MATT Burton will swap his golf shoes for his football boots tomorrow as he prepares to return to Westbury United's squad for the FA Vase second round tie at home to Devizes.
The midfielder had played the previous two seasons at Meadow Lane but decided to give football up in the summer and concentrate on his golf.
This was not the first time Burton has turned his back on football, as at the age of 17 he turned down an apprenticeship at Swindon Town to concentrate on becoming a professional golfer.
But now due to personal circumstances he has had to cut down on golf and is looking forward to being involved in Westbury's crunch local derby tomorrow.
He said: "I have missed football at the start of this season and I came down on Saturday to see the boys play Wroughton and realised I needed to get involved again.
"At the moment I can't play as much golf as I have been doing so there has been a void to fill and football should do that.
"There is not a lot to do on Saturday without football and I am just looking forward to playing a part tomorrow and hopefully helping to keep us in the Vase."
Burton, 26, played for Swindon Town youth until the age of 17 where he was offered the chance to sign forms as an apprentice.
But his great passion in life was golf and he admits at the time he was not enjoying football.
He said: "For some reason I became uninterested in football and as I was breaking into the English golf team, who I represented a couple of times, I decided to concentrate on golf.
"I didn't play football again for a long time, until Derek Graham took me to Warminster where he was manager in 2000. I then went with him to Westbury and spent two seasons there. At the start of the season my interest in football went again but it is back now."
When at Swindon, Burton had a number of trials for league clubs and also represented South West England and got to the last 32 in the England Youth team.
In his first season at Meadow Lane, Burton was part of the Westbury side that were relegated from the Screwfix Premier League and he believes they have to be aiming to better last season's third position in Division One this time round.
He said: "Last season was probably our best chance to win promotion back into the top league, but we definitely have the ability to go up this year instead.
"Also a run in the Vase will earn the club some money and at this level that is what it is about.
"Money keeps clubs like this going and hopefully we can do our bit tomorrow."
Meanwhile manager Graham is dreaming of a final appearance at Villa Park in few months' time.
He said: "If we get through this round then who knows what will happen. We are only five games away from the final.
"It is a cup we could possibly win on our day. Given the choice I would take getting to the final over promotion any day.
"Devizes do play in a higher league than us but we have already beaten a few higher teams this season and we seem to raise our came in the cups."
Russell Fishlock is expected to shake off an ankle injury so Graham is expecting to pick from a full strength squad.
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