The Throstle Nest outfit are preparing for life in the Conference following last Monday's rousing 4-3 play-off final victory over Hinckley United at Burton Albion's Pirelli Stadium.

It was a stunning victory and it brought Farsley's third promotion in four years to propel them into the national division that is just one promotion from the Football League.

Next term the Celts will be rubbing shoulders with Halifax Town, newly-relegated Torquay United and former League Cup winners Oxford United.

It will be a busy close season for Farsley and their biggest task may not be improving their infrastructure and swelling their wage budget, but holding onto their manager Lee Sinnott.

The former Bradford City and Huddersfield Town defender's reputation has steadily grown. He was thrust into the limelight as a manager when the Celts took on MK Dons in the FA Cup first round last winter and he was as smooth as ever.

The national papers, nationwide radio broadcasters and the local television networks were impressed by Sinnott's articulate oration and confident demeanour. Having dealt with him throughout his four years as Farsley boss, this T&A correspondent had witnessed it all so many times before.

Sinnott played in the full-time game for so many years because he was the consummate professional. He brought the same qualities with him into management - it was a masterstroke by the Farsley board to give him a start.

It could be that he has taken the club so far in such a short space of time that his own ambitions are being satisfied. The club will be hoping that is the case and it stays that way for the foreseeable future.

However, there will be several suitors. Sinnott, who remains level-headed, even-handed and approachable whatever the situation, is capable of getting results in a business that demands them.

Farsley have had four amazing seasons with him at the helm; the board can be complimented for having the foresight to appoint the current boss and muster finances that were not available to his predecessor Martin Haresign. The players deserve every plaudit they collect because they are a very determined and adaptable bunch. The fans, who have stood by their club and paid their money, can enjoy their new surroundings but the person who must be lauded most is Sinnott himself.

Following Monday night's late drama that earned the move into the Conference, Sinnott said: "The players have turned the impossible into the possible". It was a typically modest and disarmingly honest statement.