They
both move to the Maple Grove from Heanor Town, who enjoyed an excellent 2019/20
season in the East Midlands Counties League before lockdown.
Ritchie-Smith
can count Mickleover Sports, Rocester, Borrowwash Victoria, Gresley Rovers, Ilkeston,
Corby Town and Canadian side Ottawa Fury amongst his previous clubs.
Birks (pictured) progressed through the Belper Town ranks in the youth and under-21 sides and
became a regular in the first team in the 2017/18 season.
In
July 2018 he left the Nailers to join Northern Premier Division One South East
rivals Loughborough Dynamo.
He
moved to Rocester a year later and then joined Heanor later in the campaign.
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