ATHERTON Collieries manager Michael Clegg admits he, his players and the club's fervent fanbase will be glued to social media today as they await the draw for the fifth round of the Buildbase FA Vase.

The Hallmark Security League Premier Division outfit pulled off an extraordinary 4-1 win at Northern League champions Shildon on Saturday to earn their place in the hat.

Their presence in the fourth round of the competition – for clubs in steps five to seven of the non-league pyramid – was already further than the Colls had ever been before.

But a flurry of second-half goals from Ben Hardcastle, Mark Battersby, Daniel Lafferty and Jordan Cover, in reply to Anwar Purewal's 51st-minute opener for the home side, capped what Clegg described as the greatest day in the club's 100-year history.

"It is really hard to put into words how it felt at the final whistle to see all the players and staff celebrating with our fans," he said.

"We took a travelling army of more than 150 up to the north east and to end the day with such fantastic scenes was really special – just what the lads and supporters deserved after all the effort they had put in.

"I was speaking to some people from Shildon after the game and they were saying how unique it was to see that kind of camaraderie.

"They have a playing budget of £3,500 a week - it's scary really - so their players come from far and wide, while the majority of our group are all local lads.

"We don't have the money, but you can't put a value on the family atmosphere we have created here at Colls.

"The lads will run through brick walls for each other and the fans will travel far and wide to support them.

"I told the players to savour and enjoy every last minute of it as this has to go down as the greatest day in the club's 100-year history."

Clegg's gameplan was to make it to half time at least on level terms, after which time he was confident their superior fitness would pay dividends.

They managed that but then conceded soon after the break, but the Colls boss did not panic.

"After they scored my assistant and coach came up to me to ask what changes I wanted to make, but I told them we didn't need any," he said.

"We were playing that well, I was confident we would score and that's how it panned out.

"I think we were 3-1 up within 10 minutes of Shildon scoring.

"It was just one of those days when I felt it would go our way.

"Thankfully, it did and we now go on to the next one.

"I know the supporters look forward to the away days - the further the better.

"Exmouth are still in the competition, so that would do them, but I don't care who we get.

"We know we could go out at any round, so we are not thinking about Wembley too much yet, just playing as well as we can and see where that takes us.

"But you can be sure we will all be glued to Twitter for the draw tomorrow at 1pm."

There was little to cheer for local teams in the First Division of the Hallmark Security League.

Daisy Hill's match at Bacup Borough was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch while Atherton LR went down 1-0 at Sandbach United, a result that leaves them third-bottom in the table.