Following the permanent appointment of Neil Cluxton as manager, Staveley Miners Welfare have announced that James Colliver is joining them as player/assistant boss.

Colliver, who played non-league football for Worksop Town, Ilkeston, Frickley Athletic and Belper Town after leaving Rotherham United, was at Inkersall Road at the beginning of last season before leaving to manage Handsworth in the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League.

A statement from the NCEL Premier Division side said: "James is an experienced player/coach, holding a UEFA B coaching qualification. His previous coaching experience professionally was with RUFC youth but he recently focused on coaching as well as playing at non-league level.

"He works as head of year at The City school in Sheffield and is very well known and respected in local footballing circles. His mature and professional nature will blend in perfectly with Neil's qualities and to our club's ethos of trying to merge young sports-minded people with experience and drive whilst being overseen by professional people and coaches at our club.

"We know both Neil and Jas are so excited about working alongside each other at first team level whilst determined to see the junior section, U19 and ladies team develop further but, in doing so, ensuring they jointly 'team up' with the existing management structure within the club from last year.

"An absolutely terrific appointment, we hope this will take the 'club' in to our new management era from which slowly but surely we can see progression and hopefully honours at all levels."