MARK Hodkinson believes the hard work is still to come after his Bradford Town side were given the green light for promotion to the Screwfix League.
After finishing runners-up in the Wiltshire League, their place in the Screwfix League Division One next season was confirmed after it was decided to promote three clubs, providing their grounds were up to the requirements.
Two other clubs, Longwell Green and Portishead, had also applied for entry to the after finishing runner-up in their respective county leagues and it appeared that only two would be allowed up.
But after the FA agreed to the league accepting three new clubs, all three will be plying their trade in the higher division next campaign.
Hodkinson was delighted but admitted there was a lot to do now, both on and off the field.
He said: "Now all the hard work begins. Getting up was the easy bit but I am under no illusions whatsoever about the size of the task ahead of us.
"As Biddestone found last season it is a massive step. It may only be one league higher but there are people in that league who have been there for years and we have to try and match them.
"First of all we will have to try and attract the players because even if we were to keep the same squad as this season we would need a lot more commitment than has been shown in the past."
Hodkinson quit as manager of Bradford only two months ago, citing the players' poor attitudes as his main reason, but after being persuaded back he says things will have to change.
He said: "I don't want to see people leave. I would like them all to show me some of things I have said in the past are wrong and to prove they do have the attitude for the league above.
"But the attitudes will have to change completely right down to everything we do. The last thing we want is to get this far and then blow it all next season.
"It is going to involve a lot more travelling and a lot more evening games and we need players that are committed to the club."
Bradford's current squad has relatively little Western League experience at the moment and Hodkinson's first task is to try and strengthen for the new campaign.
He said: "I have already approached a couple of players and now we are officially up, I will start ringing around a few more targets.
"A few of these targets have played this standard before and I am probably setting my sights a bit high, but there is no harm in a phone call."
Screwfix League secretary Ken Clarke, said: "This has saved us from having to make a very agonising decision.
"With all three clubs having the players, facilities and the will to go up, it would have been very difficult to have told one of them they would be denied promotion.
"I think it's brilliant news for all three clubs and I am very confident all of them will have carried out the ground improvements necessary to be promoted."
With three extra teams to accommodate next season, it will be left to the clubs at the league's annual meeting to decide the make-up of the two divisions.
Clarke favours 21 teams in the Premier and 22 in the First Division.
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