Onanaye and Davis deliver to land Enterprise National League North awards

It’s time to honour the stand-out performers from October in the Enterprise National League North.

In a month of constant movement at the top of the division, two clubs that hope to play a big part in the promotion race started to make their move.

There aren’t too many former goalkeepers in management, but Hednesford Town are clearly in safe hands with Kelvin Davis.

Life is treating the newly promoted Pitmen rather well after their big return - and now things are looking up again.

Four wins from five, three of them with clean sheets, lifted 50-year-old Davis’ side from 15th to 7th - the biggest climb in the division over the course of October.

The highlight was an eye-catching 1-0 win at Hereford that ended the Bulls’ unbeaten home record and knocked them off top spot.

Brackley Town, Spalding United and Chester were also beaten - and so were Davis’ contenders for the crown, Kevin Wilkin of AFC Telford United, Ross Jenkins, manager of Oxford City and South Shields’ Mike Williamson.

But after Shields’ rise to the summit of the table, his Mariners weren’t about to miss out.

Toby Onanaye proved to be a key figure as the North East club went top, putting aside their inconsistent start to the 2026/27 campaign.

Onanaye struck the winner against Chester before scoring twice inside 20 minutes in the top-of-the-table clash at Oxford City.

He was just as influential in the FA Cup, scoring and setting up the winner at Buxton before finding the net again at FC Halifax Town.

The talented and towering 20-year-old had to defeat some strong contenders to take the award.

Hednesford marksman Aaron Jarvis missed out despite a fine month, with AFC Telford’s Louis Moult and Buxton’s Sisa Tuntulwana missing out again following his second nomination of the campaign already.