ED Perkins believes Wellington Reserves have up to five players who could step into the first team.

The second-string side won a dramatic HFL Senior Cup final against Tenbury United last weekend to make up for the disappointment of not clinching the Hereford Times Herefordshire Football League Premier Division title.

Perkins, who is in charge of the Colts, managed the Reserves for the showpiece match at Leominster Town's Briarwood Stadium due to regular boss Nick Panniers being unavailable.

"As a club, the general idea is to feed players through to the first team.

"There's probably three or four, may be even five players who deserve their chance now.

"They've been doing it for many years so I don't see why not.

"I've only been here for couple of games, but I think in general, everyone has done well for their commitment to the club.

"It is difficult to get a full squad every week, including subs, and is hard to give everyone minutes.

"So i can't fault anyone's efforts."

This is Perkins' first year as Colts manager and he thinks the team has a bright future.

"I've got a young side and have come up from the under-18's.

"I managed to to put may be six or seven under-18's in there and have also got six players who are from Wellington.

"Things are looking up for the future."

A goal by captain Dean Price two minutes from time won the cup for Wellington, who came from 1-0 down.

The triumph came a week after the team draw at Hinton, resulting in Ewyas Harold snatching the league title from their grasp.

Perkins says the aim next year is to bounce back and ensure they are the top dogs.

"We'll be straight back up there next year and the aim will be to win the title," he said.

"There were all sorts of emotions going on last week, so it feels fantastic to win a cup.

"All the boys are overjoyed about it."

The opening exchanges had very little goalmouth action, with both teams failing to stamp their authority on the game.

The best chance came in the 27th minute when Tenbury's Lee Millichip saw his free-kick tipped onto the crossbar by Wellington goalkeeper Craig Hill.

Ian Patterson then smashed his effort wide when well placed six minutes later before Macauly Stone did likewise.

Despite having more possession, Wellington did not really threaten Tenbury's goal on too many occasions and it was the Worcestershire side who broke the deadlock on the stroke of half-time through Patterson.

Tenbury then put the ball in the back of the net for a second time six minutes into the second half, but Mike Foster's effort was ruled out for offside.

Wellington slowly got back into the game and equalised after 58 minutes after Nick Britton stabbed the ball home from a corner.

Ryan Tabb then saw his effort cleared off the line by a Tenbury defender before Matt Pugh shot wide.

It looked like the game would be heading into extra-time before Wellington dramatically won it with two minutes to go.

Hill failed to reach Britton;s lofted cross, resulting in Price having the simplest of tasks of poking the ball home from barely a yard out.