The 32-year-old featured 32 times for Stevenage in League Two last season and was part of the Preston North End squad that won promotion from League One in 2014/15.

 

The Oxford-born player began his youth career with his home-town side and also featured for Swansea City’s academy before dropping into non-League football with Didcot Town and Brackley Town.

 

He was a key part of the Farnborough side that lost out to the Fleet in the 2011 Conference South play-off final and won the division the following season with Woking, where he was named in the league’s team of the year.

 

He climbed three levels when Preston snapped him up in 2012/13 and he spent three seasons at Deepdale, clocking up 80 appearances for the club.

 

In his time at Preston, he played in numerous positions including full-back, the centre of defence, central midfield and up front.

 

Another season at League One level with Scunthorpe United followed, much of it spent as captain, where he only just missed out on the play-offs once more, his side failing only on goal difference.

 

He joined Stevenage, initially on loan, in August 2016 and in total made 70 appearances for the Broadhall Way outfit before departing on the expiry of his contract this summer.

 

“Jack can play pretty much anywhere really,” manager Darryl McMahon told eufc.co.uk. “I see him as a footballing centre back and that’s the position he’ll be competing for with us in the coming season”.

Ed Miller