Ex-Players & Managers thread May 1st on

[fredandballou]

Jordan Gallagher, cousin of Jake has left Farnham FC “ to pursue football opportunities elsewhere “ scored 13 goals in 25, so a possibility for us perhaps.

Jordan impressed when Farnham Town met Dorking Wanderers in the Surrey Cup. I'm sure Dorking manager Marc White will have made a note of this.

[chimpster99]

Mitch Walker has signed a new deal with Dover Athletic as they move up to NLS next season

[aldershot-jg]

Listen, I would not have said it if I didn't have good reason.

Maybe Graham Stovid and Beechcroft had never heard of Ethan before he came to us BUT I HAD, OK? And I'll tell you one reason I had. He was a youth player WITH US before he went to Met Police where his dad was head youth coach. I went a couple of times to see him at Met Police, where he was clearly way above Southen League Premier standard. I spoke with several people who said it wouldn't be long before he was snapped up by a club higher up the pyramid.

As for "why had nobody else picked him up sooner?", probably lots of reasons. He was playing at quite a low level at the time, so a step up to the EFL would have been problematic. He'd only just made the Met Police first team. But he'd been a youth player here and we were local, so it made sense to come back and he'd only be stepping up 2 levels to the NL not 3 to the EFL. And in any case, whoever he'd gone to, you could still have asked the same question ... why didn't he go somewhere else? It's not really a sensible question.

Bloody hell, you two. Give me a bit of a break with your snide remarks. I'm not making it up. you know.

What snide remark was it I said that you have got upset about ? I simply preferred to differ to your opinion, which you often do with others on this forum…You can have a break now

It was the "which I very much doubt" from Beechcroft that really got my goat, Graham. Like I was telling a fairy story or something. Apologies for lumping the two of you together, the "snide" bit did not apply to you, but your posts both had the same doubting tone so I (wrongly) had a go at both of you.

I wasn’t aware of Ethan until we signed him, in fact I don’t take much notice of things beyond step 2, anyway from his first proper start vs Woking it was clear we had a very good player. Word from Port Vale fans is that Ethan was looking to move to South Africa.

[Shots91]

Josh Rees signs for Hornchurch

[Graham Stovold]

Josh Rees signs for Hornchurch

That’s a surprise one, he could still cut it in NL. Obviously decided to go part time for personal reasons.

[Shots91]

Apparently they are the rumors going around Graham that he wanted to go part time for personal reasons and I guess Hornchurch fits the bill, don't think they are afraid to pay good wages for him and hasn't got to travel far considering the distance between Dagenham and Hornchurch.

[CH]

Kodi Lyons Foster has left Glentoran.

Based on his announcement on 'X', the announcement hasn't been reciprocated with the warmest of affection.

[Aldershot_Rob]

George Fowler and George Elokobi missed out on promotion to the National League with Maidstone after losing to Borehamwood, 1-0.

The game featured a host of ex Shots, including Callum Reynolds, Kwesi Appiah for The Wood and Jacob Berkeley-Agyepong for the Stones respectively.