Crook for Grays

New Grays Athletic boss Darren Manning has made his first signing, with midfielder Billy Crook arriving at the club.

Billy started the season at Pitching In Isthmian South East side Erith & Belvedere, making twelve appearances, after spending much of the previous campaign at Bowers & Pitsea, then in the Premier Division, where he played seventeen times. He started last season with Cray Wanderers, with a dozen appearances before his move to the Len Salmon.

Billy was an important part of the Aveley North Division promotion-winning side in the closing stages of the 21-22 season, after joining from Tilbury.

He came through the youth ranks at Crystal Palace before signing his first professional deal at Peterborough United. He had loan spells at Weymouth and Histon, but Isthmian watchers will undoubtedly remember him from his periods at Tooting & Mitcham United, Dulwich Hamlet, Carshalton Athletic, Met Police, Enfield Town and East Thurrock United.

Further up the pyramid, he won National League South promotion with Braintree Town, and came close with Dartford.

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