When substitute Matt Harrold blocked team mate Jordan Maguire-Drew’s shot on the line moments after Leyton Orient had hit the post for a third time, manager Justin Edinburgh knew his side were not going to make history.

Orient missed out on being the first side in 26 years to complete the non-league double of National League and FA Trophy, as AFC Fylde made amends for their Wembley heartache seven days ago, at the hands of Salford City in the play-off final.

Not since Martin O’Neill’s Wycombe in 1993 has a side won the National League (or the Conference as it was back then) and the FA Trophy in the same campaign.

Having won the league, Edinburgh’s Orient had their sights on history, but struck the post three times in the second half through Maguire-Drew’s free kick, Marvin Ekpetia’s header and Joe Widdowson’s low drive.

Widdowson’s effort rebounded to Maguire-Drew, but Harrold, for reasons best known to himself, had wandered across the face of goal and blocked the shot on the line.

They were made to pay as Fylde goal machine Danny Rowe – who scored 27 times in the league - curled a beautiful free kick home on the hour mark for the only goal.

Edinburgh however could be sanguine after the game, with Orient having achieved their primary aim of returning to the Football League following two seasons away.

He said: ‘The one where I’m stood there thinking it’s not going to be our day is when Harrold is stood there, and cleared Maguire-Drew’s effort off the line. But on reflection I’m proud of our football club, I’ve been proud of them all season, and the fans again today, the numbers we have been backed by is quite incredible.

‘We’ve achieved our goal, to get back in the football league, and today was about trying to complete the double, but it hasn’t worked that way. The players are hurting, but they have to take a lot of credit for the season they have had.’

Fylde manager Dave Challinor praised his players for recovering from their 3-0 defeat at the hands of Salford, which denied them the chance to join Orient in League Two next season.

They also had to recover from the loss of captain and defensive rock Neill Byrne after just 12 minutes, when he suffered a clash of heads with Orient’s Josh Coulson.

However they held on for the club’s second Wembley victory, after winning the FA Vase in 2008 when known by their original name of Kirkham and Wesham.

Challinor said: ‘It’s incomparable. We tried to get across to the players that this place is about winners. This doesn’t in any way make up for last week but it certainly makes the summer a bit easier.

‘We deserved to come out of the season with something, and the players have made history. The feeling is unreal.

‘Last week it didn’t happen for us, we felt the magnitude of the game. I could tell from the warm up today there was a different feeling. We worked our absolute socks off.’