LONG EATON UNITED

SAM WILSON JOINED THE BLUES LAST SUMMER

AND PREVIOUSLY PLAYED FOR MANSFIELD TOWN U18S, WHERE HE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE EFL YOUTH ALLIANCE TITLE-WINNING TEAM AND MADE APPEARANCES FOR THE U21S. LAST SEASON, WILSON PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN HELPING THE BLUES REACH THE QUARTER-

FINALS OF THE BUILDBASE FA VASE, WITH TWO VITAL PENALTY SAVES AGAINST HANWORTH

VILLA.

MARLEY FEARON IS A YOUNG PACEY CENTREBACK THAT HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR FIRST-TEAM FOOTBALL IN THE 2021/22 SEASON. DURING

THE 2020/21 SEASON, FEARON HELPED GUIDE

LONG EATON UNITED CFC TO AN INVINCIBLE SEASON - IN WHICH HE KEPT EIGHT CLEAN SHEETS AND SCORED THREE GOALS IN 13

APPEARANCES. FEARON WILL AIM TO FIGHT FOR A PLACE IN THE FIRST-TEAM THIS SEASON, AFTER IMPRESSING IAN DEAKIN DURING PRE-SEASON.

EXPERIENCED CENTRE HALF AND CLUB CAPTAIN

ROMAINE GRAHAM HAS PLAYED AT GRANGE

PARK FOR THE LAST FIVE SEASONS AND HAS MADE OVER 150 STARTS IN THE PROCESS. THE DEFENDER IS A SERIOUS AERIAL THREAT AND COMPOSED ON THE BALL. GRAHAM ALSO HAS AN EYE FOR GOAL, WHICH HELPED HIM WIN THE

PREMIER SPORTS TV ‘GOAL OF THE SEASON' IN 2013 AFTER HE WON THE BALL IN HIS OWN HALF, DRIBBLED PAST FIVE PLAYERS AND HIT THE BALL IN OFF THE POST.

Player Profiles

LARELL KING IS A DERBY BORN DEFENDER, SPECIFICALLY A VERSATILE AND PACEY WINGBACK, WITH A VAST AMOUNT OF QUALITIES. KING HAS EXPERIENCE WITH BURTON ALBION

ACADEMY, MANSFIELD TOWN U18S AND MOST RECENTLY MICKLEOVER FC, WHERE HE MADE 21 APPEARANCES FOR THEIR RESERVE SIDE AND SCORED FIVE GOALS. THE YOUNG WING-BACK IS KNOWN TO HAVE AN INCREDIBLY LONG THROW AND TO BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WITH HIS OVERLAPPING RUNS.

SAM PARKER JOINED THE BLUES PRIOR TO THE 2021/22 PRE-SEASON, AFTER IMPRESSING AT KIMBERLEY MW THE SEASON PRIOR AND CATCHING THE EYE OF MANAGER IAN DEAKIN, AND HIS FORMER COACH CRAIG SWINSCOE. THE FULL-BACK ALSO GAINED VITAL EXPERIENCE PLAYING FOR DERBY COUNTY ACADEMY FROM A YOUNG AGE, BEFORE BEING SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED. PARKER IS A TOUGH-TACKLING, VERSATILE LEFT-BACK AND WILL PROVIDE EXCELLENT COMPETITION FOR THAT SPOT THROUGHOUT THE 2021/22 SEASON.

KEIRAN WALKER MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE FOR THE BLUES WITHIN THE 2019/20 SEASON AND RACKED UP AN IMPRESSIVE 27 GAMES AS CENTRE BACK FOR THE FIRST TEAM. THE STRONG AND COMPOSED DEFENDER HELPED LONG EATON FINISH IN NINTH PLACE DURING 2019/20 AND PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN HELPING THE BLUES REACH THE QUARTER-FINAL OF THE BUILDBASE FA VASE LAST SEASON. WALKER MADE 18