Chairman - David Dent
Secretary - Martyn Tweddle
Treasurer - Diane Dent
Directors - Alan Boddy
Brian Burn
Carolyn Mulley
Paul Mulley
Norman Smith
Tony Bennett
Academy Director - Darren Tait President - John Atkinson
The Club is under the significant control and ownership of our Chairman, David Dent, and our Treasurer, Diane Dent.
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Finally we have a game!
Welcome to Dean Street everyone,
A huge thanks to everyone at the club who has supported getting this game on tonight. I hope everyone enjoys the game after another extended break for us.
Once again, we have trained hard and used it as a mini pre season to improve fitness and also work on some key tactical aspects we feel will help us in the second half of the season.
Welcome to Grantham this evening. We havent experienced the mid week away game experience yet but I know it will be a late return for them this evening. I wish them a safe journey back home after the game. Despite there being half of the season still remaining, this is an important game for both teams and one both will want 3 points from.
We are close to a fully fit squad now and this is a first since we have been at the club. There is now clear competition for places and options to make more attacking changes from the bench as and when this is needed in games.
Enjoy the game this evening, Chris
1/ Which goalkeeper has the record of 138 clean sheets for the same Premier League team?
2/ How many clubs have never been relegated from the Premier League?
3/ How many teams were in the first-ever Premier League?
4/ The lowest attendance was 3,039 in 1993 when Everton played away to which club?
5/ Which two non-English clubs have played in the Premier League?
6/ How many times has the league been renamed?
7/ Which Swede had a clause in his contract banning him from travelling into space?
8/ In 2005, Newcastle’s Lee Bowyer had an on-pitch scrap with which team-mate?
9/ For what club did Paulo Di Canio play when he pushed referee Paul Alcock?
10/ Against which team did Wayne Rooney score his Premier League first goal
Answers
FORMED in 1890 as Shildon Town, the Railwaymen joined the Auckland and District League two years later and in 1894 merged with the Rangers and Heroes to become Shildon United. In 1900, the club played in the new Northern League Division Two but folded that season due to financial problems – as did the Second Division.
A re-formed club joined the Northern League in 1903 to replace Stockton St John’s. In 1907, Shildon joined the semi-professional ranks of the North Eastern League, finishing second in season 1932/33.
Before WWII the club won four successive Northern League Division One titles; a record that stood until overhauled by Blyth in 1984. In 1937 the team was unbeaten on their march to the title with Jack Downing firing in a record 61 league and cup goals.
A replay win at York City in 1927/28 saw the club reach the first round proper of the FA Cup for the first time. In the first round they have also played Brentford, Doncaster Rovers, Lincoln City, Scunthorpe United and Oldham Athletic three times.The last time the club reached the first round was in 2003/04, losing out 7-2 against Notts County.The club also reached the second round, in 1936/37 against Dartford.
The Dean Street turnstiles and distinctive grandstand were erected in 1923.A £45,000 grant saw new dressing rooms and a social club built beneath the stand 60 years later.
Shildon won the Second Division championship in 2001/02, scoring 135 goals and finished runners-up in two cup competitions.The following season they won the Northern League Challenge Cup with a 3-2 golden goal victory over Billingham Synthonia at Feethams.
Tragedy struck the club in February 2004 when 26-year-old player, Lee Hainsworth was killed in a road accident on his way to training. He had been with the club for six years.The Brown Street stand was renamed in his memory.
Bill Aisbitt, a lifelong stalwart at the club, died in June 2003 and the boardroom was named in his honour after over 50 years loyal service.
At the end of the 2004 season, the Railwaymen came under serious threat through financial difficulties when the former chairman severed all ties with the club.At the end of the season all the players and the manager left the club, leaving it crippled.
But during the close season, the club appointed a new chairman, Brian Burn who ensured its survival.The club survived a relegation scare and since then has gone from strength to strength.
In 2012-13, the club reached two cup semi-finals.A depleted side lost in the Durham Challenge Cup to Spennymoor Town.The match brought an end to the playing career of midfielder Chris Hughes after he suffered a knee injury. And there was more heartbreak as the side narrowly missed a dream day out at Wembley after losing their two-legged FA Vase semi-final to a late extra-time goal in the second leg at home.
In season 2013-14, the management team further strengthened the playing squad, bring in several experienced players in a determination to bring silverware back to Dean Street for the first time.The investment paid off with the club narrowly missing out on the league title, remaining competitive until the final weeks of the season.
But the club were able to avenge the semi-final defeat of the previous season when they faced Spennymoor Town in the final of the Durham Challenge Cup. On an historic Good Friday, Shildon striker, Billy Greulich-Smith added a new chapter to the club’s history books with two late goals – the winner in added time at the end of the 90 minutes – to overcome their local rivals by two goals to one.After missing out on the Northern League Championship in the 201415 season by one point, the team re-grouped and won the Northern League Cup and became Champions of the Northern League the following season.
Following the sudden departure of the Management Team, Chairman David Dent appointed Daniel Moore in January 2017 and Moore guided us to 3rd position in the League and a Durham Challenge Cup Semi-Final.
The first piece of silverware came at the start of the 2018/19 season with a 41 Penalty victory against Dunston UTS. During this season Daniel Moore guided us to another top 6 finish and the season finished as it started with silverware coming back to Dean Street after the Club defeated South Shields 1-0 in the final of the Durham Challenge Cup held at the Stadium of Light.
For the 2021/22 season, and after 2,896 games in the Northern League, the Club has been promoted to Step 4 of the Football Pyramid (Northern Premier League – East), the highest level the Club has ever played at.I
In our inaugural season in the Northern Premier League East we finished the season in a creditable 5th Position. In the play off game we were narrowly beaten by Marske United. Further improvements have been going on through the summer with the community garden now finished and open as well as a new changing block to bring us up to league standard.
Jamie Tunstall and Deano Browne were also installed as the new management team. In October 2022 the new management were relieved of their duties and replaced by former player Chris Hughes.
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A Swedish Knight, An English Visionary
It isn’t even five minutes into the 1958 World Cup final when Nils Liedholm picks up the ball. He beats the first man, and then the second. Finding himself in space, is shoots, and the net billows. The Swedish home crowd erupts, and they lead Brazil. On the touchline, at the pinnacle of a remarkable career, stands an Englishman. George Raynor may not be much remembered in his homeland, but his services to football earned him a Swedish knighthood, and he could be the most consistently successful international manager England has ever produced. Sent to Iraq as a fitness instructor to the Ninth Army, the former footballer encouraged his sport. When Prime Minister Nuri Al-Said decided that his country needed a football team, there was one obvious candidate. Raynor became the first manager of the Iraq national side, overseeing exhibition matches against Lebanon and Syria, as well as representative teams from the British and Polish militaries.
Following the war, Raynor returned home, but his progressive style was difficult to implement. After losing his job at Aldershot, he met with another forwardthinker, Sir Stanley Rous, who suggested the Sweden needed a coach to prepare for the 1948 Olympics. Not an easy task for a country that still demanded amateur football. But Raynor was blessed, and Sweden were dripping with talent. Gunnar Gren and Nils Liedholm were the creative force, while Gunnar Nordahl was an unbelievably prolific striker. Under Raynor, the Swedes scored a remarkable 22 goals in their four games as the romped to the gold medal. It is still Sweden’s greatest footballing triumph.
Following that success, there was clearly a lot of European interest in Raynor’s players, and Gren, Liedholm and Nordahl all moved to Milan, forming the famous Gre-No-Li. Nordahl’s two brothers, also integral parts of the national team, went to Italy too. Unfortunately, this was the end of their international careers, as Raynor was unable to call up professional players.
Not for the last time, Raynor had to rebuild. Committed to the improvement of Swedish football he took charge at AIK alongside his international commitments, winning the Swedish Cup twice before turning his focus to Brazil in 1950. Such were the limitations, Raynor’s World Cup squad of 22 players included 14 who hadn’t been good enough to make the Olympic squad just two years earlier. But after four years in charge, Raynor had his team purring. Their first match was against Italy, the nation that had deprived them of so many players and the reigning world champions. Sweden dispatched them, 3-2. It was the Azzurri’s first loss at a World Cup. A draw with Paraguay saw them into the final group stage, but losses to Brazil and Uruguay cost them a chance at the big prize. Sweden ran out a creditable third.
Raynor would repeat his third place finish at the 1952 Olympics, despite ten more of his World Cup squad leaving for professional football, before the job of constantly rebuilding the side became too much. In 1954, to the dismay of Swedish football fans, he left for Juventus.
Unfortunately, his club career didn’t match his international one. Quickly moved out of Turin, he initially did well to save Lazio from relegation. Sweden, catastrophically, failed to qualify for the 1954 World Cup without him, something that finally prompted the FA to consider professionalism. Suddenly a whole host of exceptional Swedish talent was available once more.
Raynor moved back to England and took charge of third division Coventry City as Sweden prepared to host the 1958 World Cup. But it was too strong a love affair, and when the Englishman was dismissed from his post in the Midlands, Scandinavia came calling again. One last shot at the big prize, with a home crowd and the cream of Swedish talent.
Raynor’s Sweden looked every bit the force that surprised Europe for much of the previous decade, beating Hungary and Mexico before drawing with Wales, with qualification secured. They saw off a strong Soviet side in the quarter finals and the reigning champions, West Germany, in the semi-final, setting up an exciting tie with Brazil. Sadly, for Swedish hopes, this was merely the swansong of their golden age, while their opponents were right at the start of theirs, which would eclipse all others. Vava equalised and then gave Brazil the lead, before Pele took charge as Brazil romped to their first World Cup victory. It was the last international match for Raynor, and he returned to his homeland.
Recognising his brilliance, and with English football desperately needing to evolve, the only work he could find was with non-league Skegness Town.
Enjoy the game.
Martyn Green, The Untold Game
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by Jon Crouch
IT’S the debate which has raged on in Non-League football for years but one which, up until now perhaps, has consistently been likened to flogging a dead horse.
But now it appears there could be light at the end of a long dark tunnel. With all but a couple of National League clubs are operating full-time –and often out-performing many of their League Two counterparts – surely it’s only right that the idea of increasing the number of promotion places from the top-flight to the Football League to three is revisited?
At their current pace, the National League’s top three of Notts County, Wrexham and Chesterfield are all on to go through the 100-point barrier –and it wouldn’t be a surprise if they all (only) exceeded 90.
But with just one automatic promotion spot, and six ultimately battling it out for the second place through the play-offs, there are going to be some very disappointed clubs when the bubbly has dissipated in a few months’ time. This week, NLP editor-at-large Matt Badcock spoke to three of the Football Conference’s unlucky losers from over the years – Non-League legends from the last decade who missed out on promotion by the narrowest of margins, despite enjoying ground-breaking campaigns.
Wrexham fans still talk about their 98-point season. A cloud has hung around since 2012 when they missed out to Fleetwood Town by five points. In the play-offs, they had their second chance wrecked in the semis by a Luton who finished 18 points behind.
“It’s talked about all the time, the 98-point season,” legendary defender Mark Creighton told us. “That was the chance we should have got out.
“To have a season as solid as that and not go up because there’s only one automatic is poor – it’s a kick in the b******s of every single person who worked their nuts off to get to that position.
“Play-offs are a lottery. You have one bad game and it ruins you. That's what we had two years on the bounce. If you don’t perform even for half of one of those games, it’s over, it’s done. That’s what happened.”
Kidderminster Harriers felt similar pain the following year. Steve Burr's side racked up 93 points but Mansfield Town won it on the final day, finishing two clear. Kiddy went out in the semi-finals, ironically to Wrexham.
“If I remember right, we lost the first five games and then we drew the next five,” said Kyle Storer, who this week left Solihull Moors to join Nuneaton Borough. “We were bottom of the league after ten matches and didn't have a win to our name.
“Then we went 26 unbeaten. It was an incredible run and we got it to the
last day of the season.
“I say we lost it on the last day, we actually lost it the week before when we drew with Woking. We were 2-0 up and should have won and it would have been in our hands.
“The biggest disappointment was we'd beaten everyone in the top six twice. “But it was heartbreak – 93 points, put that run together and then lose the play-offs to a team 13 points below us. It was tough to take.”
Steve McNulty won the title with Fleetwood and Luton Town but had to navigate the play-offs with Tranmere Rovers. They did it eventually but only a year after finishing on 95 points, four behind Lincoln City. They lost in the final to Forest Green Rovers.
Like Creighton and Storer, McNulty, now manager at Bootle, believes it's time for an extra spot.
“Obviously I was down at Luton and they’d struggled to get out,” he says. “You’ve got Wrexham in there now, Chesterfield and teams like that.
“But, on the other hand, it would also be good for these so-called smaller teams. I was in the league when the Cowleys took Braintree into the playoffs. It would be great for them to have that extra chance where they can get into the EFL.”
As it stands, talks are currently deadlocked between the EFL and Premier League for more funding from the top-flight. It is acknowledged, however, that the EFL have a responsibility to assist clubs further down the pyramid and the best way of achieving this, in many eyes, is by offering an additional promotion place.
And if anyone had any doubt as to whether current Non-League sides could cut the mustard, they need look no further than this week’s FA Cup performances.
Wrexham recorded a fine 4-3 victory at Championship Coventry City, while Chesterfield came within a whisker of toppling West Bromwich Albion, denied only by a 94th-minute equaliser in a thrilling 3-3 draw.
Boreham Wood, mid-table in the National League gave Frank Lampard’s Everton a stern test in the fifth round last season and are in the fourth round hat again after a 1-1 draw with League One Accrington Stanley.
Currently, no fewer than seven clubs in English football’s third tier have come up through the Non-League system over the last decade or so, with one club, Luton Town, competing in the higher reaches of the Championship.
“It’s not like they’re asking for a lot – it’s only one extra space,” added McNulty, who eventually won promotion into the EFL three times with Fleetwood, Luton and Tranmere Rovers.
"There has got to be some compromise somewhere. They’ve got to bridge that gap and give clubs a chance.”
WELCOME TO GRANTHAM TOWN
A warm (we hope) welcome to our new friends from Grantham Town, who have made the long trip north for today’s game. It’s a fixture that has suffered from postponements in the past so hopefully we will be ok for today.
They are an old established club are “The Gingerbreads”, formed in 1874, 5 years before Sunderland and 16 years before we started out. They played in leagues in and around Lincolnshire before joining the prestigious and semi professional Midland League in 1928 where they were rivals of Scarborough, Frickley Athletic and, er, Wombwell plus eight Football League Reserve sides. Mansfield Town won it, Grantham finished fifth while our league’s runaway leaders, Worksop Town were bottom.
They have a decent FA Cup pedigree as well, having made the pilgrimage to Round 3 on three occasions, although only one of them was in the modern era. That was in 1974 when Jack Charlton’s all conquering Boro side travelled to London Road and returned triumphant thanks to goals from the two Davids, Mills and Armstrong in front of a club record crowd of 6,574
Since then, Grantham have shuffled between the NPL and the Southern League and there is a distinct possibility that the South Kesteven Stadium could be hosting visitors from either the Northern Counties East, the United Counties, or the Eastern Counties. Knowing the FA, they will probably stick them in the Northern League.
They have had some distinguished players over the years. Terry Bly was player manager in the 1960’s, fresh from his goalscoring exploits down the A1 at Peterborough United. He blasted in 54 goals in Posh’s inaugural season in the Football League in 1960-61and continued to find the net at London Road in his years as a Gingerbread. A haul of 125 in 199 games must have pleased the Grantham support before he moved on.
Gary Crosby, a nippy winger, started out at the club. He was picked up by Martin O’Neil, played 9 times for him and was then sold to Forest on the managers recommendation. Cloughie liked him, played him and he won a FL Cup winners medal in 1990. But he is best known for heading the ball out of the hands of Manchester City’s Andy Dibble and poking it into the net after he sneaked up on the blind side of the Welsh international keeper. I’m not sure what VAR or Peter Walton would make of that nowadays.
They have also had Phil Boyer, but not his goal scoring mate, Ted McDougall. I saw Boyer get sent off in a vital league game at Norwich in the 1970’s. He went over the ball at Jimmy Montgomery with his studs up and hurt the Wembley Hero. Ron Guthrie ran up to Boyer who looked apologetic and thumped him, turned round and headed for the tunnel before referee Clive
White could send him on his way. Boyer was sent off while being placed on the stretcher.
Other notable players have included former Darlington man Ronnie Harbertson, who scored two the day the Quakers destroyed Chelsea 4-1 in an FA Cup replay and Gary Mills, one of those players who the late, great Brian Clough liked a lot.
They have had some interesting managers too. Bly was player manager for a while, Carlton Palmer put in a short stint there as did Danny Bergara after he had left Feethams, while former Bishop Auckland player John Barnwell occupied the hot seat at London Road for a while. But the best known one was Martin O’Neill, who was out of football at the time and who received a phone call from the Grantham Chairman asking him if he was interested in taking over. O’Neil said yes, having missed the game while selling insurance. He stayed for 18 months, decamped briefly to Shepshed Charterhouse and thence to Wycombe Wanderers, where his career really took off. A short stint at Norwich followed and then he had considerable success at both Leicester City and Celtic before he came back to the Premier League with Aston Villa. His assistant in all theses jobs was John Robertson, but when the Northern Irishman left Villa and pitched up at Sunderland, Robertson stayed in Glasgow.
His spell at the club he had followed since his boyhood was a great disappointment for Sunderland supporters. He started well and we looked at one time in his first half season as if we could make it into a Europa League position. He signed some good players – Steven Fletcher – and some poor ones – Danny Graham – but his departure seemed to mark the beginning of the end for the club. If a Sunderland fan from way back couldn’t sort the team out, who could? It’s really taken Sunderland until now to get back on something which looks like the right track.
And what of the town of Grantham? It’s one of those imposing,, attractive and comfortably well off towns that pop up all over Lincolnshire – think Stamford, Louth, Sleaford. It’s on the North East Main Line and it’s fine church stands out as most North East bound trains hurtle through It has a distinguished history and has produced some very famous sons and daughter. Issac Newton, the man who invented gravity, came from there. Who can ever forget the apple falling on his head and Walton texting his friend George Washington to ask him to pop over and chop that dangerous tree down. Then there is Nicholas Parsons of “Just A Minute” fame who chaired the programme right up to his death a couple of years ago. Older readers will not recognise the name Roy Taylor but they will remember Vince Eager – they are one and the same. Current Leeds United player Patrick Bamford hails from the town as did comedy writer Eric Chappel, the man who brought us Rigsby and Miss Jones in Rising Damp. And then there was Margaret Hilda Roberts, but the less said about her, the better. Our former railway works tell us everything we need to know about her…….
Many Thanks to all our volunteers for all their invaluable help during the season.
General Manager - Michael Wilson
Gatemen - Peter Quinn
Andy Hilling
Maintenance - Daniel Tatham
Kieran Dent
Pitch Maintenance - Tom Finley
Event Co-Ordinator - Carolyn Mulley
Matchday Operative - David Race
Interviews - Wilf Tray / Chris Pearce
Programme Article - Peter Sixsmith
Kitchen/Bar Manager - Sue Charlton
Cleaning - Ellie Barron-Hay
50/50 Ticket Sales - Liam Stockley
Boardroom Hospitality - Sid Dent
PA Announcer - Dennis Duncan
Photography - Tom Clegg & Amanda Scaife
The club was founded in 1874 and early competition was in the Midland Amateur league which was won in 1910/11. The Central alliance was won in 1924/25 and the club finished runners up to Shrewsbury Town in the Midland counties League in 1938. After the war local legend Jack McCartney scored 416 goals in just 456 appearances until his retirement in 1955
In 1964 under player manager Jim Rayner the Midland League was won with the club scoring 152 goals in the season. Rayner moved to Notts County to be replaced in 1965 by Terry Bly as player manager and the next 14 years are still remembered as the golden years for the club. The Midland League was won in 1971 and in 1972 and regular cup runs brought large crowds to the London Road ground with the most memorable being in 1973 when Jack Charlton brought his Middleborough side to London Road where a record crowd of 6578 saw Middleborough win 2-0. The club moved into the Southern League winning Division 1 North in 1978 and the following year finishing runners up in the Premier Division. Following relegation, the club bounced back the following year to win Division 1 North again
Following the reorganization of non-league football, the club were moved to the Northern Premier League and finished 4th in 1984 but the following year they failed to gain re-election and returned to the Southern League.
Financial problems meant the club had little success until in 1987 The board appointed Martin O’Neil as manager and along with assistant John Robertson Promotion was missed by a single point his first season and 5th spot gained the year after. Martin moved on to climb the managerial ladder at the end of that season.
John Robertson returned as manager in 1990 and at this time the club left its London Road home and after a year ground sharing at Spalding returned to the town into the new South Kesteven Sports Stadium.
Little success was achieved until the arrival of Gary Mills as manager in 1996. Under Gary 4th place was achieved in the Southern League Midland Division in 1997 and the following year the championship was won also the club reached the quarter final of the FA trophy going out after a replay to Conference side Southport. The first game at Grantham attracted a stadium record attendance of 3695.
The following year the club was taken over by Reg Brearley through his company Antrac. Mills was replaced as manager and the club went full time, but huge financial losses saw the club’s future threatened when Antrac walked away. The club was forced to enter a CVA, and a difficult period followed as the club struggled to get back onto its feet. This was reflected on the pitch and when John Wilkinson arrived as manager at Christmas 2000 the club had just 9 points but following a tremendous run were finally relegated on goal difference on 47 points. Promotion back to the Premier division was achieved in 2002 as runners up.
Following Wilkinson’s resignation Roger Ashby became manager and lead the club to the first-round proper of the FA cup in November 2003 where they played Leyton Orient at home in front of the Match of the Day cameras only losing 2 – 1 to an injury time goal.
In the summer of 2006, the club were moved from the Southern League back to the Northern Premier League. It took the club some time to adjust to the move and they were relegated to Division 1 South. John Wilkinson returned as manager and in 2008 lead the club to the Division 1 South play offs where they lost 2-1 to Nantwich
Following a brief spell with Phil Starbuck as manager Jim Albans and Wayne Hallcro came in as joint managers. In 2011/12 the club reached the Division 1 South playoff final losing 2-0 to Rushall Olympic but the following year they won the division by a 10point margin the club found life in the Premier division difficult and following the resignation of chairman Steve Boam Albans and Hallcro also resigned. After a period under former players Gary Sucharewycz and Ian Robinson they returned and led the club to 15th spot in the Premier division.
During season 2014/15 the club had to make the difficult decision to cut its playing budget when predicted income was not achieved. This resulted in several players leaving the club. Also departing was Jim Albans but his partner Wayne Hallcro stayed and recruited former Coalville manager Adam Stevens to replace Albans as joint manager and the pair set about rebuilding the side. Hallcro departed in late January to team up again with Albans at Belper Town to leave Adam Stevens in sole charge of team matters. Under Stevens the club finished 12th in the Premier Division and the following year 18th. 2016/2017 saw the club had its best season for many years and had a chance of reaching the playoffs right up to the final week of the season finally finishing in 8th spot. In addition, they reached the league cup final going down 2-1 to Bamber Bridge.
2017/2018 saw the club finished in 4th spot in the premier division and went on to reach the playoff final going down 2-0 at Ashton United. Manager Adam Stevens stood down after the game replaced by Ian Culverhouse for the 2018/2019 season. Culverhouse resigned in October and was replaced by former Notts County Assistant manager Richard Thomas. Richard Thomas left the club in February to be replaced by former Harrowby United managers Paul Rawden and Russ Cousins. Rawden and Cousins left the club in late February and after a game under the control of caretaker manager Danny Racchi Martin McIntosh was appointed as manager. Martin managed just two games in charge before Covid brought the season to a close. He has spent the summer rebuilding the side for the new season. With the season halted due to the Covid pandemic McIntosh left the club. Former England International Carlton Palmer was appointed as team manager and along with his assistants Jas Colliver and Matt Chatfield totally rebuilt the side for the 2021/2022 season. Carlton Palmer stood down as manager in early November with assistants James Colliver and Matt Chatfield taking charge of team affairs. The club moved quickly to appoint Dennis Greene as manager with Matt Chatfield becoming assistant. The club parted company with Greene in March with Chatfield stepping up to take charge until the end of the season. The club were relegated to step 4 at the end of the 2021/22 season after 10 years at step 3. Chatfield took the managers job permanently at the start of the season.
MATT CHATFIELD – Manager
Coached in academies at Chesterfield, Rotherham, Scunthorpe and Nottingham Forest. Was first team coach at Frickley before managing at FC Bolsover and AFC Mansfield. Was assistant manager before becoming caretaker manager towards the end of last season taking over on a permanent basis in May
DAN HAYSTEAD – Goalkeeper
Rejoined for a second spell at the club in pre season from Stamford. Also counts Boston United Hinckley, Sheffield FC Belper and Ilkeston amongst his former clubs
CALLUM HIDDLESTON – Goalkeeper
Young keeper signed on loan from Sheffield United where he has played for the under 23 side. Has also had a loan spell at Guisley
JONASZ GADOMSKI – Goalkeeper
Joined the club in August. Local player who was previously part of Nottingham Forest Academy
MATT TOOTLE – Defender
Joined in pre season from Boston United. Very experienced player who began his career as a youngster at Crewe going on to make 199 appearances before moving to Shrewsbury (16 appearances) and Notts County (95 appearances)
JAKE WRIGHT - Defender
Another preseason signing from Boston United. Experienced player who counts Halifax (64 appearances) Brighton (6 appearances)
Oxford United (222 appearances) and Sheffield United (46 appearances) amongst his former clubs. Has been made team captain
JONATHAN WAFULA – Midfield / Forward
Signed last season from Matlock Town. Began his career at Chesterfield before moving on to represent Worksop, Shaw Lane, Gainsborough, Boston United and Guisley.
SISA TUNTULWANA – Defender
Promoted to the first team squad last season after some impressive performances for the clubs academy sides. Was awarded a contract last season
LEE SHAW – Forward
Local player who scored 30 goals when the club reached the play off final in 2017/2018. This earned him a professional contract at Chesterfield. Played at Guisley and Alfreton before returning to his hometown club last season
ELLIOTT DURRELL – Midfield
Signed from National League North Telford last season. Experienced player who counts Hednesford, Rushall, Tamworth, Macclesfield, Chester and York amongst his former clubs. He was NPL Premier Division player of the year in 2012/2013.
NATHAN TYSON – Forward
Joined in preseason from Chesterfield (27 appearances). Very experienced player who counts amongst his former clubs Reading (33 appearances) Wycombe (102 appearances) Nottingham Forest (176 appearances) and Derby (39 appearances). Has represented England at under 20 level.
CHARLIE JEMSON – Defender
Joined in preseason from Ilkeston. Came through the Nottingham Forest Youth System before playing at Peterborough Sports Coalville Tamworth Worksop and Gainsborough.
DAMIEN McCRORY – Midfield / Defender
Joined in preseason from Nuneaton Borough. Began his career at Plymouth before loan spells at Port Vale Grimsby and Dagenham & Redbridge Joined Burton Albion in 2012 (196 appearances) before moving to Notts County (28 appearances) Has represented the Republic of Ireland at both under 18 and under 19 levels
BRADLEY MUNNS – Forward
Local player promoted to the first team squad after impressing for the clubs academy and under 23 sides last season
ASHTON HALL – Defender
Joined last season from Sheffield FC. Began as a youngster at Sheffield United before joining the Matlock Town academy progressing to their first team.
HARRY WOOD – Midfield
Joined in February following his return to the UK after playing in Malta. He was previously at Matlock and Chesterfield
STEVE LESLIE - Midfield
Signed last season from Welsh club Bala Town. Began his career at Shrewsbury Town (103 appearances) Has also played at Hereford Wrexham Worcester City Telford and Solihull Moors
KIERAN HAYES – Midfield
Joined the club in pre season from Phillippines club United City. Was part of the Nottingham Forest academy progressing to under 23 level. Had a spell on loan at Truro City before playing in the Phillippines. Has dual nationality and has represented the Phillippines at under23 level
MITCHELL TAIT – Defender
Currently on loan from Basford United
JOE STACEY - Defender
Signed in November from Ossett United. Began his career at Rotherham. Has played at Sheffield FC, Alfreton and Belper Town as well as on a scholarship in the USA
DECLAN DUNN – Midfield
Rejoined the club on loan from Basford United in December. Began as a junior at Notts County where he made three first team appearances. Had a spell on loan at Grantham before signing for Basford
LEWIS BARKER – Defender
Joined the club in December. Came through the Nottinham Forest Academy playing in both their under 21 and under 23 sides
JOSH WALDRAM – Midfield
Signed in early December from Loughborough Dynamo. Counts Belper, Ansty Nomads, Mickleover and Ossett amongst his former clubs
DAN COCKS – Midfield / Forward
Joined in pre season. Previous clubs include Kidsgrove Chasetown and Newcastle Town
Many Thanks to Prince Bishops Hospital Radio and Dennis Duncan for the Pre-Match & Half Time Announcements
Harrison Bond (GK)
Billy Greulich-Smith
Aidan Heywood
Ben Trotter
Jack Vaulks
Kurt Matthews
Chay Liddle
Joe Posthill
Michael Sweet
Alex White
David Atkinson
Jon Weirs
Max Booth
Vinnie Steels
James Boucher
Lucas Hallimond
Karl Dinsdale
Luca Sartini
Ben Reay
Referee
Michael Burrows
Assistants
Barry Tones
Karl Barron
Dan Haystead
Matt Tootle
Joe Stacey
Ashton Hall
Jake Wright
Damien McCrory
Lee Shaw
Josh Waldram
Johnathan Wafula
Declan Dunn
Nathan Tyson
Charlie Jemson
Kieran Hayes
Dan Cocks
Bradley Munns
Mitchell Tait
Lewis Barker
Steve Leslie
Harry Wood