Daly swaps the sea for the Hill

Burgess Hill Town have announced the arrival of Joel Daly, who makes a move to Mid Sussex from the Sussex seaside, where he has been playing for Whitehawk.

Joel headed back to the Enclosed Ground in the summer of 2025 after winning the title with Horsham, where he made forty one appearances and scored twice. Last season as a Hawk he managed forty five appearances, and also scored twice.

Earlier in his career Joel played youth football with Lewes, and for the Sussex County side, before moving on to Haywards Heath Town. He moved to the USA and played college football before returning to Sussex and reuniting with his former manager at Heath, Shaun Saunders, at Whitehawk. 

His first season as a Hawk was an enormous success, and he made forty two appearances, scoring five goals, as the Hawks reached the Semi-Final of the Velocity Cup and followed that by winning Pitching In Isthmian South East promotion via the Play offs. He followed that by playing forty six times in the Premier Division during the 23-24 season before his move to the Hornets.

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