Jonathan Rimmington reckons 2020 could be the making of Liversedge if they have a successful season.
Rimmington is aiming to have a tilt at Toolstation NCEL Premier Division glory and he believes he has the players to do that.
If his troops can make his dream a reality, the ‘Sedge boss expects success will create a massive fanbase for the club.
“We have leaders now, you look at that team, they all want to win,” Rimmington told Non League Yorkshire.
“This is by far the strongest squad I’ve had in five years at Liversedge, easily by far the best.
“If we aren’t in the top six at the end of the season, I’ll be disappointed.
“It is a massive change to five years ago (when the club was struggling). Off-the-pitch last year the club spent £50,000 on infrastructure.
“We did the changing rooms, put in new showers, put in two new boilers. We’ve put a new front end in front of the clubhouse.
“There’s all new outside toilets, new inside toilets.
“We actually need to do more. We need to do more publicity. We need to get someone on social media.
“The area where Liversedge is; there’s Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike, Roberttown, Mirfield, Batley, Gomersal, Birkenshaw. There’s nobody else and there’s 300,000 people to go at.
“The Spenborough Guardian, The Batley News, even The Telegraph and Argus follow us.
“We’re right on the edge of Bradford and Kirklees. There’s a lot of people who do come from Heckmondwike and Batley, but we don’t really advertise anywhere.
“So if the team gets the results this season, it could really come together for us. It could be the making of the club.
“When did a bit of campaign when we were top (in 2016) to get people in for the Brid game, we got 700 so it proves people will come.”
Rimmington is into his fifth season in charge at Clayborn. He was the under 19s boss when he stepped up to replace Alan Colquhoun in 2015.
It was a difficult opportunity as off-the-pitch. ’Sedge were struggling for volunteers and for a large part of his early reign, the club did not even have a chairman.
Instead of moaning, the ‘Sedge chief had the drive, enthusiasm and ambition to lead from the front and be more than just a football manager.
If ‘Sedge have a successful future, Rimmington will go down one of the greatest figures in the club’s long history for his work in the past five years – never mind for what he could do in the future.
But after overcoming their troubles, Rimmington says the club are stable off-the-field.
“I was cutting the grass, I did everything,” he said.
“That first two years I did everything. It is a bit easier now as Simon Turfrey has come in as chairman.
“There’s a lot more volunteers. On a match-day, there’s probably a dozen volunteers which is massive.
“We also have a backer now who has helped us massively. He doesn’t want to be known, but he’s a great person and he’s helped me. He’s like a guru for me.”
Rimmington is also confident ‘Sedge are capable of sustaining a promotion charge.
‘Sedge flew out of the traps during the 2016/17 season and were top after 12 games before tailing off and eventually finishing 11th.
“You always know when you’re playing young lads every week that you’ll hit a blip,” he said.
“It was against Brid. 700 people were there. We went 1-0 up after 72 minutes and they beat us 2-1 and we didn’t win for like three months after that.
“We were amazing at the start of the season. We went to all these teams like Handsworth and played total football.
“We have changed now. I have a bit more experience. So I have done certain things to how we play and brought in certain players to play that way.”