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EXCLUSIVEMeet the FA Cup top scorer you've never heard of: Project manager and dad-of-four Gary Lockyer gets his glory after years of sacrifice - and reveals the secrets to his prolific form

Step aside, Erling Haaland. There's a new goalscoring sensation in town.

That's because Gary Lockyer, who plies his trade for eighth-tier Ashford United, has the unlikely honour of being this season's FA Cup top scorer.

The father-of-four, 32, works for a telecoms company in his day job but has still found the time to score 10 goals in England's historic competition this season.

Through five preliminary and qualifying rounds, the fairytale ending with a third qualifying round exit to Chertsey Town, Lockyer filled his boots with enough goals to put himself on the brink of history.