‘I know we are going to be a target now, but that’s what we want’ – Clanfield boss Lee Blakely after signing EIGHT Moneyfields players
Instead, it’s the culmination of more than a year’s behind-the-scenes work in a bid to transform the culture of the club.
The Hampshire Premier League Senior Division strugglers have signed EIGHT of the squad that had taken Moneys’ second team to the top of the table.
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Hide AdAfter Moneys waved all the necessary notices of approach, six of them - Owen Haly, Jake Knight, Olly Long, Brandon Elliott and Fred and Dan Penfold - made their debuts in a relegation six-pointer at Liss on Saturday.
A seventh, Michael Viggor, was making his second Clanfield appearance while Jon Kercher completes the Dover Road exodus.
It was certainly an eventful debut for some of the new faces, with Elliott and Viggor both shown straight red cards and Dan Penfold and Long on target as Clanfield hit back from 0-2 down to win 3-2.
It was their first away points of the Senior Division season and allowed them to leapfrog Liss out of the bottom two on goal difference.
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Hide AdClanfield’s desire to bring in so many new players has understandably raised huge interest in the non league community.