When Cohen Bramall made the call to his Hednesford manager, Paul Casey, after his trial match for Sheffield Wednesday Under 23s last month, there was still a sense of shock in his voice.
‘I don’t know how to tell you this…’ said the former factory worker at Bentley Motors in Crewe.
But Casey had guessed what might be coming. The 20-year-old they had taken only last summer from the eighth tier of English football to play for Hednesford Town in the seventh tier, the Evo-Stick League Premier Division, might be getting a dream move to the Championship.