Grove ready for duo's exit

Kidsgrove Athletic's manager Shaun Hollinshead is preparing to lose two more key players following the exit of striker Liam Shotton.

Shotton quit the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League club last week with 16 goals to his name this season to take up an offer to play in Hong Kong for Hougang United.

The forward is set to be joined in the Far East by teammate Jordan White at the end of the month and the Evo-Stik NPL First Division South outfit are also facing up to losing the services of Jack Sherratt.

The 19-year-old is dreaming of leaving the Seddon Stadium to become a professional at either Leyton Orient or Swindon after making it through to the finals of Samsung's Win a Pro Contract competition. He beat more than 5,000 hopefuls to reach the final and is now waiting on news on whether he's won.

Whatever the eventual make-up of his squad, Hollinshead is still targeting silverware as well as safety this season with his fifth from bottom side through to the Staffordshire Senior Cup's Quarter Finals with Evo-Stik NPL Premier Division Rushall Olympic standing in their way.