Burgess Hill sign Tommy Fraser and Josh Jones

Manager Ian Chapman has made his first signings of the summer as he prepares the club for its first season in the Ryman Premier Division.
Peacehaven v Leatherhead. Picture by Pitchside View SUS-141124-222404001Peacehaven v Leatherhead. Picture by Pitchside View SUS-141124-222404001
Peacehaven v Leatherhead. Picture by Pitchside View SUS-141124-222404001

Midfielder Tommy Fraser and pacey winger Josh Jones have signed up for the coming campaign.

Chapman said “I’m delighted to announce the signings of Josh and Tommy, both players have great quality and are really good additions to Burgess Hill Town FC.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

“Firstly Josh can play on either wing or at the top of midfield, and whilst I didn’t see a lot of him last season, the season before in my opinion he was the best player in the league and will give us something different going forward. He also has great delivery and scores goals.”

A sweet strike from Tommy Fraser secured a point for Peacehaven SUS-141020-155604001A sweet strike from Tommy Fraser secured a point for Peacehaven SUS-141020-155604001
A sweet strike from Tommy Fraser secured a point for Peacehaven SUS-141020-155604001

“I worked with Tom and Josh when they were 12 at Brighton and Hove Albion for 2 years so I know them both very well.

“In Tom I also worked with him for a year and half when I was first team coach at the Albion and again he is very versatile. If he’s enjoying his football and playing well we could have the best player in the league at our Football Club.

“Both players had offers to go to other clubs but understood what we are trying to achieve here and wanted to be a part of it, again it shows me the progress our club is making.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

“With all the squad from last season coming back we probably may look for just one maybe two new signings from lads on trial with us when pre-season begins this Tuesday.”

Dead-ball specialist Jones joins the Hillians from Peacehaven where he was a member of their double winning Ryman South and Sussex Senior Cup side of two seasons ago. He has previously been with Whitehawk and Brighton & Hove Albion.

Midfielder Fraser played over 100 games for Brighton& Hove Albion and has also played for Port Vale where he was Club Captain for two seasons at the age of just 21.

The 28 year old has also played for Barnet, Bognor, Whitehawk, Ebbsfleet United, Peacehaven and Lewes.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

Don’t miss out on all the latest breaking news where you live.

Here are four ways you can be sure you’ll be amongst the first to know what’s going on.

1 Make this website your homepage

2 Like our Facebook page at facebook.com/pages/ Sport­Sussex

3 Follow us on Twitter @SportSussex

4 Register with us by clicking on ‘sign in’ (top right corner). You can then receive our daily newsletter AND add your point of view to stories that you read here.

And do share with your family and friends ­ so they don’t miss out!밀