WHEN a father agrees to miss two of his beloved Swindon Town matches for the first time in six years to watch his son play, you know it’s a big deal.

Courier driver TJ Bohane happens to be Highworth Town’s star striker and not-so-secret weapon in their clash with Tadcaster Albion tomorrow.

Bohane, 27, has bagged 35 goals in 36 appearances across the season for The Worthians, but it has taken a long run in the FA Vase to prise his own dad away from a Swindon Town season ticket.

Terry Bohane, 54, missed Town’s 2-0 win over Barnsley on February 7 to watch his son score in a 2-0 away win at Bradford Town in the last round.

And he’s all set to be at The Elms tomorrow, for what promises to be the biggest match in Highworth’s history, with Wembley three matches away.

“It’s been a long journey to get to this stage,” he said. “The two games against Tunbridge Wells, the 2013 finalists, showed us how big this competition is.

“The players have been like this in every round. There is a real belief in the team we are going to go the whole way.

“I just don’t think anyone ever really thought they would play there (Wembley). You have thought about it, but it’s still three games away and we have to take each game as it comes.

“All the players are talking about it. It really would be a dream come true.

“All the lads at work have been cracking up. Everyone is getting on the Wembley bandwagon.”

TJ, of Brunel Crescent, Ferndale, will meet up with his teammates tonight for a last meal together ahead of the crunch clash.

One of those attending will be Tony Joyce, of Field Rise, Old Town, the team’s midfield stalwart who has spent much of the past decade covering every blade of grass at The Elms.

At 33, he knows 2015 represents his last chance to walk out at Wembley, and create a legacy much of his family, if not his daughters, would appreciate.

“Getting to the quarter-finals has put Wembley in the line of sight,” the BT purchasing manager said.

“Given where I am at in my career, this is the last roll of the dice. It would be a great swansong, to go out on a high.

“If you sit and think about the players at Wembley past and present, to say you were there, you managed to play on that turf would be quite an achievement.

“It would be a memory to continue enjoying years down the line. I have two girls so I would probably bore them to death with going on about it.”