After undergoing knee surgery last year, Ciardini, at 33, assumed his playing career was over and it wasn’t long before he was getting his football fix in front of the telly with fast food and beer can in hand.
MERTHYR twice came behind to earn a share of the spoils in an entertaining opening day tussle which saw a goal after just 15 seconds and an early contender for goal of the season!
The 32-year-old came through the club’s academy and broke into the first team, spending seven seasons there before moving to Lewes in 2011, but then returning.
IT’S 6.30pm on Thursday evening and Binfield joint-managers Jamie Mc-Clurg and Carl Withers are sat in the car on the phone to The NLP before training, ahead of one the biggest weeks of their footballing lives.