We are delighted to announce that Mickleover Sports Player Of The Season, Pablo Mills is to stay at the club for the 2017/18 season.

Pablo was instrumental in the 2016/17 season, playing 44 of the 46 NPL Premier Division league games – the highest number of league appearances of any player at the club, scoring 3 goals.

First team manager, John McGrath, said he is ‘delighted that player of the season Pablo Mills has decided to re-sign’.

Pablo’s goal against Grantham Town was also voted Goal Of The Season. Check it out here:

http://www.evostikleague.co.uk/match-info/match-centre/1-2189533/videos/97981

More player news to come so watch this space!

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JOIN THE FUN – YOUR FOOTBALL CLUB NEEDS YOU!

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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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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