TED Buxton has urged Football League clubs to give Chalfont St Peter’s miracle-working boss a crack at the big time.

Danny Edwards has taken the Saints to within two victories of a dream FA Vase Final appearance at Wembley, and Buxton has been bowled over by the progress the Saints have made under the 29-year-old.

Buxton, the former China manager who was England and Terry Venables’ assistant manager in Euro 96, works as an unpaid advisor for the Saints.

He said: “I’ve worked with Bobby Robson and if I was with Venners at Tottenham I would say give this kid a chance as a coach at the academy.

“He has got his UEFA badges and I would certainly give him a chance. He does an exceptional job, he’s very tactically aware and he deserves a chance somewhere at a pro-club.”

But the man himself says if it was up to him, he would have sacked himself years ago.

Edwards, a former Tottenham and Leyton Orient trainee, had a nightmare start to his management career when Chalfont gambled on appointing him as a 24-year-old rookie.

He said: “It was awful. I was appointed two weeks before the start of the season and I was dreadful. I made some awful mistakes and if I was the chairman I would have fired me.

“We lost 4-1 at home to Enfield in the first game, then we lost 10-2 at home to Wroxon in the FA Cup in my second game and 5-0 in my third game.”

But Saints stuck with him and are now reaping the rewards.

Last season they just missed out to Beaconsfield in the South Midlands Spartan League title race, won one cup final and lost another.

Edwards said: “I would love to take this club to Wembley for the chairman. He gave me the chance, then he stuck by me when most other chairmen would have sacked me and I really hope I can repay him by taking Chalfont to Wembley.”

And Buxton also believes pro clubs should take a gamble on some of Saints’ players.

He said: “They have got some real talent there and professional clubs like Wycombe and Brentford should be taking a look.”

Most of them are second-chance footballers.

Around 60 per cent of the squad have been plucked from the FA’s West London Academy for teenagers who have been released by pro clubs.

Edwards, who runs the sixth form there, has taken several of his students with him to Saints.

He said: “I’ve had them for a long time and most of our players have played around 100 games for the club now.”