FROM Wembley to the warehouse — that’s the move facing Hereford’s Black Country midfielder Aaron Birch when he returned to work this week.

And the 21-year-old former West Brom trainee admits he could get some grief from one member of the family after his side were thrashed 4-1 by Morpeth Town last Sunday’s FA Vase final in the capital.

“I’ll be back in the warehouse in Cradley working in my parents’ business,” Birch explained. “I’ll be back on the grind as they say, earning some money. But after work I’ll be back down the gym trying to better myself so that I can come back fitter, stronger and sharper.

“I’ll have my mum, dad and uncle around me — it’s all family and friends.

"They’ll probably pat me on the back and say how unlucky Hereford were, though my uncle might give me a bit of grief if I’m honest!”

The Midland Football League side took the lead after just 75 seconds only for their Northern League opponents to come back strongly and take the silverware back to Northumberland.

Birch added: “The result didn’t go our way, we had our chances in the first half but didn’t put them away and they’ve deservedly gone on and won. But the fans were phenomenal.

We walked out on to the pitch and there were 20,000 of them making so much noise. Even when we’d lost they were still there singing our names.

“We will go and celebrate the season we’ve had because we’ve not done that and we’ve won the league, county cup and senior cup. Winning the FA Vase would have been the cherry on top but it wasn’t to be.

“It’s back to normality now but this has been something we’ll never forget — it’s not every day you get to play at Wembley.”