Vastly
experienced striker Aaron Burns (pictured) joins from NPL Premier Division side Nantwich
Town.
The
33-year-old signed for the sadly now defunct Droylsden in the summer of 2019
and then switched to North West Counties League outfit Northwich Victoria in
November 2019 before joining NPL Premier side Nantwich on dual-registration in
February 2020.
He
started his career as a trainee with Manchester United, spending ten years at
the Premiership club and getting to within a hairsbreadth of the first team,
but getting a bad injury that halted his progress.
After
this, he moved into non-League football, starting with FC United of Manchester
and scoring 8 in 14 appearances between 2007 and 2008.
From
there he moved to Northwich, with a spell on loan at Droylsden. Short spells at
Altrincham and Connah`s Quay Nomads followed before he linked up with Ashton
United and then Nantwich, scoring 100 goals for these two clubs over 4 seasons.
In
2014 he left Nantwich for a short spell at Marine AFC but quickly returned to
Nantwich.
In
2015, he joined Chorley before returning to Ashton United.
In
2016, he signed for Trafford where he continued his prolific form before
pitching up at Stalybridge Celtic in 2017 but after just two months in a Celtic
shirt, he re-joined Trafford and then signed for Radcliffe in 2018.
Ollie
Martin is a goalkeeper who joined NPL Premier Division side Radcliffe FC in the
summer of 2018 from New Mills and then switched to league rivals FC United of
Manchester in May 2020.
He
began his playing days as a junior at Manchester City between the ages of 13-16
and later had a two-year scholarship at Fleetwood Town where he was on the
bench for one first-team match.
Since
moving to non-League football, he has had spells at Stalybridge Celtic, Mossley
AFC and two at New Mills as well a spell in Sweden at division two north Ange
IF.
Danny
O`Brien is a 24-year-old midfielder who joins from league rivals Clitheroe, for
whom he had signed for in May 2020 from Curzon Ashton.
He
had been with the Nash for a year after arriving from Vanarama National League
North rivals Alfreton Town but then moved to NPL neighbours Hyde United in
August 2019 and then onto league rivals Atherton Collieries two months later.
He had joined Alfreton in December 2018.
After
starting his career at Aston Villa, where he earned England under-17 caps, he
joined Wigan Athletic where he regularly featured for their development side.
Loan
spells at Wrexham and Chester followed in 2015 before making his senior debut
for Wigan in August 2016.
A
return to Chester for a second loan spell came in January 2017 before he moved
abroad to Finland after being recalled and released by Wigan.
Spells
at Nårpes Kraft FF, who play in the Kakkonen, Finnish football’s second tier in
February 2018 and Veikkausliiga side SJK Seinäjoki, initially joining their
under-23 side before moving into the first team. |