January 23 1998

A former Nottingham Forest, Derby County and Mansfield Town Junior, Paddy first came to Mickleover in 2019, from Eastwood CFC, where he broke the clubs all time scoring record. He scored on his debut too, away at Stafford Rangers.

His stay at the Don Amott Arena was interrupted by the covid lockdowns and at the start of the 21/22 season he moved to Ilkeston, before joining Basford in the December.

He moved on to Quorn and was soon breaking records again, scoring 41 goals in 46 appearances in his first full season, 29 goals the following year and 13 last season, helping the club takes the NPL Midlands Division title.

D.O.B. August 21st 2007

A young striker, Josh has come through the Mickleover Academy and was last seasons player of the year and top scorer for the reserve side. He joined the first team squad for the first time towards the end of last season and made his debut as a second half substitute in the game at Stockton. He made two starts before the end of the term and also came off the bench. He is also Liam Carter’s twin brother.

JANUARY 1ST 2006

A talented striker and home-grown talent, Fin is a former captain of the Mickleover youth team, having graduated from the academy and reserve side, to earn his first contract. Joining the first team squad on a regular basis in 23/24 season, he scored his first goal for the first team in the home win against Nuneaton and also had a spell on loan at Basford.

He spent part of last season at Kimberley Mines Welfare and is on a joint registration with them this season too.

May 5^th 1984

Stuart Beavon Mickleover’s most experienced player, following in the footsteps of his Father Stuart and Grandfather Cyril. Last season he stepped up to become player-coach in manager Gareth Holmes’ new backroom team.

His career started for in the Hellenic League with Ardley United, before swiftly moving on to Combined Counties side Wallingford. He scored 13 goals in 36 games between those clubs, before being snapped up by Didcot Town. Despite stepping up to the Southern League South & West Division, he quickly found his goalscoring touch and had two seasons with the club. He played 139 games and scored an amazing 107 goals and was a winner in the 2004/5 FA Vase too.

His next step was to the Conference with Weymouth, spending three seasons on the South Coast, and adding 27 more goals to his tally from 90 appearances. For 2008/09 he had his first spell in the Football League with League 2 Wycombe Wanderers. He scored on his debut and his initial loan became permanent. He was a prolific scorer again but the team were promoted and relegated twice during his stay. After 125 games and 34 goals he moved to Preston North End in League 1 again. There was debut goal again and having settled at Deepdale he stayed for two years, before an initial loan at Burton Albion became permanent for the 2014/15 season.

He gained promotion again with the Brewers to League 1, but part way into his third season he left in January 2017 with 15 goals and 102 games under his belt, destined for Coventry City. A strange end of season saw the Sky Blues win the EFL Trophy, but were also relegated to League 2. Although he was a Coventry player for the next two seasons, his final one was spent on a years loan at Wrexham.

Early into the 2019/20 season he joined Nuneaton, but on his arrival at Mickleover back in February 2020 he regained his scoring touch, with a goal scoring debut at Atherton Collieries in September that year and scoring 10 before the season was curtailed. He continues to be a regular scorer.