WINNING the league with Chester will eclipse anything Neil Young has achieved in his football career.

The 36-year-old has enjoyed massive success during his early years as a non-league manager – but leading the reborn Blues to the title at Garforth Town tomorrow (3pm) will represent his finest hour.

Young said: “Winning the league would be an unbelievable achievement given we have had to build a football club in under 12 months.

“People go on about our money and our facilities, but they alone do not guarantee you success. I didn’t have what I have now in my previous jobs at Colwyn Bay and Cammell Laird, but we still got both of them promoted. It’s about what you do with what you’ve got and we have done very well.

“To win the league would be very satisfying for my staff, the board and the players given how much work they have put in. It would also mean everything to the fans who have turned up in their thousands every week.

“And from a personal point of view it will be one of the proudest moments of my life and undoubtedly my greatest achievement in football.”

Only a freak set of results would prevent Chester from tomorrow being crowned champions and sealing the sole automatic promotion place into the Evo-Stik League Premier Division.

They head to Garforth for their final game of the season holding a three-point lead over second- placed Skelmersdale United whose goal difference is eight worse than Chester’s.

But because Skem’s last-day opponents are relegated whipping boys Ossett Albion, Young refuses to believe the championship race is over yet.

Young, who will be boosted by the return of midfielder Iain Howard from suspension, said: “Most people will say it’s done and dusted but I can’t see it like that. Skem have got the best goalscoring record in the division and Ossett have the worst defensive record so anything can happen.

“We’ve just got to concentrate on what we’ve got to do and if we do that we’ll have nothing to worry about. A draw would do it, but we’ll be going to Garforth to get the victory to win the league with 100 points.”

The club treated the Blues players to a low-key night out on Monday after they put one hand on the title by coming from behind to win 3-1 at AFC Fylde.

But they were back in training last night and Young, who has made the use of a sports psychologist in the run-in, stressed the need to remain focused.

If the worst happens and Chester slip to second behind Skem, they would take on fifth-placed Fylde in a play-off semi-final at the Exacta Stadium on Monday.