COVENTRY United assistant manager Luke Morton says the club are ‘over the moon’ after reaching the fifth round of the FA Vase for the first time in the club’s history.
The Red and Greens romped to a 6-0 victory against United Counties League Premier Division South rivals GNG Oadby Town in the fourth round tie at Butts Park Arena.
A brace from Ryan Harkin and further goals from Cameron Dunn, Charlie Faulkner, Benji Adomako and Nehemia Zazi helped United equal their biggest-ever win in the competition.
And Coventry boss Terry Anderson hopes the club’s historic run in the FA Vase can aid his side’s push for a play-off place in the league.
Anderson said: “It’s a great day for the club and I’m very proud of the lads.
“But we haven’t won anything. We’ve got to the next round and then there’s another round and we’ve got to go and win that.
“We’re in the hat. We’re fighting on two fronts, we’ve got to try and get to the play-offs [in the league] which is a big aim for the club.
“The Vase run is something special and hopefully we can continue the way we are and do both. We’re going to keep trying.
“We played really well in the end, we were very slow to get out of the blocks but we put them to the sword really.
“It’s a convincing win, we were just better on the day.”
The management team of Anderson and his assistant manager Luke Morton previously took charge of Coventry for more than five years from 2016 to 2021.
Anderson returned to the club as manager in November last year while Morton formed part of the club’s interim coaching team at the start of the campaign.
And now assistant boss Morton insists Coventry do not fear of any of the teams left in the FA Vase this season and backed his players to match anyone on their day.
Morton added: “We’re over the moon. We’re through to the last 16 for the first time.
“We asked everything of the lads and they gave everything so we’re over the moon.
“Even though we were three-nil up, we thought we were miles off it. We were nowhere near where we should be [performance wise].
“Terry gave them a dressing down which they deserved. The lads took it on the chin and Terry told them some home truths.
“And all credit to the lads, we were much better in the second half.
“We’ll take anyone on in the next round as long as we’re at home.
“We’re not scared of anyone. We’re not cocky, we’re not arrogant, we’re just not scared of anyone.
“If we play to our ability on our day, we’ll give anyone a game.”
