SUNDAY'S Blue Square Premier play-off final victory for Torquay United over Cambridge United ensured promotion for the Gulls and returned Devon to its full complement of three Football League clubs.

United captain Chris Hargreaves could not contain his delight after the club booked their place in the League with a 2-0 win at Wembley.

The skipper was on the scoresheet along with top scorer Tim Sills as the Gulls ended a two-year spell in non-league football with a 2-0 win over the U's at Wembley.

"It's a dream come true in every sense of the word," Hargreaves said.

"I'm so delighted for everyone connected with the club.

"I'm particularly delighted for my family. I've put them through hell for season after season.

"My son Cameron is 10 years old and he's seen a lot of football. He's been with me through some tough times."

Meanwhile, defender Chris Todd, who has spent most of the season battling Leukaemia admitted he never thought he would be celebrating promotion with his team-mates.

"This has just been incredible. If you had asked me six months ago if I would be at Wembley getting promotion I would have laughed at you, but it has happened now and I am enjoying every minute," he said.

"This club deserved to get back into the league, and now we've got to push on."

In the aftermath of Sunday's game, Cambridge have given permission for manager Gary Brabin permission to enter talks with a Football League club.

U's chairman George Rolls admitted: "We've had an approach from another club for Gary and they're quite a lot higher up than we are.

"I felt it was only right to give him permission to speak to them."

But the chairman is still hoping to hold on to the Cambridge mentor for next season as they make another attempt to gain promotion from the Blue Square Premier.

He continued: "Hopefully Gary will show some loyalty to us. We gave him a job when he'd only been in football for five or six games," he said.

"We gave him a huge budget last year, more money than Jimmy Quinn the year before. I just hope he stays around and tries to build again for next year."

Gary Brabin

However, if the former Southport boss does choose to remain with the U's he is likely to find himself with a much-tighter budget next season.

"We've got to run the club as a business and become solvent, we can't have people putting their hands in their pockets every five minutes to bail us out.

"We've got to act as a business and act sensibly. There will be cuts, but we can still push for the play-offs again," concluded Rolls.

Football League newcomers Burton Albion have confirmed the appointment of Paul Peschisolido as the club's new manager.

Peschisolido has agreed to replace Roy McFarland at the Pirelli Stadium and will be assisted in the job by former Burton defender Gary Rowett.

McFarland declined the opportunity to stay in the role permanently, leading Burton to appoint ex-Birmingham City and Fulham striker Peschisolido.

The Canadian had been assistant to Jeff Kenna at Irish club St Patrick's Athletic since January and has now been handed his first managerial job.

Relegated Chester City have decided to enter administration as they prepare for life in the Blue Square Premier League next season.

The troubled club, who were relegated from the Football League on the final day of the season, have been considering the move for most of this week and on Sunday they called in the administrators.

Although it is yet to be confirmed, it seems likely that they will start next season on minus 10 points, with similar sanctions regarding clubs in administration applying in the Conference as the Football League.

A club statement read: "Chester City Football Club have, after discussions with debenture Stephen Vaughan, decided to enter voluntary administration in order to safeguard the future of the club."