by Peter Scherer
Mickleover will be hoping for a repeat performance of last Saturday’s excellent home win, when they visit table toppers Tamworth this weekend.
Both Ollie Greaves and Rhys Dolan were out injured last weekend, but will hopefully fit to rejoin the squad.
The Lambs have suffered only defeat in their last 11 games, when they went down 0-1 at title challengers Coalville, and their only home defeat this season was back on August Bank Holiday, going down 1-4 again to Coalville.
Their last home game was last Tuesday, when they beat St.Ives 2-1.
Tamworth Manager Andy Peaks has been in charge since February, having moved from Rusden & Diamonds. He started as a player at Northampton, before playing for Rushden, Raunds, Wealdstone and Stamford. After being assistant manager at Long Buckby and Daventry, he took charge at Northampton Spencer before moving back to Rushden.
Goalkeeper Jas Singh arrived from Telford in July 2018, having started his career at Shrewsbury Town. He has also played for Kidderminster, Solihull Moors and Gloucester City.
Reserve keeper Matt Sargeant came from Leamington last October. His whole career has been based in the West Midlands, having started at Tipton, before moves to Halesowen, Alvechurch, Sporting Khalsa, Rushall and Nuneaton.
Matt Curley is a right back who came from Buxton last July. His career kicked off at Romulus, before moves to Chasetown, Sutton Coldfield, Tamworth and Hednesford preceded 2 ½ years at Buxton.
Midfielder Gift Mussa has spent his whole career in the West Midlands too, after starting out at Coventry Utd. After a short spell at Leamington, he spent almost two years at Bromsgrove, before a further year at Nuneaton prior to his arrival at Tamworth in February 2022.
Alex Collard is a centre back and club captain, having arrived from Rushden during the summer. He’s also played for Aylesbury, Chichester City and Kempton Rovers.
Fellow centre back Liam Dolman came through the ranks at Northampton Town, making over 50 appearances for the Cobblers. He was loaned out to Aylesbury Utd and Kettering, before joining Kidderminster on his release. Corby, Banbury and Daventry then preceded eight years at Rushden & Diamonds, signing for Tamworth pre-season.
Leading scorer Dan Creaney has been at Tamworth since signing from Coalville in July 2019 and recently made his 100th appearance. He’s also played for Bedworth, and during his time Coalville was loaned to Basford and Stratford.
Left sided midfielder Kyle Finn came from Halesowen in July. The former Coventry City Junior had previously been loaned to Tamworth, along with Hereford and Rushall, before joining Halesowen on his release in July 2019.
Left back Callum Cockerill-Mollet is a former Republic of Ireland Under 18 and 19 International. He was a Walsall Junior loaned out to Telford and Chasetown, arriving at Tamworth in late 2019 following his release.
Luke Fairlamb is a midfielder signed from St Ives pre-season. After starting out at Corby he had five years in the US with St Peter’s University Peacocks. On his return to the UK he joined Rushden & Diamonds, moving on via Bedford, Sileby, Brackley and Banbury.
Ben Milnes is another midfielder that arrived in July, after a year at Buxton. He was a Leicester City Junior before joining Boston Utd and had also played for Corby and Kettering, before joining Buxton in July 2021.
Central midfielder Jordan Clement started out at Wolves, joining Romulus after his release in 2016. After a spell at Coleshill he had his first stop at Tamworth in 2018 and was also loaned to Stratford, before moving to Alvechurch and finally Redditch, from where he was signed in August 2021.
Eoin McKeown is a well-travelled striker, who started off at Colchester Utd. After a loan at Maldon & Tiptree he was released and joined Kings Langley. Further moves have taken him to Wingate, Walton Casuals, Loughborough University and latterly Braintree, from where he was signed in February 2020. Along with team mate Creaney, he is one of the leagues top scorers.
Ty Deacon is a striker signed from Kettering in July. He has also played for Rushden & Diamonds.
Right back Lucas Yeomans is well known to Sports fans having just returned to our hosts after a loan spell at the Don Amott Arena. Burton born Lucas was part of Derby County’s Academy before joining Tamworth in August 2020, making his first team in the FA Trophy at the age of 16.
Former West Bromwich Albion Junior midfielder George Cater is more of squad member, having spent most of the season the bench. After joining Kidderminster, he went to Stafford, Hednesford and Chasetown, joining our hosts in July after a return trip to Hednesford.
Centre back James Hurst has had a long and varied career. Capped by England at Under 16, 17, 19 and 20 he reached as high as league one, having started as another West Brom Junior, being loaned to Portsmouth, IBV Vestmannaeyjar in Iceland, Blackpool, Shrewsbury, Chesterfield and Birmingham, before returning to Iceland with Valur Reykjavik in 2013.
He joined Crawley Town after returning to the UK where his changes in clubs took him the length and breadth of the country. After two years at Buxton he arrived at Tamworth in January 2022.
Yet another ex West Brom Junior, midfielder Alex Bradley came from Yeovil in pre-season. He’s an ex Finnish Under 16,17 and 19 International. He left West Brom in 2019 after loans at Havant & Waterlooville, Burton Albion and Lincoln City. His stop at Lincoln became permanent, before he moved to Yeovil in January last year and he made seven appearances in League One.
Striker Alex Jones was signed in November 2021 and is another ex West Brom Junior. After a move to Birmingham City he was loaned to Grimsby and Port Vale, before a permanent move to Bradford City. After a loan at Cambridge Utd he joined Patrick Thistle and was at Northampton before joining our hosts.
Ben Hart is a right back who came from Burton in July 2020, having previously played at Tamworth during one of his loan spells from the Brewers.
Centre back Cameron Howkins was signed from Brocton in December 2019, having started at Kidderminster. He has since had two loan spells at Sporting Khalsa.
Midfielder AJ George is an Antigua & Barbuda International who was signed from Rushden in July. A former Oxford Utd Junior, he moved on to Mansfield during which time he had a short loan spell at Mickleover in 2017.
After further loans he joined Chippenham and Oxford City, before joining Rushden October last year.
Keelan Fallows is one of three reserve goalkeepers and was recently loaned to Quorn and Atherstone. He was a Junior at Coventry City and has also been loaned to Daventry.
Fellow keeper Jack Hitchman and midfielder Callum Griffin are recent additions to the squad, having come through the clubs own Academy.
It’s an earlier kick of too, with the game due to start at 2pm.