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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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Me & Jimmy Greaves

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The Mickley Jimmy Greaves. On what is the 5th anniversary of the passing of footballing legend, Jimmy Greaves, I thought it would be a good time to tell the world about the shared record me and Jimmy hold. Like the great man, I too have scored on all my debuts. I should mention at this point that my football “career” never involved organised or club football, but I’m sure you’ll agree that doesn’t take anything away from my achievement. My footballing education was honed on the pieces of grass and concrete in Mickley, the estate I was brought up on, and the neighbouring village of Stonebroom.  Council Estate Footy. We played a lot on the street back in Mickley, and down at the playing fields, either next to the hut or at the “dead end”, so named because it was at the end of the estate. I wasn’t totally useless at football but I was usually in the last 2 to be picked for any side and definitely not up to the standard of those in the school team.  At Stonebroom, I used to play ...
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New Grounds & Old Friends.

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  Alfreton Town's Opponents in 2026/27. The Town Ground - Home of Alfreton Town. On the two previous occasions that Alfreton Town have entered the Northern Premier League (NPL), Premier Division it was in a more joyous way than this time.  Promotion from the NPL Division 1 in 1995/96 & 2002/03 were great achievements, particularly the 95/96 elevation. That season we went up with a very good side, with Sean Egan as chairman and under the management of Paul Mitchell & Danny Hague, but with very few resources to strengthen the side. Two years of struggle ensued before we faced a double demotion and ended up in the Northern Counties East League (NCEL). The promotion in 2002/03 with Wayne Bradley as chairman and under the management of David Lloyd was the 2nd consecutive promotion as we entered the NPL Premier a much stronger and better resourced side. For 2026/27 it remains to be seen how we cope with Step 3 after a 22 year absence. The club is in a transitional period bet...
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