May 5th 1984

Stuart Beavon Mickleover’s most experienced player, following in the footsteps of his Father Stuart and Grandfather Cyril.

In 24/25 he stepped up to become player-coach in manager Gareth Holmes’ new backroom team. Although still registered as a player, for this year his focus is now on being first team coach.
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.

March 3rd 1997

JJ joined Mickleover at start of last season as our new kit man. He previously had a similar role at Long Eaton Utd for eight years, including the period when our former assistant manager Mick Galloway was in charge. He was keen to back into football after a brief absence and Mickleover was an obvious choice.

His enthusiasm is boundless and he kicks every ball with the players from the touchline.

February 17th 1971

Before starting his career in football management, Billy was a no nonsense old school centre half at Lincoln Utd.

Bridlington was his first managerial post in 2000, where he stayed for six years, before moving to Frickley Athletic. Just over four years later, he moved to North Ferriby Utd, where he took them to league and cup glory in consecutive seasons.

They were FA Trophy winners in 2015 and were then promoted to the National League, via the play-offs, before he moved onto to FC Halifax.

It was after 18 months at the Shay that he began his long and successful association with Alfreton Town. They reached the National League North play-offs twice, won the Derbyshire Senior Cup twice and reached the FA Cup second round proper, only going out to Walsall after a replay.

Last September he finally ended his seven years stint after becoming the clubs second longest serving manager in the clubs history.

October 1st 1982

Gareth took over the reins on May 2nd 2024 and brought with him a vast amount of coaching experience.

As a player he was a midfielder, playing in the Conference for Nuneaton Borough and Leigh RMI, as well as locally with Ilkeston Town, Worksop and Hucknall Town and had six-month spell in Finland too.

He had already done some coaching at Ilkeston, “I decided to retire from playing aged 26 and became one of the youngest first team coaches in the league when I joined Mansfield Town,” he explained.

His FA and UEFA coaching qualifications continued to map his career, when after a year at Field Mill, he joined Burton Albion, working with the Brewers junior players.

Two years later he moved on to Birmingham City in a similar role, and then spent six years with Nottingham Forest managing the under 18’s, as well as working with the first team.

Since then he has and still does work with the Derby County Community Trust, but felt it was now time to make a return to the competitive side of football.

His four key words in coaching are SERVE, IMPROVE, DRIVE & UNITE!

He is also the elder brother of former Rams player Lee, who played a few games at Mickleover a couple of seasons ago.