It’s that time again for our Supporters Player Of The Season award, and we would like your vote!
Please enter your vote below where you can also have the chance to win 4 free tickets to the Mickleover Sports match of your choice.
Rules: Only 1 vote per supporter please…
The award will be presented at Saturday evenings End Of Season Presentation Evening where supporters can come along for free…
Sports recorded back-to-back victories over the Easter weekend meaning a finishing league position of 16th is almost certain.
Saturday saw Sports beat Barwell at the Don Amott Arena, 4-1, with goals from Abalimba (1), Baskerville (2), and Hall (1) before beating Ilkeston FC at the New Manor Ground on Monday following an own goal by Ilkeston’s Max Thornberry.
With the final match of the season at home to Frickley Athletic on Saturday, the 2016/17 season will go down as good progress for the club following the relegation battle of last season. In addition, the team has had a much more settled look about it compared to last season with considerable off-pitch process being made too.
Finally, the annual end of season presentation evening is taking place immediately after Saturday’s match at 6pm. It is free to everybody and absolutely everybody is welcome to join us to celebrate the end of a good season.
See you there and thank you for your support once more.
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Saturday’s 3-1 victory over Marine means that Sports are now mathematically safe from relegation in the Northern Premier League Premier Division – with 4 games left to play!
The victory was the second in a week and has cemented Sports position as an established Premier Division team.
This follows on from the recent club news that has confirmed that the structure of the Sports club will change into a Community Interest Company (CIC) which will result in improvements to facilities and ultimately to the playing budget for the senior football team.
Exciting times lie ahead and we would like to once again thank supported, sponsors, volunteers, and everybody else at the Sports club for your help and support.
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We are pleased to confirm that there are spaces available on the supporters coach for this Saturday’s trip to Marine in the NPL Premier Division..
The contest promises to be an intriguing one, with Sports looking to follow-up on the 3-1 win over Sutton Coldfield earlier this week.
The coach leaves at 9.30am for a 3.00pm kick off at a fare of £15 (return).
Please contact Tony Shaw at tonys@mickleoversportsfc.com to book your place.
Come on Sports!
The University of Derby and Mickleover Sports Club will celebrate the success of their new partnership this evening, ahead of the club’s match against Sutton Coldfield.
Hari Punchihewa, Deputy Chief Executive and Finance Director at the University of Derby, will be joined by Sally Akehurst, Head of Life Sciences and John McGrath, First Team Manager for Mickleover for a pre-match presentation. They’ll also be joined by Sport Management student Frank Tweneboa.
The partnership will see Sport Management students from the University’s College of Life and Natural Science help to create a marketing and media department at Mickleover Sports Club for the 2017-18 season, including setting up a YouTube channel and using social media channels to promote the club.
Students will also be tasked with planning and delivering an Equality and Diversity event to contribute to achieving the club’s inclusion strategy.
Speaking about the partnership, Hari Punchihewa said: “We are delighted to be supporting this work. It is a great example of the outstanding learning opportunities available to our students and the shows the impact we are having on the communities we serve”.
Mickleover Sports chairman Don Amott added: “We are delighted with our Partnership with Derby University. The grant gives us even more opportunity to engage with the students”.
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Sports slipped to their second defeat to Stafford Rangers in a week despite a battling performance. The game turned at 1-0 when, on his Sports debut, Medi Abalimba was shown a red card for a rash challenge after 14 minutes.
Click here for the full match report.
(Photo: Eric Gregory)
We are delighted to welcome Connor Hall back to Sports after his hugely successful spell at the club earlier this season. Connor scored an amazing 9 goals in 5 matches for Sports and still sits as the clubs second highest scorer this season.
Connor will be with us in a ‘dual contract’ with his current club, Woking – an arrangement where he is able to play for either club that demand has services with his current club claiming the priority decision.
In addition, Sports have acquired the services of Aaron Cole from Long Eaton United – a fast and pacy winger who previously had spells with Derby County and Belper Town amongst others.
(Image: Aaron Cole)
Sports followed up their impressive point at Stourbridge by being comprehensively beaten by Spennymoor Town at the Don Amott Arena on Saturday.
Click here for a full match report.
Steve Taylor, assistant manager to first team manager John McGrath has left Sports to take up a new role as assistant manager to Mark Robins at Coventry City – a club he has worked with before.
Steve has been fantastic during his time at Mickleover Sports and everybody at the club wish him the very best of luck in his new role.
The club will now begin the process of hiring a new assistant manager.
It is with regret that this evening’s game with Hednesford Town has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
The game will be rearranged for a later date so please watch this website for details.
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