Wednesday’s 2-0 win over Ollerton Town was The Badgers’ third Nottinghamshire Senior Cup triumph in as many seasons, and added to the UniBond League Challenge Cup won last month.

And while Eastwood fell just short of making it a clean sweep by being denied promotion at the play-off stage, Cox was still pleased at how far both the team and the club as a whole had come in the last 12 months.

He said: “If someone had said to me last summer that we’d finish fourth in the league with a chance of promotion, and that we’d win two trophies, I’d have ripped their hands off.

“But to me the season had two halves. It started out with us performing beyond all expectation given that we’d been favourites to be relegated at the beginning.

“In the end though, from a personal point of view, it finished with a bit of an anti-climax when we let ourselves down in the first half at Gateshead, when we were so close to getting promoted.

“So I’ve got slightly mixed emotions, but I know that for the fans it’s been a great season and that’s important.”

Cox is now determined to put everything into going one better next season as Eastwood aim for promotion to the Blue Square North.

“I’m not going to be resting on my laurels. I’m really excited about next season and it’s going to be a tough division so a lot of work will be required,” he said.

With regards to the Senior Cup win on Wednesday, Cox was pleased to end the season on a high in what was a comfortable victory.

He said: “Ollerton had earned the right to be there and we gave them plenty of respect and I told the players they had to win their own battles.

“We’d prepared properly for the game and had them watched a couple of times, so we knew what to expect.

“We started brightly and even though Ollerton raised their game, I didn’t feel there was any doubt about the result once we’d got in front.

“Had we needed to change up a gear or two I think we could have done, but it’s great to end the season with another trophy.”