Floodlit Pitch

  A review of Alfreton Town's 2023/24 season. A best ever FA Cup run and second consecutive play-off position was the achievement of Alfreton Town in 2023/24. Success in football is relative, one club’s play-off defeat could be the catalyst for financial ruin, or, as in Alfreton’s case, a slight disappointment alongside a feeling of pride. We speak a lot about over achievement at Ofton and being proud doesn’t mean we’re happy we lost to Boston United, it means we recognise the humungous achievement Billy Heath and Mark Carroll have accomplished at our club, given the resources of some of our opponents. Here’s my review of our 2023/24 campaign.   Alfreton Town 2023/24 Billy had a tougher than expected rebuilding job to do after the retained list was announced as 13 of the players from 2022/23 never played for the club again. It was announced early on that Dayle Southwell was joining Gainsborough Trinity and Connor Teale had gone back to Fleetwood Town following his loan spel