Met Police Add Strength to Squad for Run-In

Pitching In Southern League Premier Division South promotion chasers Metropolitan Police have boosted their squad for the run-in.

Striker Max Blackmore returns to Imber Court on dual registration with Cherry Red Records Combined Counties League Premier Division side Farnham Town, for whom he has scored 5 goals in 12 games.

The 28-year-old had originally signed for the Met in the summer of 2018 and netted 28 goals as they won the Southern Premier South play-off final.

He joined from Westfield, with whom he had two spells sandwiched by time spent in the United States with Louisburg Hurricanes and North Carolina.

In 2016/17 he scored 42 goals in his second spell with the Surrey outfit and returned to Isthmian South Central club Westfield for a third time in June 2019 and then re-joined the Met in May 2020.

Also re-joining the Met on dual registration from Farnham is midfielder Arsen Ujkaj.

The 24-year-old has played 15 times for the Surrey side this season, scoring 3 goals.

He was previously with Balham, Hanwell Town and Westfield and played 5 times for the Met in 2020/21.

Met boss Gavin Macpherson has also added goalkeeper cover in Myles Bowman and the well-travelled and vastly experienced Aaron Bufton.

Bowman joins the Met from Isthmian League Premier Division side Leatherhead.

The 22-year-old had joined the Tanners in September 2021 from Isthmian South Central side Bracknell Town, who he had moved to in the summer of 2021 from Vanarama National League South Hampton & Richmond Borough.

He had signed for the Beavers in the summer of 2020 from Southern Premier South side Beaconsfield Town, where he had been since late August 2019.

He joined Championship side Queens Park Rangers in 2014 from Cove FC.

He played for the under-18s and under-23 side before going on to spend from January 2019 to the end of the 2018/19 season on `work experience` with then-National League South side Torquay United. However, upon his return to Loftus Road, Rangers released him.

Bufton was with Swindon Town and Portsmouth as a youngster.

The 30-year-old then played for Bisley and Corinthian-Casuals, when he also captained the Surrey under-18s, before joining Northwood in August 2009.

He left Woods in December 2009, later playing for the likes of Hanwell Town, Farnborough, Cheshunt, Egham Town, Knaphill, Godalming Town, Kingstonian, Petersfield Town, Gosport Borough, Leighton Town, Thatcham Town, Fleet Town, Guildford City, North Greenford United, Hillingdon Borough, Aylesbury FC, Westfield, South Park, Risborough Rangers and Ashford Town (Middx) – amongst others!

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