The Lad From Hereford (Well Almost)

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Your new signing John Shirley actually came to you from Stourport Swifts who signed him from Hereford just over a year ago.

 

His best position is probably on the left hand side of a 4 man midfield. He's very skillful and the feeling amongst his ex-team mates is he'll do well in the Ryman's as it's more of a footballing league then the DMLWD.

 

The NLP described him as being not match fit yesterday which makes me wonder what he's been doing for the last 3 weeks to get in that state as he played his last game for us on the 8th September and he'd played in every match up to then and not looked out of shape.

 

I'm sure he's just adjusting to your level but I'd bet he will soon start to shine and hopefully help you rise up the table.

 

It's a shame for us he left to go to University (and a shock to everyone that any of our lot had the brains to get there) but our loss is your gain and hopefully he'll be as big a star for you as he was for us.

 

The latest issue of The Swifts fanzine has an appreciation of John's time at Stourport in it and if you want a copy (only 50p + SAE), email me and I'll sort it out.

 

Rest assured a few of his ex fans and team mates will be checking the forum to see how he's getting along and he's a smashing lad who everyone hopes will do well.