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Red October

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A Month With Alfreton Town. Press Area at the Town Ground. Alfreton Town continue to acclimatise to a new division following relegation last season. As October started the club had played 10 games in the Pitching In Northern Premier League Premier Division and had just beaten one of the fancied teams, Guiseley, 1-0 and sat in 10 th position. Despite being in the National League North (NLN) last season there was a total rebuild of the side as manager Jake Buxton worked with a much reduced budget. The 5 wins and 5 defeats, while showing the inconsistent nature of this young side, wasn’t giving Alfreton fans sleepless nights, we were just happy to have a side after the abandonment of the club by owner, Will Rush.   Alfreton Town manager Jake Buxton. The most pleasing aspect of the re-set under Jake is the easy on the eye football being played. He’s managed to attract some talented young players who have shown they have the ability to compete physically at this level. Jake man...
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Late Leveller & Penalty Joy For Pinxton.

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  Heanor Town's Refurbished Ground. Main Stand at Heanor Town. Whilst we bask in globally warmed balmy evenings and have un-seasonally nice weather watching midweek football it just doesn’t seem right does it. Its October for goodness sake, how am I going to get value for money out of my thick jumpers and padded coat. Woolly hat weather. On the first Tuesday evening of the month I was watching Alfreton Town beat FC United of Manchester on a lovely mild evening, admittedly there was a little drizzle but nowhere near the expected October weather. The following night I was at another game and it was proper cold, said jumper was dusted off and padded jacket squeezed into as I headed to the Town Ground, the refurbished home of Heanor Town.   The Derbyshire Senior Cup doesn’t do warm weather, well not when I visit it doesn’t. This was the final tie of the 1 st round games in the GoCardless sponsored competition, all the other games being played the previous evening, you know, t...
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