D.O.B.: April 7th 2002
Centre back Luke was another who started his career at Derby County, before moving onto Sheffield Wednesday.
Following his release he had played for Redditch, Chasetown and Long Eaton, before spending last season at Ilkeston Town.
D.O.B.: DECEMBER 18TH 2004
Another former Derby County youngster, Callum was recently after 10 years with the Rams. A right or centre back, he mixed his Derby Under 21 appearances with loan spells at Leek Town and Matlock Town.
D.O.B.: JULY 16TH 2007
Another product of the Mickleover Academy, Toby made his first team debut in the Derbyshire Senior Cup at Matlock Town last season, after some impressive performances in the reserves and youth teams.
A wing back or defensive midfielder, he has continued to impress during pre-season and earned his place in the first team squad for this season.
D.O.B.: JUNE 25TH 2006
Another product of the Mickleover Academy, Brandon is a pacy left back who had a couple of first team outings as a sub in the 22/23 seasons pre-season build up.
After some solid and dependable performances in the reserve and youth team games, scoring a number of goals too, he broke into the first team squad towards the end of the same season.
Last year he had spells on loan at Sheffield FC and Maltby FC, as well as being part of our first team squad, but it yet to make his first league start.
MARCH 4TH 1993
Son of former Rams player Kevin, Ryan is a left back or midfielder who started at Ilkeston Town. Having moved onto Gateshead for a year, he then returned to the Midlands for a two-year spell at Alfreton Town.
After moving onto Coalville for another season, he had a short spell at Matlock before joining Telford in September 2017. He then had a year out before signing for Basford, from where Mickleover brought him in for the start of the 22/23 season.
He scored six goals in his first season too and is one of the clubs free kick experts and led last season’s campaign by example, as club captain.
DOB: July 29th 1993
A former Leicester City Junior centre back, George was also capped by England at Under 19 and Under 18 levels. He was loaned out to Kettering, Karlstad in Sweden and League two York City before joining Burton Albion on his release in 2014. He spent two years with the Brewers and was part of their promotion team to League one alongside Stuart Beavon. Loans at Cambridge Utd and Mansfield followed, before a permanent move to Cambridge in 2018. He then moved on to Bolton Wanderers and Scunthorpe, still in league two, before spending last season at Worksop Town.
February 22nd 1996
Like so many others, Jake started playing for his hometown club Telford AFC as a 15 year old, making two first team starts before going out on loan to Market Drayton.
He was initially spotted by Mickleover management during a friendly match against Market Drayton, and with Sports then pushing for promotion back to the Premier Division of the NPL. He was made an offer which he readily accepted to become a Sports player in December 2014.
After being part of the squad for his first half season, he became a first choice defender over his two year stay and began to receive offers of trials from League Clubs.
He joined Sheffield Utd in 2016 and making his first team debut in the EFL Cup in 2017, plus other first appearances in some friendly matches.
He was then due to go on loan to Chesterfield, but played against them in a friendly and collected a cruciate ligament injury, putting him out of action for 10 months.
A further thigh injury on his comeback meant he never got to play for Chesterfield, and following his release by Sheffield Utd in October 2019, he had a brief at Alfreton Town, before joining Coalville Town in December 2019 in the Southern League Premier Division Central.
He opted to return to Mickleover during the summer, of 2020 as he was still looking to rebuild his career and looked back fondly at his previous two years with the club.
“My lasting memory was winning the title here, the first medal I had ever won in football.”
A first choice right back, Jake has fought back from some serious injuries, but always comes back stronger and even more determined, as he looks forward to his fifth successive season at the club.
