Greg Oates

[Rob_Butler]

no its been posted in loads of places saying he is at ilford i thought it had been confirmed

[jkmaskell]

places like....?

[TonyM]

If it had been confirmed why is he training with the Gate,I was told this by a Margate player.

[Guest]

illfords manager talking about how pleased leon is with them

 

 

Legend

[knighty101]

ok i tried linking 3 times it wont allow referals so ill paste it here...

 

From http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk

 

Ilford's Braithwaite coup

29 June 2005

ON HIS WAY: Leon Braithwaite

LEON Braithwaite, the vastly experienced former Dagenham & Redbridge striker, is set to spearhead Ilford FC's charge in their first Southern League Div 1 East season, writes PHIL RAVITZ.

 

Braithwaite, 34, who supplied 22 goals to last season's successful title-winning campaign for Fisher Athletic, will join the Foxes, despite Ilford boss Allan Fenn claiming he has one of the lowest budgets with which to operate at his club's new standard.

 

"With Leon it's not about money. He is big pals with our vice-chairman Mel Attwell and has said he would like to play for us before his career is over. Now we are in the Southern League, this is the opportunity we've both been waiting for,'' said Fenn.

 

The capture of Braithwaite, a proven goalscorer at Conference level with Welling and Margate, who also played for Exeter when they were a Football League club, would be a real coup for Ilford.

 

Former Daggers boss Garry Hill signed him two seasons ago, but Braithwaite didn't have the best of times at Victoria Road and moved to Fisher after an injury-hit season.

 

The signing of Braithwaite will help outweigh the loss of the Foxes' twin spearhead of last season.

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to me it reads there like its done and dusted, make what you will, it is a paper after all.....

james i dont think anyone is causing trouble by saying he is with ilford in fact it creats a football debate which this forum has been lacking the last several months. you and your number talk really isnt that intresting.

[MIKE PERRY]

Adds fuel to the rumours about Che and Rocky leaving, I guess. Was a big fan of Leon in his previous spell with us but he is 34 now and will have lost much of the lightning pace he had. He has also been beset with injury problems in recent seasons but he did at least score 22 for Fisher albeit in Southern League East last season so we could do a lot worse. Lets hope others follow Oates and sign up soon!

[Northants Blue]

Dont forget Billy. With him, GO, CM and possibly JK we've got nearly a quarter of the team that got us and kept us in the Conference.