Kirby P-P Heanor Town
20th December
Washed out .

St. Andrews 1-3 Kirby
13th December
Kirby made it four wins on the bounce as they beat St. Andrews 3-1 on a damp – but very playable pitch in front of a crowd of 66 at Canal Street.
Andy Harrison got the scoring underway when the ball was cleared from a corner, Harrison was underneath it, took it on his chest and volleyed it over the Andrews keeper and into the onion bag from 24 yards out. St Andrews put a claim in for a penalty when the Andrews striker got tangled up but the appeal was waved away only. St. Andrews levelled the game before the break when they were awarded a penalty which was slotted home. Kirby went into the second half just edging the possession and came out after the break on top. Stu Verral came on for Rob Pitman and Danny Taylor was added to the middle of the park early into the half alongside Danny Gibbons who was bossing the centre of the pitch.
Kirby went ahead when the Marc Aston beat the offside trap, turned the Andrews defender and squeezed the ball in under the keeper from a tight angle. Aston added his second of the game when an identical run produced the same result – this time beating the Andrews keeper all ends up with a low shot into the far corner. Stu Verral could have scored when his chance went wide from a brilliant cross but appeared to be in two minds whether to head or volley the ball, Marc Schulz missed the easiest chance of the game when he missed a 4 yard tap-in – not what you’d expect from the top scorer.
Overall, Gaz ‘tinker-man’ Keenan made more changes before the match to accommodate everyone and was pleased with the performance which his squad put in on the day to put Kirby into 3rd spot.

Kirby 4-0 Graham Street Prims
6th December
Kirby’s winning streak now extends to 3 games on the bounce – 5 without loss, after taking apart a poor Graham Street Prims side. Gaz ‘tinker man’ Keenan rotated his large squad and took 3 out of the back 4 from last weeks clean sheet – which created murmurs and frowns around the ground on what could have been the coldest day at Raty Lane so far this season.
Kirby went 1-0 up within 2 minutes when Rob Pitman scored his 4th goal of the season – his first since the opening day when his powerful shot squirmed through the hands of the Graham Street keeper and over the line. Kirby’s second came 5 minutes after when Marc Schulz found himself on his own at the far post to hammer the ball in from 7 yards and put himself as outright top goal scorer. Graham Street held on until the break and came out with a bit more fight for the next 45 minutes coming close on a couple of occasions as the newly formed back 4 were stretched. Graham Street had a penalty after Shilliam brought down the Graham Street forward but the spot kick hit the bar.
The game was put to bed when Verall put a deft touch on a goal ward bound shot to beat the Graham Street keeper from 4 yards and Verral got the last towards the end after a fine move put him in and his hard accurate shot found the bottom corner of the Graham Street net from a tight angle.
Andy Harrison was this weeks man of the match, he assisted 3 of the goals with his runs and shimmy’s creating more havoc with the Graham Street defence than a bull at a china shop convention.

Kirby 2-1 Ibstock
18th October
Jamie Mason rescued Kirby for the second week in succession with a late winner to put Kirby through to the next round of the League Cup. Kirby had most of the possession but went down 1-0 before the break to an ordinary Ibstock side. What’s now looking a familiar weekly story, it was Kirby who had most of the play in the second half but couldn’t get the ball in the net. The equaliser came from a through ball for Danny Taylor to latch on to and slot it past eh keeper leaving the Ibstock defenders arguing with the referee and linesman questioning whether it was offside. Kirby missed more chances to put the game to bed but missed the target and the game went into extra time. Mason had been let loose coming on and basically upsetting the Ibstock defence and the referee on more than one occasion.
The winner came when Mason sprung the Ibstock offside trap and lobbed the Ibstock keeper from just outside the area.

Kirby 1-3 Pilkington XXX
4th October
Kirby's FA Vase run came to an end on Saturday as they lost to Midland Combination side Pilkington XXX.
Marc Aston was on hand to score the only goal for Kirby who went into the half 2-1 down. Kirby bossed the second half going close on more than one occasion - hitting the woodwork 3 times throughout the match.
Kirby had a strong shout of a penalty in the first half when Verrall was brought down by th keeper and had a further penalty claim in the secand half when a Pilkington defender handled the ball in his own area - the score was 2-1 at the time and would have turned the game if it was awarded and converted.

Blackwell Miners Welfare 2-2 Kirby
27th September
Kirby drew with bottom of the league Blackwell Minors after squandering a hatful of chances and letting 2 sloppy goals in.
And Harrison was on hand to fire home a bullet of a volley along with Stu Verrall to make it 2-2 at half time. Blackwell got the share of the points from an unmarked throw-in and a goalkeeper error.

Kirby 1-0 Wednesfield
20th September
Kirby went into the next round of the FA Vase as they beat Wednesfield.
Stu Verral was on hand to put his head where others daren't to nod in the winner for Kirby to meet Pilkington XXX in the next round on October 4th.
Kirby looked to be the sronger of the two teams on the day with the Kirby shot-stopper only being worried on two occasions.
The strike-force of Pitman, Verral and Aston caused problems all day for the West Midlands team and the return of Marc Shultz and John Grady added a bit more stability to the team.

Kirby 1-1 St. Andrews
13th September
Stu Verrall scores his first goal for Kirby.
The ex St. Andrews striker was captain for the day against his old club in this East Midlands match-up at Ratby Lane in front of a crowd of 70.
St. Andrews took the lead in the second half and things looked up when Kirby defender Darlison was sent off with 15 minutes on the clock. Kirby pressed on and Verrall scrambled his first goal with 10 minutes to go and Kirby hung on to share the points.

Radford 2-0 Kirby
6th September
Kirby didn't do the double on Radford at their ground. After a 5-1 routing at Ratby Lane it looked on the cards that Kirby would be favourites in this EMCL match-up in Nottingham.
The first half was mostly Radfords with thir first goal coming after just 10 minutes, a ball down the middle caught the Kirby defence flat and the Radford striker beat the offside trap(?), rounded the Kirby keeper and passed for the ball to be slotted.
Kirby came out for the second half with a bit more about them than the first half but Radford were beating them to most balls and having more shots, their second came after 53 minutes after a powerful shot was saved by Shillam but rebounded to the Radford striker to pass into the net. Radford could have had at least 2 or 3 more but for the Kirby stopper.
All-in-all, a bad day at the office, but credit to Radford who never stopped.

Kirby 4-0 Ellistown
25th August
Kirby put four goals past Ellistown on a hot bank holiday Monday to go top of the East Midlands Counties League in front of 135 fans - the biggest crowd of the season so far.
Marc Aston opened the scoring with a well taken goal slotted past the Ellistown keeper before Craig Pietrzyk added another before half time. Andy Harrison opened his account as he lobbed the keeper from 22 yards before substitute Jamie Aston came on and finished off the win.
Ellistown were close to getting a consolation at the death but for an outstanding fingertip save from keeper Shilliam - one of a handful of brilliant stops.

Kirby 5-1 Radford
23rd August
Rob Pitman scores a hat-trick in Kirby's first home game in front of a crowd of 65.
Cheeky got one well worked team goal along with Marc Aston on the scoresheet.
Danny Agar made his full first team appearance in the right back slot and fitted in comfortably, Jamie Mason was captain for the day but was substitued in the second half with fitness worries. New signing Stu Verrall came close to opening his Kirby goal scoring account and many occasions but was thwarted by the Radford keeper.
Radford missed a peanlty in the first half when the spot-kick was put high and wide after keeper Elliott Shilliam brought down the Radford striker.

Holbrook Miners Welfare 0-0 Kirby
16th August
Kirby kicked off their first game in the newly created East Midlands Counties League with a goalless draw away at Holbrook Miners Welfare.
Kirby could have got their first three points but didn't take their chances and had to play the last half an hour with ten men when Rob Pitman was sent off for two cautions.

Club Awards:
Clubman of the year
Ben Law
1st team Players Player
Andy Harrison
1st Team Managers Player
Craig Piertrzyk
Res Players Player
Sam Wilson
Res Mangers Player
James Portwood