Floodlit Pitch

  Derbyshire Senior Cup 2nd Round. The Main Stand at Holbrook Sports. Round 2 of this season’s Derbyshire Senior Cup saw the inconvenience of Holbrook Sports and Clay Cross Town work in my favour. A bout of manful meant I wasn’t able to get to the original date on 5 th December so imagine my joy when the match was postponed due to problems with the pitch. I realise that the pleasure of having me attend the game was no consolation for both sides having to rearrange, but for me, a lucky break. It got me to see how Holbrook Sports faired against higher level opposition at one of the county’s smaller venues, a proper grassroots club, which the community are lucky to still have.   The two sections of cover at Holbrook Sports. Originally formed in 1931 as Holbrook Miners Welfare the club reformed in 1996 as just plain old Holbrook. The club and its reincarnations have mostly been in the Central Midlands League, having some success in 1999/2000 when Premier Division champions. To gain