?

04:05Great scenes, and it just sums up what has been achieved at this club and in this town,

04:09over the last few years.

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