August 11th 2005
After starting out at Nottingham Forest Academy, Darryl played for Lincoln City, Birmingham City and Crewe Alexandra, plus a loan spell with Bromsgrove Sporting mainly as a centre back.
He can play defensive midfield or right back and has recently returned to football after a career break, before successfully coming through pre-season trials.
December 22 2001
One of our new recruits for this season, Sam is a versatile defender who plays left back or centre back. He started his career at Nottingham Forest, where he was coached by Sports manager Gareth Holmes and after a loan spell with York City he made a permanent move following his release.
He moved on to Boston Utd who loaned him back to York before heading south to Truro City in July 2024, after spending much of the previous season on loan with the Cornish team.
He also spent the latter part of last season at Worksop on loan and won promotion from National League’s North and South in consecutive years with both York and Truro.
October 14th 2000
Signed from Ilkeston in pre-season, Callum is a centre back of defensive midfielder.
A former Derby County Junior, he spent two years at Gainsborough before joining Ilkeston in September 2023 and was promoted from Step 4 to Step 3 with Long Eaton Utd and Ilkeston.
August 29th 1991
Centre back Dwayne headed back to Mickleover for 26/27, having signed from Matlock Town.
He left Sports back in July 2016 to join Matlock Town and then spent five years at Alfreton Town before returning to the Gladiators at the start of last season. He was part of the Mickleover team that won the 2014/15 NPL Division One South title too, in the same team as Andy Dales and Jake Bennett.
February 5th 2004
Former Sheffield Wednesday Under 23 captain Josh had two loan spells with us last season from Bradford Park Avenue
The young defender has previously been loaned to Guiseley and spent three months at Matlock Town last season. He can play anywhere along the back four and in midfield.
February 9th 1988
Centre back Hamza made the move to Mickleover during the close season, having spent the last four seasons at Worksop Town centre back, where he captained their climb up the football ladder.
A former Nottingham Forest Junior, he was loaned to Lincoln City, before joining Macclesfield on his release. After two years each at Notts County and Plymouth Argyle, he had spell in Algeria with JS Kabylie.
He returned to Lincoln on his UK return, spending a year at Sincil Bank before another year each at Halifax, Wrexham and York City. He was at Guiseley for three years, before joining Worksop.
He was also capped at under 20 level by Algeria and was part of their Olympic team. An FA Trophy winner in consecutive years with Halifax and York, he’s made over 100 league football league appearances.
June 24 2004
A former Chesterfield junior, George is a centre back, who came to Mickleover in February 2024, after five months at Ilkeston Town.
He had previously been loaned to Matlock Town before joining Rushall Olympic at the start of 23/24.
