Long Eaton United vs Boldmere St Michaels
Northern Premier League – Midlands Division
01/02/2025 – Family Only Stadium

The Blues are looking to get back to winning ways in the league on Saturday when Boldmere St Michaels make the journey to the Family Only Stadium at Grange Park.
It was a 1-0 loss away at Worcester City last Saturday, so the squad will be firing on all cylinders come 3pm tomorrow afternoon.
Long Eaton sit sixth in the table currently, two points behind Anstey Nomads who are fifth on 44. Anstey have two games in hand on Long Eaton.
Boldmere St Michaels are currently occupying 13th spot in the table on 33 points.
Every game from now until the end of the season is crucial as the race for the play-offs continues to spark moves in the table.
The Reverse Fixture:
The game between the two sides in the first half of the season took place at the Boldmere Community Stadium and Long Eaton left with all three points.
James Shaw opened the scoring on the brink of the referee’s half-time whistle.
Jake Collins equalised for the hosts in the 68th minute however the Blues went back in front just five minutes later when Connor Pace scored the winner.
The match finished 2-1 in Long Eaton’s favour.
Current Form:
Brad Munn’s side only have suffered one loss in their previous six league games, that coming last Saturday against Worcester City.
Prior to the loss, Long Eaton had put wins against Wellingborough Town, Grantham Town and Quorn on their record.
And draws against Hinckley LRFC and Sporting Khalsa make up the form guide for the Blues.
The Mikes comes into this game off the back of two straight losses.
Boldmere conceded a last-minute goal to lose 2-1 against Coventry Sphinx last Saturday and the week before they suffered a 4-1 loss to league leaders Quorn.
They hosted Shepshed Dynamo on Saturday 11th January 2025 and won the fixture 2-1.
Another two straight losses occurred prior to that win, these coming against Wellingborough Town and a 4-1 loss at home to Sutton Coldfield Town. That was a game where the Mikes scored first.
And finally, a boxing day win at Racing Club Warwick makes it four losses and two wins for Boldmere St Michaels in their last six.

Brad Munn speaks on tomorrow’s fixture:
“We are confident going into every game. I think we performed well (vs Worcester City), we got ourselves into good areas and we have scored a ridiculous number of goals already this year, so we are confident in that respect.”
“Let’s go into that game at home and restart a new unbeaten run, it’s as simple as that.”
Owen Betts ahead of Boldmere St Michaels:
“We are confident going into every game. We went away at their place and put on a great performance and got a result there as well so there is no reason as to why we can’t, especially at home as well, go and do the same again.”

match preview: Sam Hargrave