Shrewd Ratcliffe lets his heroes savour win

SHREWSBURY boss Kevin Ratcliffe was happy to let his players do the celebrating after pulling off the biggest coup of his managerial career to date.

The 42-year-old Everton legend was a model of composure as he surveyed the territory after masterminding the demolition of the club he supported as a boy and took to the heights of championship, FA Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup success as its captain in the 1980s.

And while the 11 heroes who engineered a shock 2-1 victory over a Premiership outfit lying fully 81 places above them prepared to party, Ratcliffe was already looking towards next Saturday's 17th versus 18th third