Paul
Barnes, the new head coach of BetVictor Isthmian League South Central club Staines
Town, has wasted no time in strengthening his squad.
He
has signed Tayo Oyebola, Ryan Richefond, Fred Hill, Levi Phillips, Jamie Splatt, Andrew Blake, Marco
Correira and Charlie Dawkins.
Oyeloba
joins from league rivals Harlow Town, Richefond from Isthmian Premier Division
side Bishop`s Stortford and Fred Hill from another league rival, Chertsey Town.
Oyebola
signed for the Hawks in August 2019 and was top scorer for them this season
with 12 goals in 34 games.
He
is a winger who has previously been with Molesey and Chipstead, before a brief
stint at Hartley Wintney.
Richefond (pictured),
an academy coach at Leyton Orient, started his career in the Norwich City academy.
He
then spent three years as a professional with Crawley Town, making 3 League
appearances.
The
central midfielder embarked on his non-League travels in 2015 with the likes of
Loxwood, Leatherhead, Bishop's Stortford, Margate, Grays Athletic, Worthing and
South Park.
He
joined Isthmian Premier side Hornchurch in the summer of 2019 and then re-joined
Bishop`s Stortford in December.
Hill
is a versatile player who can play almost anywhere on the park, but mainly at
wing back.
He
signed for Chertsey from Combined Counties League side Redhill in December 2018.
He
was with Corinthian-Casuals in his younger days and has been back at Redhill on
dual registration this season.
Phillips
joins from Isthmian South East side East Grinstead Town. An
attacking right-sided player, he joined the Wasps in early November 2019. He
has previously featured for Carshalton Athletic and also had a spell in the
Northern Premier League with Droylsden in 2017/18. Splatt
is a young defender who came up through National League South side Dulwich
Hamlet’s youth set-up and arrives at Wheatsheaf Park on loan.
He
made his first team debut in a London Senior Cup tie in September 2018 and has
recently returned from a loan spell with Isthmian Premier outfit Merstham,
where he made 8 appearances.
Blake,
Correira and Dawkins all come in from Isthmian Premier outfit Leatherhead on
loan.
Midfielder
Blake joined the Tanners in the summer of 2018 from Greenwich Borough.
He
is was no stranger to Leatherhead though as he previously played for the club`s
under-19 side and also had a spell with Egham Town.
Dawkins
was originally a member of the Chelsea academy.
In
2017 he signed for Vanarama National League side Aldershot Town as a
15-year-old.
The
attacking box-to-box midfielder signed for Leatherhead in the summer of 2019.
Correia
is an exciting young attacker who joined Burgess Hill Town from Woking’s
academy in 2018/19.
He
established himself in the Hillians` first team before a lengthy injury lay-off
stalled his progress.
He
joined Leatherhead in October 2019.
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