by Peter Scherer
On Friday evening Mickleover host their fifth and penultimate pre-season match, when a Burton Albion XI visit the Don Amott Arena for the annual KC Trophy Charity game.
In 2023 it was the Brewers that took the Trophy 0-1, so Sports will be looking to return the favour.
It’s been a good pre-season so far having been undefeated so far, after Tuesday nights 5-0 win at Shepshed, with strikers Giles Barnes, Dylan Edwards and Stuart Beavon all finding their goal scoring boots in the games so far.
“The main thing about pre-season is to give all the squad time on the pitch, so we can see where we are. By next week when we play Barnsley in our last pre-season game, we should have a good idea about our starting 11 for the first league match,” said manager Gareth Holmes.
Neither Andy Dales nor Dan Bradley have played yet, so they could be in action against Burton, who are expected to field a side blending youth and some experience.
Kick of is 7.30pm with admission just £5.