LEAGUE TWO PLAY-OFF FINAL Stockport County 3 Rochdale 2

STOCKPORT manager Jim Gannon admitted some of his young side are destined for great things'' after the 3-2 League Two play-off final win over Rochdale.

Gannon masterminded a stylish win in his fifth Wembley final with the Hatters after two play-off final defeats and two Football League Trophy defeats as a player in the early 1990s.

But after seeing young forwards Anthony Pilkington and Liam Dickinson add to their burgeoning reputations with a goal apiece, Gannon admitted that he could be in for a summer of transfer dealings at Edgeley Park.

He said: I hope that we become a role model for all clubs at this level.

Over the past two years we have brought through a group of young players who, given the right circumstances, could play really good, effective football.

It would be nice to keep them together but some of them are destined for great things.

We have always had the philosophy that if the right offer comes in we would allow them to discuss it with those clubs.'' Gannon was part of a Stockport side who climbed the leagues in the 1990s and believes this crop of youngsters could repeat the trick.

He said: We had the experience of the play-offs in the '90s and defeat was hard to take but it was all part of growing as a club.

I enjoyed my performances here as a player but to see the club go from the lower reaches of the fourth division to the top of the Championship was a great experience.

Why couldn't that happen again? It would be tougher now but this club is on the up.

It should be a breeding ground for good footballers and good football, not full of journeymen playing out time on their careers.'' Rochdale boss Keith Hill admitted his side had come off second best but insisted they would win promotion and finally climb out of the bottom tier.

Rory McArdle gave Dale the lead but once a Nathan Stanton own goal let the Hatters back in, their class told.

Pilkington and Dickinson then put Gannon's men 3-1 up before Adam Rundle volleyed a late strike for Hill's side.

Next season will be their 35th consecutive year in the fourth division but Hill remains deeply ambitious to end that streak.

He said: I can have no complaints.

It was a good contest but they dominated possession after they equalised.

But as a squad we deserve credit for how far we have come in a short space of time.

There is no failure but we have to build on this. We have had a successful season but we have got to improve next year and win promotion.

If we stand still we will lose but I am ambitious and I don't want to be a manager of a team that has no desire to get out of this league."