Friday 29th November 2013
Alfreton Town manager Nicky Law will be looking for a huge reaction from his players for this Saturday's FA Trophy first round home tie against Skrill Premier rivals Nuneaton Town at the Impact Arena.
 Just days after climbing into the play-off places after a 2-1 win at Hyde last Saturday, Law saw his side crash to a 3-0 defeat against Nuneaton in the league, with the Warwickshire side taking over fifth place which the Reds had held at the start of play.
Law (left), was critical of what he felt was a poor overall performance, with the result matching his side's biggest away defeat of the season - and he will be looking for his players to respond in positive fashion at 'fortress' Impact Arena where the Reds have won all but two of their league games this season and produced goals galore.
"You can have all the ability in the world, you can have a game plan, all the ability technically, but if you haven't got the desire to go and compete and work hard and get people's heads down - and you are going to let people come and come and play the ball forward unopposed - you are not going to win a game of football" Law said.
"The real disappointment for me, (is that) we have come here tonight, we have worked really hard to get into the fifth spot - and then you have got to have that ruthlessness and it has been apparent that we haven't got that on enough occasions.
"If that was me and I had been playing, I would be hurting that bad that I wouldn't be able to wait until Saturday to put my performance right as an individual, not so much the result, yeah, if that comes, great.
"We said at half time, let's go out and show what we are about, play with some desire and work hard and at times we got somewhere near the work rate that we are capable of second half, and when we did I thought we looked like we were going to do something, but on not enough occasions did we do that."
Reds Loan Hooper From Cobblers
 Alfreton Town manager Nicky Law has brought striker Jonathan Hooper (left), in on a month's loan from Sky Bet League Two club Northampton Town.
The period of the loan is from 28th November to 25th December 2013 inclusive and Hooper, 20, will wear squad number 11 during his stay at the Impact Arena.
The Northamptonshire club have given permission for the player to play in the FA Trophy and Derbyshire Senior Cup during his stay and he is available for Saturday's home game against Nuneaton Town in the Trophy first round.
He began his footballing career with a two-year scholarship at Newcastle United and scored a hat-trick against Chelsea U18 the following day!
Jonathan has had loan spells at both Darlington and Workington before being released by Newcastle on February 1st.
After a successful trial with Northampton Town, he signed a one-year deal on July 25th, 2013.
He made his professional debut for the Cobblers in a 1-0 away defeat against York City on August 3rd.
Reduced Admission
Admission for this Saturday's FA Trophy tie has been reduced to £15 for adults and £10 for concessions (under-16 and over-65s).
Should a replay be required, this will be staged at Nuneaton's Sperrin Brewery Stadium on Tuesday, December 3rd (7.45pm).
There is £5,000 prize money at stake for the winners as well as a place in the second round.
Christmas Lights
Meanwhile, the Reds have been out and about in the community again and manager Nicky Law and several players attended the first ever Alfreton Town Council Christmas Lights Switch-On event last Friday evening.
Several thousand people attended the event at which the lights were switched on by Town Mayor, Councillor John Walker and Reds manager Nicky Law.
(l-r) Alfreton Town captain Nick Fenton, Reds manager Nicky Law, Alfreton Town Mayor Councillor John Walker, Danny Meadows, Mayoress Angela Walker, Darran Kempson (hidden) and Josh Law
Club captain Nick Fenton welcomed the crowd to the event which included Santa arriving on his sleigh, real reindeer, street entertainment, a Christmas message and Carols led by Father Mercurio from the parish church, seasonal food, late night shops and singing from local schools and choirs.
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