LIAM'S A PIC-TURE OF HOPE

AFTER overturning the odds to stun league runners-up Coalville Town in Wednesday’s play-off semi-final, Rushall Olympic manager Liam McDonald is hoping his side can repeat the trick and make history tomorrow against Nuneaton Borough.

- Hugo Varley

The Pics were seconds away from victory in regular time before a last-gasp equaliser from Coalville’s Tom McGlinchey sparked pandemonium among the home crowd and set up a tense period of extra time.

Despite this heartbreak, McDonald’s side kept their heads to win 4-3 in a penalty shoot-out and now have a chance to etch themselves into club folklore tomorrow, with just one game standing between the West Midlands club and a first-ever appearance in Step 2.

“Coalville were the best team in the division all season and were so unlucky to not get automatic promotion, so to knock them out was quite an extraordinary feeling,” McDonald told The NLP.

“We went into that game as the underdogs, but I was desperate for the lads to not just come and make up the numbers.