Match gallery: Kimberley MW 3 Clipstone 1
Clipstone manager Micky Taylor admitted his side's first match in the East Midlands Counties League '” a 3-1 defeat at Kimberley Welfare '” was a reality check after a successful pre-season.
“We have only just got together and this is a new set of lads,” he said.
“But you can’t give teams a two-goal start in the first 20 minutes.
After that we controlled the game and they never looked like scoring in the second half, apart from the scrambled goal.”