Belper have flown an Australian back from America just for the weekend to play for them in the men’s Slazenger English League play-offs at Abbeydale, Sheffield.
The Derbyshire club who made their debut in the premier division this winter, are determined to stay up but to do so have to win on aggregate in their two matches against Bowdon, the first division runners-up.
Belper hope the returning youngster, 22-year-old Jason Tomlinson, will make the difference, especially as another striker, Pakistani international Sameer Hussain has had to return home for national trials.
Bowdon were favourites to earn automatic promotion to the Premier until they fell away at the end of the season. They can be confident though for they had excellent result against top premier clubs in the English Cup and their Pakistani, the free scoring Ghazanfar, plays.
Sutton Coldfield Ladies, almost perennial play-off participants, defend their premier spot against Clifton at Wakefield. The Bristol club will, no doubt, make special plans to nullify Sutton’s former international star Jane Sixsmith who remains a potent threat in her 40th year.
We will bring you the results of the play-offs as soon as they are available.
