HEREFORD's Jon Pugh has been named disability coach of the year by the FA.

Pugh, who signed on for Hinton at the start of the season manages the England blind football tea.

He will be leading the team out at next year's IBSA Blind Football European Championships at the Royal National College for the Blind's point4 facility.

England will be in Group A alongside Turkey, Germany, Italy and Poland.

They must either win the tournament or finish runners-up to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics.