From Parkview to Wembley, it is little wonder that Ben Garrity is quick to describe his rapid rise up the football pyramid as a mad 'rollercoaster'.
Just four years ago, Garrity was plying his trade with Lower Breck, in the Liverpool County Premier League, and Oyster Martyrs, in the Liverpool Sunday League. Now, he and his Port Vale team-mates stand on the brink of greatness.
Mansfield Town stand in the way of not just a Wembley win, but promotion from League Two to League One. It has been quite the rise for the Croxteth-born midfielder.
