He
has brought in three new signings to Keys Park.
Defender
Josh Endall (pictured) joins from Northern Premier League Premier Division neighbours
Stafford Rangers
The
21-year-old had only been with Rangers since July after moving to Marston Road
from the Pitmen`s league rivals, Alvechurch.
The
left-back started his career with Vanarama National League side Solihull Moors
where he played in the under-19s before being picked up by then-League One
Coventry City in October 2017.
After
being released by the Sky Blues he joined Stratford Town in 2018 before
switching to Southern Premier Central rivals Redditch United in October 2019,
then another in Banbury United in September 2020 and yet another in Alvechurch
in December 2020.
Meakin-Richards
told his club`s website: “We have been watching Josh for a while and he is
exactly the sort of player we wanted, big, strong and capable of playing as
well.”
Meakin-Richards
will be hoping that midfielder or forward Aram Soleman settles down at Keys
Park after a few months of moving around.
The
21-year-old had joined Northern Premier League Premier Division side Matlock
Town earlier in October from Hednesford`s league rivals Tamworth but within a
week he had returned to National League North side Guiseley AFC!
He
had joined the Lambs in October 2020 from league rivals Bromsgrove Sporting
after only having been with them since September 2020 from Guiseley.
He
started his career with Championship side West Bromwich Albion, where he
progressed through to the Baggies under-18 and under-23 squads.
He
was released in the summer of 2018 and signed for National League side Solihull
Moors but left for then-Midland League Premier Division outfit Coventry United
after failing to breakthrough into the first team at the Moors.
He
switched to Bromsgrove`s league rivals Rushall Olympic in March 2019 and then
onto Guiseley for the first time in the summer of 2019.
Meakin-Richards
said: “Adam has the pedigree and the ability to really tear it up in this
league. He is quick, talented and has an eye for goal, so we are really excited
he has chosen to join us.”
The
third arrival is 6`2” striker Riley Cole O`Sullivan from now United Counties
League Premier Division South side Coventry United.
O’Sullivan
began his career in League Two Mansfield Town’s youth academy before moving to
Coventry United last season.
His
fantastic start to this campaign has seen him bag 15 goals in 15 appearances so
far and caught the eye of clubs throughout non-League football with the Pitmen
beating several Step 2 and Step 3 clubs to his signing.
Meakin-Richards
said: “It`s no secret that we have been looking for another striker and Riley
had been on our radar as he had for most clubs at our level but with him being
on contract at Coventry we didn’t really think there would be much chance of
bringing him in this season so to get this signing done is a real statement of
intent by the club as well as an exciting player to bring in.
“He
had a lot of interest from clubs even higher than ourselves so we are delighted
to bring him in to the club”. |