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Sports On The Road: St. Neots Town (A) Preview

by Peter Scherer

It’s our furthest trip of the season tis Saturday, when we visit St.Neots Town, the reigning United Counties League Premier Division South Champions.

With four matches unbeaten after Saturday’s 2-2 draw, we now lie 11th in the table, one point ahead of our hosts, but with a game in hand.

Danny Benson is still fighting to get fit to rejoin the Mickleover squad, but with a weeks break everyone else should to be fit and raring to extend our run.

Our hosts lost 0-1 at home to Lichfield City last Saturday, their third defeat I the last five games.

Manager Cameron Mawer has been in charge at St.Neots since May 2023. A former defender in his playing days, he was a junior at Watford and Peterborough Utd and also played for Grays, Weymouth, Arlesey Town, Biggleswade and Boreham Wood. He then became assistant manager at Hendon and Boreham Wood and had run Academies at Kempston Rovers and Wealdstone.

Goalkeeper James Goff started out at Northampton Town. He was loaned to Banbury before joining Wisbech on his release. After a two year stay he moved on to Spalding Utd and Lincoln Utd, before joining our hosts in July 2023 from St.Ives Town.

Centre back Murphy Culkin was signed from Biggleswade Town in December 2023. St.Ives, Redditch, Barton Rovers and Biggleswade Utd are among his former teams.

Fellow centre back and captain Robbie Parker started out at Bedford Town, before moving onto Biggleswade Town and St.Ives. He came to our hosts towards the end of last season after a three- year spell back at Biggleswade.

Eniola Agamah-Davies is a right back who started out at Cambridge City. He has since played for Rushden & Diamonds and Wellingborough and started this year at Real Bedford, from where he joined our hosts last month.

Central midfielder Connor Furlong was an MK Dons junior. He was loaned to Oxford City and Aylesbury Utd, before going to Bedford Town on his release. St.Ives, Barton Rovers, Biggleswade, Rushden & Diamonds, Royston Town, a return trip to Bedford then Nuneaton followed, before coming to St.Neots in October 2023 from Daventry Town.

Charlie Bowen is a centre back, who has spent the last few seasons with our hosts. He had a long spell at Godmanchester Rovers too, with a 16 month break at Newmarket in between.

Defender Harvey Henderson was another pre-season signing, having come from March Town.

Sammy Willis is a midfielder signed from Biggleswade in May 2024. He has also played for Potton Utd.

Fellow midfielder Andrian Ankrah came from Daventry Town in pre-season. he’s played for Long Buckby too.

Michael Amaeshike is another midfielder, signed at the beginning of last season from Leighton Town. He’s also played for Old Bradwell Utd and Cranfield Utd.

Midfielder Kieran Barnes arrived at the start of last season too. He famously scored Newport Pagnell Town’s opening goal in their FA Vase win over Littlehampton at Wembley.

Pharrell Anderson plays striker or midfield and came from Biggleswade Town last month. He’s also played for Cambridge City, Histon and Rushden & Diamonds.

Striker Rhys Thorpe arrived from Eynesbury Rovers in November 2023 and was last seasons top scorer.

Winger Harvey Williams was a fringe squad player over the last two seasons, but has become a regular starter and scorer this term.

James Stainsby was a prolific scorer in St.Neots Under 18 side and returned to hosts last month from Deeping Rangers.

Remell Stirling is a striker too. Among his previous teams are Dunstable Town, Baldock, Stotfold, Kempston Rovers, Oxley Jets and Virginia Water.

Jessi Obeng, Josh Francis, Chris Tavernier and Brandon Jessop have also been regular squad members of late.

Kick off at the Premier Plus Stadium is 3pm.

Match Report: Derby County B (Mickleover Academy) 3 – 1 Birmingham City

by Gareth Holmes, Mickleover FC First Team Manager

Venue: Don Amott Arena
Date: 22nd October 2025

Derby County B (Mickleover Academy) delivered a composed and professional performance to secure a 3–1 victory over Birmingham City at the Don Amott Arena. From the outset, Derby impressed with their work ethic off the ball, pressing intelligently and defending as a cohesive unit.

Their discipline limited Birmingham to sporadic counter-attacks, while Derby gradually took control of the game. On the ball, Malpass and Rahman were constant threats, driving forward with purpose and creativity. Derby also looked dangerous from set pieces, with two headers narrowly missing the target following excellent deliveries into the box.

The breakthrough came just before half-time after some slick play down the left flank. Rahman whipped in a precise cross to the far post, where Malpass rose to head home and give Derby a deserved lead.

At the interval, the message was clear: maintain the intensity off the ball and increase the tempo in the build-up. Derby responded well, moving the ball more fluidly through the thirds and asserting further control.

Their second goal came from a corner, with Bainbridge reacting quickest to a loose ball and finishing clinically from close range. Birmingham continued to pose a threat on the break, but Derby’s defensive shape held firm.

The game was effectively sealed in the 75th minute when Malpass broke free and coolly lobbed the goalkeeper to make it 3–0. Birmingham managed a consolation goal with the final kick of the game, but it did little to dampen what was another encouraging display from the young Derby County B side.

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Second Half Fightback Earns Sports A Point

by Peter Scherer

Mickleover dug deep in an outstanding second half comeback, to earn a home point in a 2-2 draw against former table toppers Rugby Borough.

Starting line-up: 1-Oliver Bosworth 2-Jake Bennett 3-Louis Bonser 4-George Wilkinson 5-Brad Gascoigne 6-Ashton Offler 7-Ali Mohiuddin 8-Wil Atkinson 9-Stuart Beavon 10-Andy Dales 11-Archie White. Subs: Michael Holingsworth, Paddy Webb, Harry Wood, Josiah Dyer, Thabang Dube.

Rugby were first try their luck on goal, with a shot well over the bar in the opening minute. It was fairly even opening 10 minutes, with Dales tending to look for any breaks for Mickleover.

Most of the play became settled around the middle of the pitch, with an excess of passing back and forth without any real progress.

White had a shot after 24 minutes from distance, which was the first shot of the game for Sports and it came after a positive few minutes of possession.

Bosworth was called into action three minutes later though, when a Wilkinson clearance rebounded back, forcing a dive to the keepers right.

Dales outstripped the visitors defence on the left on the half hour, but no one had managed to break with him and shortly afterwards another Dales run almost found Wood, but the through ball was just too long.

Rugby tried another shot after 34 minutes, but with no pace on it, it failed to trouble Bosworth.

The home defence had looked solid and well drilled under Gascoigne’s guidance until a 38th minute disaster. Under no real pressure Offler went to push the ball back to Bosworth, but the keeper had already come of his line, and the ball agonisingly rolled over the line and into the net, 0-1.

With two minutes left on the clock Rugby won a corner on the right. It was taken short and found Cristofaro on the edge of the box, one touch and he fired home their second, making it 0-2 at half time.

Mickleover made three changes for the second half, with Hollingsworth, Dyer and Webb on for Beavon, White and Atkinson.

Two minutes in and Bosworth made another save, but although a more open game than the frustrating first half, it was still a very even game.

On the hour Rugby had the ball in the net again, but were ruled offside, but for Mickleover the introduction of Dyer and Webb was certainly causing more issues for the visiting defence, which also allowed Bennett and Bonser more freedom on the wings.

64 minutes and Webb had an effort blocked, Bennett then created space. He could have shot, but set up Webb, but his shot was just wide f the right-hand post.

Rugby were now relying on breaks rather than a composed build-up, but tested Bosworth again from the edge of the box after 65 minutes.

Dube then replaced Offler and Wood came on for Mohiuddin.

The pressure had begun to build from Mickleover and after 69 minutes they got their reward. Bonser crossed from the left, rather than trying a shot himself, he found Webb, who tapped it into Dyer’s path to hit home 1-2.

Rugby came straight back with a dangerous shot from outside the box, Bosworth had it covered though as it skimmed just wide of his left-hand post.

Only four minutes after our first goal, Sports were back level. Bosworth had made a long clearance, Webb layed it off for Dales who couldn’t get a shot in. It was then pushed out to the right wing, where Dube sent in a perfect cross for Webb to head home 2-2.

Sports then had a couple of corners which failed to create any threat and Rugby wasted a free kick too, putting well wide of the target.

Dales and Bonser then worked together on the left, before the referee gave a non- existent foul. But it was Mickleover with a scent of victory that kept piling pressure on the visitors, until there was a lengthy stop after Gascoigne had a head injury.

In the final minutes Dales was hacked down on the halfway line, before Bonser broke. This time he tried a shot himself, but it was well wide f the far post.

So it was shared points at 2-2 after an impressive recovery, which in the end could easily been another victory.

 

 

Match Report: Coalville Town Vets 0 – 6 Mickleover Vets

This Sunday saw us travel to Coalville for a league fixture against another new team in the division. With little known about them, we weren’t sure what to expect.
The first half was a bit scrappy—we didn’t get the ball down and play the way we like, with too many long Hollywood balls, which became frustrating. Still, we had the better of the half, creating chances with keeper pulling off some good saves but often finding ourselves offside. Betts and Mannion caused Coalville’s defence plenty of problems with their pace, and it was Betts who opened the scoring on 18 minutes.
Bailey, Palms and Diksa controlled the midfield well, and any Coalville attacks were dealt with by our solid backline. Great to see Stamp back in the team after missing out last week. The back four were class throughout.
Our first change saw Aiden come off, Clinton going out left, and Mannion pushed further up top.
Half-time: 1-0
At the break, we told the lads to settle down, cut out the long balls, and play to our strengths.
Unfortunately, Bailey had to come off with a tight calf – a shame, as he was having a great game and running the show. Sav came on and made an immediate impact with his no-nonsense tackles, work rate, and simple, effective passing.
We kept the pressure on, and Clifton got on the end of a cross to slot home his first. Ten minutes later, a corner wasn’t cleared, and the ball fell to Clifton with his back to goal—he pulled off an overhead shot that found the bottom corner for 3-0.
Callum added a fourth, latching onto a through ball, outpacing the defence and calmly slotting past the Coalville keeper.
Alton came off the bench to replace Mannion, with Cater pushed further up. Palms then joined the scoring after beating his man to the ball and smashing a powerful strike past the keeper—no chance for him on that one. 5-0 with 20 minutes to play.
Betts was replaced by Weston on the left, and Stanley switched over to the right. Shortly after coming on, Weston fell awkwardly on his shoulder and was replaced by Mannion, who came back on. He made an immediate impact, bursting into the area and drawing a foul. Penalty given.
Palms picked up the ball but unselfishly handed it to Stanley, who stepped up and smashed the penalty into the roof of the net to complete his hat-trick and round off a 6-0 win.
A solid all-round performance from the lads today. We’re pleased with the result, the clean sheet, and, most of all, the attitude shown by every player.
Scorers:
* Betts x2
* C. Palms x1
* Stanley x3
Man of the Match: Could have gone to a number of players, but Ash Mannion gets the nod today. He didn’t get on the scoresheet, but he was a handful all game and instrumental in our attacking play.

Second Half Ends Reserves’ Lads Hopes

by Peter Scherer

After a fairly strong and much improved first half from Mickleover’s young Reserve side, four second half goals from high flyers Selston ended any hopes of ending their losing streak.

Starting line-up: 1-Josh Bull 2-Hassan Ali 3-Shujah Ali 4-Joseph Moore 5-Rajan Chohin 6-Luis Mas-Hall 7-George Cunningham 8-Josh Powell 9-Efren Rolleston 10-Mo Shweikh 20-Dylan Buckley-Moore. Subs: Philip ?, Tino Makombe, Alfie Godfrey, Kacper Krawczyk, Jack Sabine.

It was clear from the start that the Selston side were bigger, stronger and more experienced. They had their first chance after eight minutes but the target man wanted too much time in front of goal, allowing the defence to recover before his shot was made.

A few minutes later a scramble in the box was cleared, as Mickleover continued to ride out the early threat and began to break out of their own half. 13 minutes in and Rolleston got away on the left, his cross found Cunningham, but the shot lacked pace and direction.

Selston then got a break after Sports lost possession in midfield, but the hard working skipper Sweikh charged back with a saving tackle.

The visitors had a random shot straight at keeper Bull after 17 minutes, but then a loose back pass in the visitors defence was intercepted by Rolleston, but the keeper had reacted quickly and managed to put the young striker off before he could get a shot in.

Shwiekh was fouled on the half way line after 21 minutes, but the free kick was wasted, before Selston had another distance shot, well wide of its target.

Good work from Rolleston on the right found Powell after 28 minutes, but his attempt to shoot was blocked, and the ball came back to Hassan Ali, and his cross was cleared.

Keeper Bull was then called into action punching away a shot from the left after 36 minutes, before pulling off a great save just two minutes later to keep it level.

Sabine came on for Sports for the last eight minutes of the first half, as Selston continued try random long shots. But Mickleover’s defence held out against the odds.

But in the final minute of normal time the visitors won a corner, it was cleared after a goal line scramble. The follow up corner caused similar issues, but this time the ball fell kindly for Selston and it was 0-1, and the half time whistle soon followed.

Our visitors started the second half strongly and forced Bull into two early saves. 54 minutes gone and Selston managed get around the back of the defence on the left, leaving a clear shot to make it 0-2.

From there it was all Selston, with the Mickleover lads heads having dropped. A third close range shot gave Bull no chance, as t became 0-3 on the hour and 0-4 just three minutes later.

Most of the subs were used by Mickleover but there was no way back and Selston rounded off their night with a fifth goal at 75 minutes, in a disappointed end following a promising start.

 

Family Matchday Preview: Rugby Borough (H)

by Peter Scherer

This Saturday we welcome Rugby Borough to the Don Amott Arena, currently one point and two places ahead of us in fourth place.

Rugby have won twice on the road, their opening game at Boldmere and at Racing Club Warwick in late August and have won two of their last five league games.

Last Saturday they drew at home to Bourne Town 1-1, but manager Dave Stringer has managed to keep a fairly settled line-up so far this season.

Apart from Danny Benson nursing a hamstring injury, the rest of the Mickleover squad came through Tuesday’s win at Basford and will be available on Saturday too.

Having climbed 13 places in the table in just over a week, Mickleover are now seeking a fourth consecutive victory, as confidence begins to grow.

Stringer has been in charge of our visitors since May 2024, having previously been at Sutton Coldfield, Coalville, Shepshed Dynamo, Rugby Town and Chasetown. They were promoted from the United Counties play-offs last season.

Brandon Ganley is their first choice keeper, having recently signed from Wellingborough. He is an ex Walsall and Coventry City junior who has played for Shepshed Dynamo, Racing Club Warwick and Sporting Khalsa.

Right back Ellis Myles was a Leicester City youth player, that joined Brackley on his release. After spells at Rugby Town, Stamford and Corby he returned to Brackley and has also played for Boston Utd, Kettering and Telford Utd and had a month at Bedford at the start of this season, before joining our visitors.

Lewis Wilson is another right back with league two experience. Starting out at Rushden & Diamonds and Newport Pagnell, he then joined Northampton Town, who loaned him to Kettering and Bishops Stortford. He then joined Kettering permanently, before moving on to Whitehawk, Oxford City, St.Neots, Stratford, Nuneaton and Hendon, plus return trips to Kettering (twice) and Stratford, from where he joined Rugby last April.

Left back Luke Rowe was signed in pre-season too. Capped by New Zealand at full and under 20 levels, he was a Birmingham City junior, before returning to New Zealand with Wellington and Team Wellington. He came back to the UK with Hinckley Utd in July 2013, moving onto Eastwood, before an 11 year stay at Bedworth.

Amarvir Sandhu is also a left back, who began at Hinckley. Most of his career has been spent in Leicestershire, with Leicester Road, Barwell, Quorn and Shepshed Dynamo, before going to Coleshill in 2018. He then moved o to Harborough Town and Corby, before starting this season back at Barwell. He came to our visitors last month.

Captain Oran Jackson is a centre back that started out at MK Dons. After loans at Hemel and Brackley he went to Iceland and spent four months with IBV Vestmannaeyjar, before returning to the UK with Billericay.
His next stop was St.Ives Town, before seven months in Northern Ireland with Portadown. He’s played for Leighton Town and Daventry Town too and joined our visitors pre-season.

Joe Magunda is a centre back too. An ex Leicester City youngster, he joined Woking after his release. A loan spell at Redditch followed, before moving on to Kings Lynn, Brackley, Leamington, Tamworth, Stratford and Nuneaton. He was another pre-season signing after spending the last two seasons at Bedworth.

Stacey Freeman is another centre back signed in pre-season from Stamford. He played for Lewes and Whitehawk before going to the US to spend a year at Thomas University Nighthawks. He came back to UK with Peacehaven & Telcombe and has played for Worthing, Eastbourne, Spalding and Wisbech, before spending the second half of last season at Stamford and on loan at St.Neots.

Rich Black came from Dereham Town in pre-season. Another centre back, he has also played for Cambridge City, Grantham and Aylestone Park.

Lindon Meikle is a central midfielder and England C International. He played his youth football at Vernon Colts and Eastwood, before a three year stay at Mansfield Town, making 113 appearances in league two. He’s played for York City, Macclesfield, Alfreton, Barrow, Southport, Kettering, Tamworth, Buxton and Ilkeston and started this season at Barwell, before coming to our visitors last month.

Central midfielder Jake Duffy came from Rushden & Diamonds in August, after a brief stay following his pe-season move from Aylestone Park. He started out with Oadby Town, and has also played for Holbeach, Stamford, Corby Town and Harborough Town.

Will Grocott is another central midfielder. He started off at Rugby Town, before moving to Kettering. Three years at Stratford followed, before a season at Stourbridge preceded his return. He came to Rugby Borough in February after 18 months with Bedworth, but will be absent from Saturday’s line-up having recently broken his arm.

Claudio Dias is a right sided midfielder and ex Northampton Town junior. He then joined Dunstable after loans at Corby and Banbury. His career has taken him to a host of clubs, including Brackley, Stratford, Tamworth, Rushden & Alvechurch and he came to our visitors in July from Banbury, where he spent the whole of last season.

Fellow midfielder Cameron Collins was signed from Sutton Coldfield in pre-season, where he had been a regular starter for the last few seasons.

Ex Bedworth and Coventry Sphinx midfielder Leo Stone arrived in pre-season too.

Harry Sawyer is another midfielder who returned to Rugby at the start of last season. He’s also played for Sutton Coldsfield, AFC Hinckley and Coventry Utd.

Antonio Cristofaro also plays in midfield. He started out at Walsall and had played for Market Drayton Town and Coventry Sphinx

Striker Tendai Daire was another pre-season arrival from Corby Town. He’s also played for Anstey Nomads, Leicester Road and Harborough Town.

Fellow striker Bryan Kohyrelon joined our visitors in late August, after scoring five goals in six games for AFC Hinckley.

Daniele Reka is a striker too, signed pre-season from Alvechurch. He was previously at Worcester Raiders.

Kick off is 3pm, but arrive early as it’s FAMILY FUN MATCHDAY starting at 1pm, including guest beers, a hog roast, bouncy castle, face painting and Derby County Memorabilia.

Magnificent Mickleover Win at Basford

by Peter Scherer (Images: Steve Ingers)

A MAGNIFICENT all round team performance from Mickleover was rewarded with a 2-1 win at Basford last night, thanks to first half goals from Archie White and Stuart Beavon.

Starting line-up: 1-Oliver Bosworth 2- Jake Bennett 3-Louis Bonser 4-George Wilkinson 5-Brad Gascoigne 6-Ashton Offler 7-Ali Mohiuddin 8-Will Atkinson 9-Stuart Beavon 10-Andy Dales 11-Archie White. Subs: Michael Hollingsworth, Harry Wood, Paddy Webb, Josiah Dyer, Fraser Corden.

It was a fantastic start for Mickleover when only three minutes into the game an Offler clearance found Dales on the left, he picked up White as he cut inside, but keeper Yates was already committed, so White took it around him and fired into the far corner, 1-0.

Dales again caused havoc on the left seven minutes later, but this time his cross went behind the advancing White.

With Basford looking somewhat shell shocked at the early goal, Mickleover stroked the ball around with growing confidence, with the lead coming from Wilkinson, Gascoigne and Offler at the back, and Bennett and Bonser on the wings.

Although the hosts had started to gain more possession, their attacks were breaking down before becoming a real threat. It was after a few minutes of sustained pressure that Mickleover got another break. White had picked the ball up in midfield and played it across field to Dales on the left. Dales fired the ball goalwards, but a goal line clearance fell straight to Beavon and it was 2-0 after 15 minutes.

Basford continued to have the edge on possession, but Sports defence were unfazed and soaked up the pressure without showing the vulnerability from earlier games.

33 minutes in and another long ball out of defence by Offler. Beavon flicked it on to Dales on the left, but as he cut inside again to shoot, Yates was quick to respond and made the block.

Basford won a rare corner after 39 minutes, which Gascoigne headed away, but as it was fired back in, Bosworth had to make his first real save of the night from a Stewart header. So the half time whistle went with Sports going in with an impressive 2-0 lead.

There were no changes for the second half and Bosworth was soon in action taking a cross from his right two minutes into the half, before setting up another break for Dales. Having totally outstripped the defence, his effort went across the face of the goal and just passed the far post.

A few minutes later Atkinson had a run through the middle, before finding Bonser on the left. He then cut inside to ty his luck and like Dales, his effort was just shy of the far post, having gone across the face of the open goal.

Basford won a free kick on the edge of the box after 54 minutes, but that came to nought and Sports first substitution soon followed with Dyer on for Beavon.

Just after the hour mark our hosts won two consecutive corners, but once again failed to trouble the Mickleover defence. Webb then replaced Bonser, before Mohiuddin broke through the home defence to find Dales, but the skippers effort was blocked and the danger averted.

Hollingsworth replaced Mohiuddin after 77 minutes, but Basford had started to show more urgency, keeping Sports defence on their toes.

Dimaio had a distance shot for our hosts, it was passed the post but close enough for Bosworth to dive to cover it.

Atkinson was replaced by Wood for the final nine minutes, but it was for Mickleover to show their character and resilience for a final onslaught from Basford.

White had been penalised for a foul and Dimaio’s 63rd minute free kick found our hosts skipper Wilder, who slotted it in to make it 2-1.

Dales came off to be replaced by Corden, but the pressure continued as five minutes of added time was announced.

Basford threw everything forward for the final minutes, but the Mickleover defence held tight and made it three successive wins, to climb from 19th in the table just over a week ago, to sixth, as we now look forward to the visit of Rugby Borough to the Don Amott Arena on Saturday afternoon.

 

Sports On The Road: Basford (A) Match Preview

by Peter Scherer

Fresh from our two successive wins, Mickleover visit seventh in the table Basford Utd on Tuesday night, with revenge in mind after our FA Trophy defeat to them last month.

Since our cup meeting, our hosts have played five league games, winning two and drawing at home to Rugby Town last Saturday 2-2.

Basford had a change of management too last week, with Martin Carruthers in charge assisted by Saul Deeney.

First choice goalkeeper is Matt Yates arrived pre-season from Ilkeston. He spent last season at Ilkeston after joining them from Gainsborough, where he had spent the previous two years. He was a Derby County Junior and was loaned to Gloucester City, Hereford and Telford Utd prior to his release.

In our recent Cup defeat to our hosts, he was the difference between us winning and losing

Yates’ understudy has been the vastly experienced Saul Deeney. He started his career at Notts County, and after loan spells at Gresley Rovers, Ilkeston and Hull City, he made a permanent move to Burton Albion in 2005.

He then returned to Notts County, for a year, before a short stay at Hucknall Town preceded a return to Burton too. 4 ½ years at Derby County followed, before his first spell at Basford in 2015. Moving on to Coalville and Ilkeston, he joined Matlock in January 2023, before returning to Basford at the beginning of last season.

Over the last couple of weeks Harvey Woodward has become second choice. A former Ilkeston Town player, who has also played for Gedling, Gresley Rovers and Kimberley MW’s.

Louis Nicholson is a left sided defender signed from Grantham Town last season. He has also played US College football and was previously in Basford’s own academy.

Centre back Ethan Stewart was signed at the beginning of last season from Stafford Rangers. He started his career with Nottingham Forest, who loaned him to Billericay and Alfreton, before joining Nuneaton on his release. He then returned to Alfreton, before moving to Stafford Rangers in October 2021.

Left back or centre back captain Henri Wilder has just started his third season with the club, since signing from Ilkeston in November 2023.He played his youth football at Brighton and Mansfield and was loaned out to Lewes. Following his Stags release he went to Tamworth and played for Alfreton too, before a year at Ilkeston.

David Chapman was signed near the end of last season. Another defender he was at Shepshed Dynamo for most of last season and has played at Nottingham University, Kettering, Quorn and Clifton All Whites and is a former Nottingham Forest Junior.

Defender Cormac Maher is currently on loan from Mansfield Town.

Right back Osa Soloman came from Grantham in pre-season. He is an ex Nottingham Forest Junior, who was also loaned to Redditch. He joined Grantham following his release in summer 2023.

Lynden Joyce is another defender who returned to the club after starting off in their youth scheme. He started the season with Shepshed Dynamo and has also played for Sherwood Colliery and Eastwood.

Ryan Ebanks was a pre- season arrival. He plays on the right side of the defence and lists Grantham, Newark Flowserve, Newark & Sherwood Utd and Coalville on his CV after playing junior football at Notts County.

Eli Christie is a former Derby County Academy centre back. He joined Ilkeston following his release and played for Grantham to before joining our hosts from Gresley Rovers in pre-season.

Jordy Hallam is an attacking midfielder, who has spent most his career at Sheffield Utd. With 28 EFL appearances under his belt, he had loans at Southport, Viking Stavanger and Chesterfield, before joining Scunthorpe following is release. His next stop was Ilkeston after an initial loan, but after three months he moved to Basford in October 2023.

Lewis Reah spent the latter part of last season on loan from Chesterfield. A midfielder he is now back and dual registered with both clubs.

Fin Armond is another pre-season arrival after spending two years at Matlock. A midfielder, he started out at Boston Utd, before spending a year in the US with Queens College’s Queens Knights

Connor Dimaio is another experienced midfielder. He has League One and Two experience after starting at Sheffield Utd. Chesterfield was his next stop, followed by Stockport, Boston Utd, Curzon Ashton, Matlock and Bradford Park Avenue, from where joined our hosts in pre-season.

Callum Cocks came from Long Eaton in the summer. A right back or midfielder he was previously with Loughborough Dynamo and has played for the Army and Royal Artillery.

Striker Tyler Dacres is a young striker that came through the clubs own Academy and is now a regular in the first team squad.

Fellow striker Jack Goodman has spent most of his career with Doncaster Rovers. He made 14 league two appearances and was loaned to Stamford, Gainsborough, Matlock, Peterborough Sports and Bradford Park Avenue. He spent the latter part of last season on loan at Basford too, before the move became permanent pre-season. He scored the winning goal in our cup defeat, but is now back on loan after moving to Mansfield Town.

Tyreace Palmer is well known to Mickleover fans, as he was a Sports player until returning to Basford last March. A striker or attacking midfielder, he’s an ex Notts County youngster and has played for Melton Town and Loughborough Dynamo too. He currently on the sidelines through injury.

Kieran Cummings is a striker signed pre-season from Newark & Sherwood where he was last seasons top scorer. He was a Notts County junior and has also played for Shepshed, Newark Town and Bourne Town.

Wayde Hines is another product of the Basford Academy. A debutant five years ago, he also spent some time with Nottingham Forest and has played for Clifton All Whites and Grantham too.

Dameer Rose and Taylor Ceviris both made their first team debuts last month in Basford’s FA Cup defeat, having come through the clubs youth scheme.

Both Curtis Durose and Finley Commons are recent signings. midfielder Commons is ex Eastwood and Dunkirk, while striker Durose is an ex Rotherham youngster. He had loans at Gainsborough, Scarborough and Matlock before a permament move to Matlock at the start of last season, following his release. He came to our hosts after 10 months at Gainsborough.

Kick off is at 7.45.