Redbridge boss George Christou wants his side to make more history as they take on Barking in the Errington Challenge Cup final on Friday.

Motormen secured promotion back to step four with a dramatic play-off win at Isthmian South East side Haywards Heath Town on Saturday, which Christou called a 'big deal' for the club.

And they followed that by retaining the Essex Senior League's Peter Butcher Memorial Trophy with a 1-0 win over FC Clacton at Takeley on Bank Holiday Monday.

Now they have the chance to complete a treble of sorts at the Parkside Stadium home of Christou's former club Aveley, who beat Hornchurch to a place in National League South.

"I've got a lot of friends at Aveley and what they've done is fantastic," said.

"But I was gutted for my brother Joe and Stimmo [Mark Stimson] as I've also got a lot of friends at Hornchurch.

"For me and Jack, it will be nice to go back to Aveley and see some of the fans who keep an eye out for our results and said they will come and watch.

"It's a nice way to end the season, a derby in a local stadium. I don't think many step five clubs will have achieved two cups and a promotion."

Having finished runners-up to Enfield in the league, Redbridge got less than 72 hours notice of their trip to Sussex.

And they found themselves up against it after falling two goals down after 33 minutes.

"We got to Woodford for our semi-final last Wednesday and at 6pm we got an email saying we were playing Haywards Heath," added Christou.

"We couldn't really do our homework on them, but we trained Thursday, did some very limited work and just wanted to give a good account of ourselves.

"I didn't want to change anything, it was just another game, keep it all the same.

"The first half it got the better of us. We were a bit edgy and some of the boys had not played in front of a 700-odd crowd before.

"The early goal helped the crowd get behind them but I thought the penalty was a bit harsh."

Jerrold Cobblah replied four minutes after the break, then levelled the tie on 71 minutes before Solomon Ogunwomoju sealed a 3-2 win nine minutes from time.

"We said at half-time, you've got 45 minutes to save all you've worked for, have no regrets and to be fair, the boys took the handbrake off and went for it.

It was incredible, the best day of my footballing life," said Christou.

"It's a big deal for the club. I was told last year when we finished third, it was fantastic, but there's no way we could do it again with limited funds and budget, given what others were spending in the league.

"But we've gone and got promoted, won the league cup and best the champions three times."

Ibrahim Kehinde's goal midway through the first half was enough to secure the silverware 48 hours later, with Christou adding: "After the celebrations on Saturday, it was one of the chairman's birthdays on Sunday and we didn't really have a team in mind for the cup final on Monday morning.

"But it shows what a group we've got. We made five changes, changed the keeper, the centre-back and two strikers and were still good enough to get the job done.

"It wasn't a great game, but you go to a cup final to win it, nobody remembers how good it was, they only remember who won."