With just two more friendlies remaining now, before Alfreton Town travel South for their long awaited curtain raiser to the new Enterprise National League North campaign at Bedford Town on Saturday 9th August, Billy Heath will be looking to ramp preparations as he begins to decide his starting XI for the fixture.

On Friday evening, Stoke City are set to visit DE55 in our penultimate pre season clash. The Reds head into the match in good shape on the back of their most complete and pleasing performance of a positive pre-season thus far against a very strong Chesterfield FC side. The Spireites team was full of experienced EFL stars including Armandro Dobra, Will Grigg and goalscorer Chey Dunkley.

Alfreton played at a consistently high level throughout the game and earned a well-deserved share of the spoils, thanks to Billy Fewster’s well-struck effort following an Adam Lund throw-in.

It's been a really strong pre-season for Billy Heath’s men so far with plenty of promising signs. The one thing missing thus far has been a win with perhaps this fixture against the Potters and the remaining pre-season fixture against Quorn AFC a week on Saturday providing the best chance to change that.

So far this pre season Stoke City’s academy side have beaten fellow Derbyshire side Mickleover 4-3 but lost to Exmouth Town, Taunton Town and most recently National League Outfit Tamworth on Tuesday night.

Tickets

Tickets for the fixture are been priced at -

Adults £10

Concessions £5

U15 £3

Tickets can be purchased at the gate via cash or card or alternatively online this link:

https://ticketpass.org/event/EKARGC/alfreton-town-fc-v-stoke-city-fc

Travel

Leave the M1 at Junction 28, then take the A38 towards Derby for two miles, before heading off on the B600 slip road. At the T-junction, turn right towards the town centre and turn left at the pedestrian crossing into North Street, the ground is on the right-hand side.

Parking

Pay and display parking is available on Rogers Lane (DE55 7FF) and also at Severn Square (DE55 7BT) both are a 5-10 minute walk from the ground. Surrounding areas and neighbouring streets are also available, but we request that you are respectful of local residents and not to block driveways.

Club Shop

The club shop will be open before the match stocking official club merchandise. The club shop is immediately right once you enter through the main turnstiles.

Contact

If you want to get in touch with the club, you can email us on enquiries@alfretontownfc.com

Alternatively, you can see the latest Reds news and updates on our club website and across our social media channels on X, Facebook and Instagram.

We hope to have a great time visiting the Impact Arena.

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Billy Heath will be checking on the fitness of his playing squad including George Cantrill who may be back in contention after recently picking up a slight knock.