The popular goalkeeper and two-time Fans’ Player of the Year Award winner has made more than 150 appearances for the club since joining the Cards for a second-time in 2018. After graduating from the Woking academy in 2008, he was brought back to the club after a ten-year absence by Alan Dowson, and quickly established himself as the club’s first-choice stopper.
In his debut campaign he made 34 consecutive league starts, including both play-off victories, finishing the year with a 1-0 win against Welling United which sealed promotion from National League South back to the National League at the first time of asking. He also played every minute of the Cards’ run to the third round of the FA Cup, featuring a memorable 1-0 victory over Swindon Town, and culminating in defeat to Premier League Watford.
He remained a regular upon Woking’s return to the fifth tier, helping the Cards finish a credible 10th in the shortened 2019/20 campaign, and won the first of his two Player of the Year Awards. He claimed it again the following season as he helped lead an inexperienced side through a campaign played predominately behind closed doors and was rewarded with a two-year extension contract that summer. Last season he helped the Cards finish 15th and comfortably avoid relegation in the first year of the club’s transition to full-time football.
Before his return to Woking, he enjoyed an impressive career in non-league football, as well as a brief foray into the Football League with Barnet. His senior career started at Ashford Town (Middlesex) where he spent two years before joining Carshalton Athletic. Brief spells followed at Godalming and Welling but it was at Hampton & Richmond Borough where he first began to establish himself – playing 29 times in the National League South, including a 1-1 draw with the Cards, who would go on to become champions that season.
From Hampton he joined Cambridge, a National League team at the time, making 15 appearances, whilst he also spent time on loan at Eastbourne, who he would go on to join permanently. After a short stint with Farnborough, he spent close to two years with Whitehawk, reaching a play-off semi-final in 2016, and subsequently earning a move to Macclesfield. The Football League beckoned twelve months later, as he made 38 appearances in all competitions for the Bees, but he was ultimately unable to prevent their relegation. He started the 2018/19 campaign at Leatherhead before completing his career circle and returning to Woking.
