Double Blues

Brentwood Town yesterday made a double signing.

First in was Aveley midfielder Connor Witherspoon. Connor has been with the Millers since 2017-18, and has been a big part of their subsequent success, winning a great deal of silverware. He played twenty eight times in an injury hit campaign last season, a big part of their eventual Play Off Final victory and Velocity Cup wins, and the previous season managed thirty one appearances as they swept to the Pitching In Isthmian North title.

He was part of the side that reached the FA Trophy Quarter Final during the pandemic hit 19-20 campaign, and a significant contributor to the side which reached the Play Off Semi-Final the season before.

Prior to his time with the Millers he helped steer Brightlingsea Regent to the North Division title in 2016-17, a season when they achieved one hundred and three points - twelve ahead of their nearest rivals.

The next arrival was Cheshunt defender Josh Rusoke. Josh came to our notice at Basildon United, where he played five times during the defunct 2020-21 campaign. He played another eleven times for the Bees before stepping up to Bowers & Pitsea, where he made twenty seven appearances in the Pitching In Isthmian Premier and Essex County Cup, many of them a little further forward. He spent a little time with Aveley last season, but doesn't seem to have ever escaped the bench, so he moved on to Brightlingsea Regent, where he featured eleven times. He then had time with Potters Bar Town, playing twenty one times, but has featured only once for the Ambers.

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