Continuity isn't key for keepers!

Gresley fans are wondering if they've set a new club record after using five different keepers in four outings in the EVO-STIK Northern Premier League!

The five - regular first choice Rob Peet, Max Atkin, Alex Townsend, Jamie Flinders and striker Matt Melbourne - didn't do too bad between them either, helping Damion Beckford-Quailey's side to three wins and two clean sheets in EVO-STIK NPL First Division South in March.

An injury to former Leicester City trainee, Grimsby, Hull, Ilkeston, Hinckley United, Lincoln United and Bardon Hill keeper Peet, pictured, kicked off the run of changing keepers when reserve team number one Max Atkins stepped in for the club's 1-0 defeat at Basford United on Saturday 11 March.

After he impressed but picked up an injury, Peet returned for their 1-0 home win over Chasetown three days later but at the cost of the 25-year-old being ruled out for the remainder of the campaign.

Striker Matt Melbourne kept a clean sheet as an emergency stopper before Townsend returned for the club's 1-0 win over Romulus at the Moatside on Saturday 18 March. With the second string stopper unavailable last weekend, Jamie Flinders switched from Kirby Muxloe to complete the quintet in a 1-0 win at Stamford.

Fans seeking continuity in their side will have been relieved to see him back between the sticks in consecutive matches on Wednesday night for the club's 2-2 draw at Northwich Victoria.

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