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Striker John Mills to join the Puritans on loan

Striker John Mills to join the Puritans on loan

. Webmaster11 Oct 2018 - 17:30
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The club can confirm that 28 year-old striker John Mills is to join the Puritans on loan from Bath City.

John’s goalscoring abilities were evident as far back as season 2009/10 when he played for then Southern League Division One side Abingdon United, scoring 21 Southern League goals for them that season. After a brief spell with Hellenic League Old Woodstock Town at the end of the following season, he joined North Leigh in the summer of 2011, spending just over two seasons with the Millers before moving on to Didcot Town in September 2013. Scoring 79 goals for the Railwaymen in his two seasons with the club alerted many clubs to his goalscoring talents but it was the newly formed phoenix club Hereford who persuaded him to sign for them in the summer of 2015.

Three seasons at Edgar Street saw John score an amazing 140 goals as Hereford achieved three consecutive promotions by winning the Midland League Premier, Southern League Division One South & West and Southern League Premier Championships. He also had made an appearance at Wembley in the 2016 FA Vase final and played in both Hereford’s FA Cup Second Round Proper matches against Fleetwood Town last season.

John joined National League South side Bath City this past summer and has made 14 appearances for them this season, ten of them coming on as a substitute, scoring two goals. He was in the Romans starting XI that beat United 2-0 just over a couple of weeks ago at the Banbury Plant Hire Community Stadium in the Second Qualifying Round of the FA Cup.

United manager Mike Ford commenting on the signing said “The current group of players have given us a good start to the season but I felt that the time was right to introduce some freshness to the squad. When John became available it was a no brainer to bring in a player of his pedigree. I believe he will boost our goalscoring capabilities, make our existing players better and help us compete at the top end of the table.”

The loan will run up to and including Saturday 5th January. Provided there are no problems with the submission of league and loan registration forms to the relevant authorities tomorrow then John will be available for Saturday’s game at Biggleswade Town.

The club would like to welcome John to the Banbury Plant Hire Community Stadium and wish him all the best in his time at Banbury United.

Photo above shows John Mills in action for Bath City at the Banbury Plant Hire Community Stadium last month.

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