Stevenson and Akehurst new at the Chats

Whilst we were taking a short holiday, Chatham Town announced the signings of Toby Stevenson and Bailey Akehurst. Toby, a full back, joined Margate from Braintree Town in February. He made fourteen appearances as Gate ultimately failed to hold onto their Premier Division status. He came through the ranks at Leyton Orient, but first came to our attention when he was loaned to Heybridge Swifts. He was a crucial part of the Swifts side which reached the Second Round of the FA Trophy during the 17-18 campaign, and played a role in their giant killing exploits against Kingstonian and Hampton & Richmond Borough. He left Orient and joined Charlton Athletic, where he made the first team squad and played a handful of times, before moving on loan to Dagenham and Redbridge. Watford was his next port of call, and he then moved to Bromley, where he had loan spells at Braintree Town and Billericay Town. He remained with Billericay during the 22-23 campaign, and made forty five appearances. Bailey, also a defender, came through the ranks at Gillingham and played a number of times for the first team, also loan spells at Cray Wanderers and Tonbridge Angels. He signed for Hastings United on loan in August 2022, playing only once, but was back at Pilot Field at the start of last season and made fifteen appearances. He then spent time at Erith and Belvedere before stepping up to National League South with Dover Athletic. More [url=https://www.chathamtownfc.com/news/]here[/url]. [i]Follow the Pitching In Isthmian League on Instagram. Head [url=https://www.instagram.com/theisthmianleague/?hl=en]here [/url]or search for theisthmianleague on your app. We're also on [url=https://www.facebook.com/isthmianleague]Facebook [/url]and [url=https://twitter.com/IsthmianLeague]Twitter[/url].[/i]