BOSS Ollie Cherrett admitted a sore head had been a small price to pay as Christchurch celebrated sealing the Sydenhams Wessex One title.

Priory clinched the crown with a dominant 5-1 triumph at Hythe & Dibden last night.

Max Wilcock struck twice with further goals from Jon Blake, Matt Neale and Scott Joyce ensuring Priory could get the party started at their Hurn Bridge headquarters before making the trip into town.

Cherrett told the (Bournemouth) Daily Echo: “There were a few sore heads after a long night! I didn’t think anything was open on a Monday but it was.

“I think I got in about 2.30am. Judging by WhatsApp, one or two strolled in at about 6am. I didn’t know you could do that on a school night so I learned something new!

“I’m not 18 or 21 any more, that’s the problem. At 37 you start feeling it. Hopefully, by the weekend I might feel a bit more with it to go and watch the development game.

“They won their league on Monday as well so, for the club, it was an unbelievable night.”

With title rivals Andover New Street losing 2-1 at home against Whitchurch, Christchurch claimed top spot by five points – having only lost three league games all season.

“It’s the reward for nine months of hard work,” said Cherrett. “It doesn’t come round every season, sometimes it can be once in a lifetime.

“The togetherness we have is unbelievable. When you look in a nightclub on a Monday night and there is about 15 or 16 of us stood there, it shows you what we are about as a group.

“In the game itself we talked about starting on the front foot and scoring an early goal. To score after seven minutes was brilliant. James King put in an unbelievable cross and Max got us off to a great start.

“It settled any nerves we had. Chris (Hart, assistant) and I both looked at each other after seven minutes and said ‘we are not losing it from here’. We were outstanding.”

Asked whether it was his biggest achievement as a manager, Cherrett replied: “Massively. To win a very competitive league is hard work.

“I have loved every minute of it with the pressures of football. The players have been motivated and stayed together.”