Nine Commit to Evesham & Brain Returns

Robins get bust ahead of new campagn.

Pitching In Southern Football League Division One South club Evesham United have seen nine of last season`s squad put pen-to-paper for 2021/22 and have welcomed back forward Sean Brain.

Brain, 25, returns to the Robins from Midland League Premier Division neighbours Worcester City, where he moved to in August 2019 following a very brief stop at Coleshill Town.

He had initially signed for the Colemen in June 2019 from then-Midland League Division One side Studley where he had been on dual terms with with Evesham, who he originally joined in the summer of 2018 from Bromsgrove Sporting, where he was in his second spell.

As a 21-year-old, Brain top-scored for Sporting in the 2015/16 season with 22 goals after a spell with Stratford Town as a youngster.

He signed for Rugby Town in October 2016 but left after just one start to re-join Bromsgrove.

Committing to Evesham for the new season are Jamie Lucas, Jordan Lymn, Jordan Staten, Adam Mace, Calvin Dinsley, Charlie Johnson, Dan Tustin, Lorcan Sheehan and Ryan Paddock.

Lucas, 25, originally signed for Evesham in the summer of 2020 from Halesowen Town.

The striker had joined the Yeltz from Weston-super-Mare in May 2019 following the Seagulls` relegation from the Vanarama National League South.

The former Bristol Rovers starlet joined Weston for the third time in the summer of 2018 after enjoying two prosperous loan spells in the 2014/15 campaign which saw him net 12 goals in 21 games.

After leaving the Woodspring Stadium, he played for Woking and Boreham Wood, in addition to turning out for Somerset rivals Bath City.

Lymn is a 23-year-old defender who is in his third spell with the Robins, having returned in the summer of 2020 from Westfields.

He started his career with Cheltenham Town and whilst at Whaddon Road, he had loan spells at Bishops Cleeve, Shortwood United and North Leigh.

He initially signed for Evesham in June 2017 but returned to North Leigh on a more permanent basis five months later.

He returned to Evesham in the summer of 2018 before leaving for Westfields in September 2017.

Twenty-two-year-old Staten is a defender who joined Evesham from Southern Premier Division Central side Redditch United in November 2019.

He was wanted by several Southern League clubs in the summer of 2018, but he remained at Bishops Cleeve for their Hellenic League Premier Division campaign.

The former England Schoolboy international won the managers` and players' player of the year awards at Kayte Lane in 2018/19.

Halesowen-born, he started out in the youth set-up at League One side Burton Albion before joining League Two Cheltenham Town at the age of 14.

After two years with the Robins, he left to study at Hartpury College, which is when he linked up with Bishops Cleeve.

He signed for Redditch in August ahead of his final year at Hartpury.

Mace is a 26-year-old defender who joined Evesham in May 2020 from Toolstation Western League side Bishops Cleeve.

He was with Cheltenham Town until under-16 level, spending time at Bishop’s Cleeve and Shortwood United before joining Slimbridge in 2013.

Dinsley, 30, is a midfielder who re-signed for United in June 2020 from Southern Premier South side Swindon Supermarine.

He had joined `Marine at the end of February 2019 from National League North side Hereford FC.

He joined the Bulls from Gloucester City in March 2017 having previously had a month’s loan with them.

He has played most of his football in the National and Southern Leagues having also been with Kidderminster Harriers and Redditch United.

He started his career in the youth team at West Bromwich Albion before having short spells with Cambridge United, Evesham and Stourport Swifts.

After helping Hereford to two championship titles, he played 17 times for them in 2018/19 but found it difficult to recover his place in the side of a couple of niggling injuries and decided to move on.

Johnson is a young defender who moved to Evesham this time last year.

The 20-year-old was released by Cambridge United in the summer of 2019 after spending several years coming through their youth system.

He also spent the last couple of months of the 2018/19 season on `work experience` with then-Southern Division One Central outfit Yaxley where he helped them to pull away from the bottom of the table and finish the season strongly.

He signed for Southern Premier Division Central side St Ives Town in August 2019 and then re-joined Yaxley in early January 2020.

Tustin is a 22-year-old competitive midfielder who captained the Evesham under-18 side and also featured for their under-21 team before stepping up into the senior side in 2017.

He had a loan spell with Stourport Swifts and joined West Midlands (Regional) League side Pershore Town in September 2019 before returning to Evesham in the summer of 2020.

Sheehan is one of the most experienced players in the Robins` squad.

After being with Forest Green Rovers and Bishops Cleeve, the 31-year-old was a member of Cinderford Town`s 2015/16 Southern Division One South title-winning squad.

He originally signed for Evesham midway through the 2017/18 season and re-joined in August 2020 via Cinderford and North Leigh.

Paddock, 22, is a defender who is also in his second spell with Evesham, having originally joined in 2016.

He has been selected for the British Army squad and his other former clubs include Bristol Rovers, Weston-super-Mare, Cinderford Town, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham Saracens, Hinckley AFC and North Leigh.

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