Rainworth Miners Welfare boss Rudy Funk has vowed that there will be no party for his promoted club until the last ball of the season has been kicked and the last final whistle sounded.

The Wrens finally achieved promotion to the Koolsport NCEL Premier Division with a 3-0 victory at Worsbrough Bridge on Saturday.

But, Funk will not allow his players to ease off the gas when they bring the curtain down on their promotion season with a home local derby against Teversal next weekend.

"It's another local derby and they just want to beat us. I know that, it's my former club and there is so much pride at stake even if league positions are no longer an issue," he said.

"We still have one more thing to achieve, and that is to complete the season unbeaten at home in the league, and we will be fully focussed on that aim."

The manager was clearly emotional speaking just after the victory which clinched runners-up spot behind Scarborough.

He said: "This is a magnificent dream come true ... four years, two promotions, and I don't think our ultimate target of the UniBond League will be very far away for us next season.

"But let's concentrate on what has happened, on another momentous day in the great history of a great football club.

"For me personally it is a little bit emotional. I am a continental, and maybe we are a little more inclined to be that way than are the British, so my emotions run very high.

"And I'm very emotional today for the simple reason that this is about Rainworth people, the people who have always dreamed that Rainworth Football Club could go places. And my belief is that this club really is going places.

"Of course Billy Millar (assistant manager) and I have spoken about life in the Premier Division, but each time we have we have quickly changed the subject, because this season is not over yet.

"This season we have had one target, one aim, and that has been promotion - forget the cups, promotion has been our focus from day one of this season, and we've achieved that.

"It is something which has been borne out of the ethos of Rainworth, which involves every single person who supports or works for the club, whether as tea ladies, gate stewards, programme and press officer, secretary, treasurer, chairman and vice chairman, the list is endless and there is a great interaction between such people and the players.

"Everyone sticks together - good, bad or indifferent, there is always something positive to take, and that puts Billy and myself on a high every week.

"But promotion is earned on the field, so at the end it's down to the players, and they have been magnificent. On numerous occasions and even today I've spoken in the dressing room in the same manner, with the same passion and desire, and they have produced the goods.

"Big thanks go to our main sponsor Mr Malkan of Malkan Enterprises and all our other sponsors who have been fantastic throughout the season. So many people need a big pat on the back."

Wrens chairman Brian Reece admitted that he had been forced to swallow his initial scepticism.

He said: "Seeing the club move up to its highest level ever is brilliant and I'm so delighted for everyone at the club, also for the community of Rainworth.

"We've pushed really hard for this and I can't praise Rudy, Billy, the players, the backroom staff or the supporters highly enough - they have been absolutely wonderful all season.

"The managers have made the right decisions at the right times, to concentrate on the league, and now they have been vindicated.

"When Rudy came to the club, which had just finished in a relegation position in the Central Midlands League although we were reprieved, he told us he could bring UniBond League football to Rainworth.

"I was more than a little sceptical about that, but now we only have one more step to take for him to bring that claim to fruition.

"Now I'm looking forward to life in the Premier Division with a mixture of excitement and some trepidation, because it's uncharted territory for us, but we will ensure we have a squad that will be up to the challenge.

"We have a terrific dressing room and I can't stress too much how much that has contributed to our achievement this season."