Harris (pictured) brings with him an experienced management team, which will be headed up by
assistant Billy Rowley, as well as Max Hustwick, who will join the club in a
player-coach role.
Harris
is a well-known figure, having previously played for the Swans` under-18 side
as well as the first team.
He
also played a pivotal coaching role in Walton Casuals’ promotion to Step 3 just
two seasons ago.
Hustwick
is also no stranger to the club, having followed a similar path at the club to Harris,
before playing at Kingstonian, Lewes and Welling United amongst others.
Assistant
coach Billy Rowley also brings with him a wealth of experience, having spent
time coaching at Fulham and Millwall, just recently returning from a spell in
the USA.
Harris
has made four new signings for the start of the 2020/21 season, Joe Hicks, Jack
Battie, Sean McCormack and Harry Mills.
Central
defender Joe Hicks, who will take on the role of club captain, is a well-known
and much revered figure in Walton-on-Thames, having captained the Swans’ youth
teams in his fledgling years as a footballer, as well as most recently
skippering Walton Casuals.
Hicks`
career has also seen him play for numerous clubs of stature in the surrounding
areas, including Kingstonian, Corinthian-Casuals and Hampton & Richmond
Borough.
Midfielder
Battie is also a familiar face at the club, having similarly played for the
Swans` youth teams, as well as having two separate spells in the first team –
the most recent coming back in August 2018.
Battie’s
career has seen him turn out for another set of Swans in Staines Town, as well
as Farnborough and Walton Casuals.
McCormack
is a dynamic forward, with the ability to occupy any attacking role.
The
22-year-old signed for Southern League Premier Division South side Metropolitan
Police from National League side Maidenhead United in July 2019.
He
has youth experience with Chelsea, Wycombe Wanderers, Reading and Aldershot
Town.
He
won the Conference South with Maidenhead and the Isthmian League south play-off
final with Walton Casuals and also turned out for Bracknell Town.
Mills
is a full-back who joined Isthmian Premier newcomers Horsham in July 2019 from Walton
Casuals.
He
previously played for Hampton & Richmond Borough as well as Walton &
Hersham.
He
played 113 times for Casuals, also helping them gain promotion from the
Isthmian South.
He
netted 5 times last season and left as the club`s current supporters’ and
players’ player of the year.
The
Swans had previously announced the signing of midfielder Alex Kelly for next
season.
Kelly
is a talented central midfielder who moved to Isthmian League Premier Division
side Horsham in the summer of 2019 from Southern League Premier Division South
outfit Walton Casuals. |