Reevesy Makes His Debut For Alfreton

Reeves played 163 times for the Cumbrians, scoring 63 goals in the process, in a three-year spell at Brunton Park after arriving from Notts County for a club record fee of £121,000 in October 1993. The Birkenhead-born striker eventually being sold to Preston North End for £300,000 almost exactly 36 months later.

The now 38 year-old centre-forward, who was last seen at fellow Conference North outfit Gainsborough Trinity last season, made his debut today in a 3-2 defeat away to Redditch United at the Valley Stadium. Reeves, who came on for the second half, being snapped up by Alfreton boss Gary Mills who said : "David has come in today as a favour to me to play for nothing, but that's where we are at now, and he put himself about when he went on."