The engineer missing his shift at Wembley... to play there instead
Lovell is an escalator engineer from Hertfordshire and works for a company that has been responsible for installing, maintaining and upgrading the escalators at the national stadium. It means he and his colleagues are required on site on the day of events in case there are any problems or issues. Cockfosters beat Kent-based Punjab United 3-1 on aggregate over two legs in last month's semi-finals to book their place in the final.
It means Lovell will no longer be reporting to Wembley as an engineer this weekend, but instead will be looking to help his team lift the FA Vase for the first time in the club's history. "Now that I have actually reached the final, no-one is working," Lovell tells BBC Sport. "All of the lads are coming to watch me.
We've passed the job on to someone else. "One of my bosses actually turned around and said: 'Having a two-hour break to go and play football, are you? ' He's had a good bit of banter with me about it.
" After more than 15 years bouncing around non-league, Lovell remembers being on site for last year's final and thinking his chances of one day playing on the hallowed turf of Wembley were as likely as "winning the lottery". "I remember walking around on the day of the FA Vase final last year before everyone got there," he says. "There is a silence and you think, 'I could actually get here one day'.
It's like winning the lottery - you spend the money in your head before you've won it. I never thought I'd get to Wembley. "It is fairly emotional for me because I've worked it, I've been there and I've walked around Wembley.