Ahead of tonight's Derbyshire Senior Cup Quarter Final at The Amdec Forklift Stadium, we pause to take a look into tonight's visitors, South Normanton Athletic.
Located approximately 2 miles east of Alfreton, tonight's visitors have a journey of around 50 miles to Glossop. South Normanton Athletic currently play in the Midland Football League Premier Division at Step 5 of the National Non League System. They currently sit 11th in the league table with 8 wins from 18 league games so far this campaign. Their most recent win came last Saturday in a 3-1 home win against Tividale with goals from Benji Robinson & Richard Hanslow in front of a crowd of 65. Hanslow already has 16 goals to his tally for the 2019/20 campaign.
South Normanton defeated local rivals Pinxton in the last round to reach this stage of the competition. After multiple postponements the tie was eventually played on 3rd December, with South Normanton running out 2-1 winners on the night with a penalty from Martyn Smyth and a goal from Benji Robinson.
Tonight's visitors will have an eye on their next fixture this coming Saturday. As they face one of the biggest games of their season in the FA Vase 4th Round Proper on Saturday when they face Wroxham, with £1,875 prize money on the line for the winning team. Competition for places in the squad will be fierce with tonight's game being the last chance for the visitors to prove themselves before Saturday's big game.
The club was promoted to the NCEL for the start of the 2003/2004 season where they played till the club decided to fold at the end of the 2007/08 season due to an ageing committee and no new blood coming to the club. However, the recent reforming of the club holds optimism for a bright future ahead.