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In Retirement… Daniel Nardiello Name:  Daniel Nardiello Position:  Striker Played for?  Man United, Swansea, Barnsley, Rotherham United, Exeter, Blackpool, QPR, Bury FC, Hartlepool, Oldham & Plymouth Team supported growing up?  Coventry City Childhood hero & why?  Micky Quinn, Coventry legend and Christian Vieri, loved watching him play for Italy Biggest influence?  My Dad - ex footballer himself and came to every game I ever played. Always advised and guided me Favourite current player & why?  Jack Grealish, best British player imo. Super talented and does it with a smile on his face  Best ground you’ve played at?  Wembley and Millennium stadium Best friend in football?  James Jowsey - United youth team Daniel in action for Manchester United Best player you’ve played against & why?   Joseph Yobo, Everton. Strong physical and fast. Tough to play against  Footballing Night out You & 4 others. Who’s getti...

  In Retirement…  Kelvin 'Mushy' Mushambi   Name:   Kelvin 'Mushy' Mushambi   Position:   Midfielder/Striker but all-rounder.   Played for?   Zimbabwe Premier Lge; Caps Utd, Jets and Sporting Lions. UK; Hucknall Town, Arnold T, Eastwood T, Carlton T, Gedling M, Long Eaton, Sth Normanton, Belper T, Kidsgrove, Dunkirk, Greenwood  Team supported growing up?  Manchester United Childhood hero & why?   Bryan Robson, cool, calm and intelligent.   Biggest influence?   My brother Paul, set the path for me to follow.   Favourite current player & why?   Modric, ageless and makes difficult things seem quite easy.   Best ground you’ve played at?   Zimbabwe National Sports Stadium and in UK Derby's Pride Park Stadium.   Best friend in football?    Not particularly as I've hundreds of players I really got on with but would say Freddie who I played with in Zim as well as briefly here in UK. ...

In Retirement… Paolo Piliero Name: Paolo Piliero Position: Left midfield / left back Paolo running out for his final game Played for? Carlton Town, Alfreton Town, Belper Town, Ilkeston Town, Long Eaton United, Eastwood Town, Gresley Fc, Grantham Town, Loughborough Dynamo, Newark Floserve & Gedling Miners Welfare. Team supported growing up? Liverpool Childhood hero & why? Roberto Baggio, first memories of watching a World Cup and supporting Italy in 1994. He was incredible in that tournament. His clever runs in behind and his touch, I loved how passionate he was! I also used to watch Football Italia in the 90s with my Grandad and couldn’t wait to see what he had done at the weekend! Biggest influence? My Grandad. He played in Italy before coming over to England. Talking to me about the game and what to do in certain situations on the pitch. He would have me kicking a ball against his wall outside. He would explain how watching the game would make me better and I wo...

The Rise of Long Eaton United All good stories start on Valentine's Day, right? Well, 14th February 2020. Ian Deakin is announced as Long Eaton United manager along with his coaching staff Craig Swinscoe & Adam "Lefty" Campbell. Deaks has big shoes to fill taking over from a bit of a legend in the non league scene Rudi Funk. While we approached "unprecedented" times with the Covid pandemic and a month after taking over Deakin takes charge of his 1st blues game. A 2-2 draw away at Coventry Sphinx with his 1st Long Eaton signing Alex Marshall on the scoresheet that afternoon. That would be the final game of the 2019-20 season as the FA suspended all football activities due to the Covid pandemic. A delayed start to Ian Deakin's Long Eaton United to say the least. Long Eaton finish the season in 9th place in the Midland Football League Premier Division (step 5) P26 W11 D5 L11 F59 A50 PTS38 Top Scorer; Niall Towle (30)   2020/21 season Deakin's ...

  In Profile... Glenn Guyatt of Radcliffe Olympic Name: Glenn Guyatt Position:  Goalkeeper Current Club:  Radcliffe Olympic   Previous clubs:  Boots Athletic, Linby, Magdala, Wollaton and Radcliffe    Team supported growing up?  Forest   Childhood hero?  Mark Crossley my favourite forest goalkeeper great man and David Seaman just both goalkeepers to model yourself on Biggest influence?  My dad played much higher than me very tough and taught me a lot Favourite current player?  Aaron Ramsdale, think he's had a lot to deal with so far now at top club and doing well Best ground you’ve played at?  Even though Forest fan it's Pride Park class and even saved a pen   Best friend in football?   It's tough to pick 1 really, still have WhatsApp group with Linby lads and not played together for years but still talk so have to say them lot Best player you’ve played against & why?   Another tough question but probabl...