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Strevens Swoops for Two More | ||||||||||||
Friday 14 June 19 I 08:10:00 | ||||||||||||
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Last season was on loan
with Braintree Town in the Vanarama National League, making 15 appearances.
Atkinson played under
Eastleigh`s assistant-manager Jason Bristow when he was previously the manager
at Basingstoke.
Manager
Ben Strevens told https://www.eastleighfc.com: “Rob’s a lad that Jason
knows very well. He worked with him at Basingstoke. He`s a left-sided centre
half, very comfortable on the ball, drives out from the back. Jason actually
sold him when he was Basingstoke manager to Fulham for £30,000. He had a couple
of years at Fulham and it’s a testament to the lad that he just wants to play
men’s football.
“He
had a taste of it really young and he just wants to get back to it. He doesn’t
like under-21’s or under-23’s football. He went on loan to Braintree last
season for the last 15 games and did really well. I had a lot of good reports
about him, there was a little bit of other interest as well, so he was one I
was keen to get done.
“He’ll
be good for us next year. With the other centre-halves we have already here
it’s going to make him fight for his place, but he’s up for that challenge and
he’s certainly shown he is good enough for this level.”
Midfielder
Partington re-joins the Spitfires from SkyBet League One
side Bristol Rovers.
Originally with AFC
Bournemouth, he made over 50 appearances for the Cherries, scoring against
Swansea City in 2008 to become Bournemouth's youngest ever goalscorer.
Partington spent time on
loan at Eastbourne Borough and Aldershot Town but suffered a serious knee
injury that kept him out for ten months during his time on loan at Aldershot.
After recovering from the
set-back, he joined Eastleigh back in June 2015, following the expiry of his
deal at Bournemouth, and at the end of the 2015/16 season, Partington completed
a clean sweep at the club`s awards evening, winning all four prizes and was
made captain of the first team for the 2016/17 season and was signed by Rovers
for an undisclosed fee in January 2017.
Partington now returns to
Eastleigh having made 46 appearances for Rovers in total and helps bolster Ben
Strevens` midfield options further after the signing of Jack Payne from
Ebbsfleet United.
Strevens
said: “I’m delighted Joe has decided to come back to the club and that we have
been able to complete this deal. He knows what the club is about and shares our
ambitions for the future. He did so well for us in his last spell here at the
club and he will be a fantastic addition to the squad both on the pitch with
his performances and off it with the younger lads”.
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