Meakin Gets Busy at Beaconsfield

Plethora of signings for Rams.

Gary Meakin, manager of Pitching In Southern Football League Premier Division South club Beaconsfield Town, has been extremely busy, adding several new players to his squad ahead of the big kick-off.

Matteo Giacobbe, Jordan Aghatise, Alex Tokarczyk, Ryan Wharton, Nathan Webb, Josh Webb, Kensley Maloney, Toby Little, Tyrone Lewthwaite, Alex Lafleur, Dylan Kearney, Baboucarr Jarra, Scott Donnelly and Harrison Bayley have all joined or re-joined the Rams.

Goalkeeper Giacobbe, 20, joins from Combined Counties League Division One side Chalvey Sports.

He spent three seasons at Chalvey Sports having originally been in the academy at Vanarama National League outfit Maidenhead United.

Aghatise is a 23-year-old central defender who joins Beaconsfield having been on the books at Southern Division One South side Barnstaple Town.

He started his career with National League side Notts County and after leaving Meadow Lane he joined Grays Athletic in September 2016.

Since then, he has turned out for Fleet Town, Basingstoke Town, Greenwich Borough and Isthmian League South Central outfit Bedfont Sports.

Tokarczyk is a well-travelled 29-year-old goalkeeper who joins from new league rivals Kings Langley.

He had joined Walton Casuals in June 2019 from Kings and then made the reverse journey back in July 2020 having originally signed for Kings in 2018 from Chesham United.

He began his career with Hayes & Yeading United in 2008 at the age of 16 as part of the Football Education Development scheme, studying sports science at East Berkshire College.

He also played for Crystal Palace reserves at Loftus Road at the end of the 2008/09 season and for the Middlesex under-18 side.

In 2009/10, he played for the reserve and youth teams but the following season he became a member of Hayes & Yeading first-team squad whilst continuing his Level 3 football coaching studies.

He was capped on several occasions for England Colleges squad, including going on tour and playing in an international tournament in Italy.

Moves to Farnborough, Maidenhead United, Hungerford Town, Harrow Borough, Arlesey Town, Hanwell Town, Aylesbury United, Scottish sides Falkirk and Montrose, Basingstoke Town, Whitehawk and Chesham followed.

Also signing forms for the club is veteran centre-back Ryan Wharton.

The now 37-year-old has vast experience and was on the books at Spartan South Midlands League outfit Broadfields United.

He has had four spells with Hendon, having originally joined in 2006 from Hillingdon Borough.

And he has played for a number of clubs since then, including Hemel Hempstead Town, Beaconsfield when they were known as SYCOB, St Albans City, Royston Town, Chalfont St Peter, Kidlington, Marlow and Harefield United.

Returning to Holloways Park are Nathan and Josh Webb.

Nathan, 29, is a defender or midfielder who returns from league rivals Walton Casuals, where he had been since July 2019 when he joined brother Callum.

He had re-joined Hayes & Yeading United in February 2019 from Beaconsfield, having originally come through the youth ranks at Hayes & Yeading, making his debut at age 17.

He captained both youth and reserve sides at United, making 16 starts during 2010/11. However, a change of management saw him fall down the pecking order during pre-season and he left to join Farnborough in August 2011.

From Farnborough he had spells with Wealdstone, Beaconsfield SYCOB and Burnham before settling with Slough Town for whom he made in excess of 100 appearances.

From Slough he was loaned to Beaconsfield in 2017/18 season and although he joined Chesham United during the summer of 2018, he soon returned to Beaconsfield in September 2018.

Midfielder Josh is the son of former England international Neil Webb.

The 31-year-old began his career in the youth ranks at Reading. However, he decided to move into non-League football after struggling to break into the first team picture at the Madejski Stadium.

Moves to Weymouth, Farnborough, Eastleigh, Basingstoke Town, Walton & Hersham, Hungerford Town, Harrow Borough and Staines Town followed before he joined Kingstonian in the summer of 2018.

He moved to the Metropolitan Police a couple of months later and then switched to Beaconsfield in the summer of 2019 before re-joining the Met in October 2020.

Kensley Maloney is a highly rated 25-year-old midfielder who joins the Rams from league rivals Harrow Borough, where he had been since September 2020.

He had signed for Vanarama National League South side Hungerford Town in June 2020 from Isthmian South Central outfit Westfield, who he had signed for in February 2020 from league rivals Bracknell Town where he had returned to in November 2019.

He had signed for the Robins from Harrow having moved to Boro in July 2019 in the opposite direction.

His other previous clubs include Marlow, Burnham and Slough Town.

Toby Little is an experienced 32-year-old left sided defender or midfielder who signed for Town from Isthmian South Central side Uxbridge, where he had returned to in the summer of 2020 from the Rams` league rivals Hayes & Yeading United.

He had been at United after joining from Kingstonian in October 2017.

He originally came through the youth ranks at Hayes before signing for United at the start of the merged clubs first season, 2007/08, after a single game for the now defunct Team Bath.

Appearances were limited by a series of injuries in his first two season, but he fought these off to play a regular part in the club`s inaugural Conference Premier campaign before departing to join Woking in July 2010.

From Woking he joined Uxbridge and then Staines Town before finding a settled home at Basingstoke Town for a couple of seasons.

From the Dragons he moved to Chesham United where he played for five seasons before leaving for Kingstonian in the summer of 2017

Tyrone Lewthwaite is a 20-year-old striker who joins Beaconsfield from league rivals Chesham United.

He had signed for the Generals in October 2020 from National League South side Hampton & Richmond Borough, where he had been since July 2019.

A Northern Ireland under-19 international who qualified through his mother’s family, he was with Rotherham United until June 2019, after starting life with Watford, leaving the Vicarage Road set up in 2017.

Alex Lafleur, 21, is a left back who was last on the books at Moneyfields, where he joined in the summer of 2020.

He started his career in the Watford youth set-up before joining Luton Town.

After his release by the Hatters in 2016, he moved to National League South side Wealdstone, during which time he enjoyed loan spells at Harrow Borough, Chalfont St Peter and Edgware Town.

He moved south to sign for Gosport Borough during the 2018/19 campaign and then switched to league rivals Salisbury in September 2019.

Dylan Kearney, 23, began his career with Hayes & Yeading United and has also played for Wealdstone, North Greenford United, Uxbridge and Hendon before joining Harrow in July 2018.

He scored over 20 goals in the Southern Premier South for Harrow in 2018/19 and that prompted a move to then-National League side Sutton United in February 2009.

He moved back to Hayes & Yeading in the summer of 2020.

Classy defender Baboucarr Jarra, 29, joins the Rams from league rivals Harrow Borough, where he had been since the previous summer.

He had signed for National League South side Hungerford Town in early December 2019 from Southern Division One South outfit Cirencester Town, where he had been side the beginning of December 2018, and then switched to Southern Division One Central outfit Thame United in March 2020.

He had an exceptional 2018 - he won the FA Vase while with Thatcham Town and won the man of the match award at Wembley.

He joined Cirencester from Swindon Supermarine, having also previously been with AFC Hayes, Flackwell Heath, Windsor FC, Chalfont St Peter and Aylesbury FC.

Scott Donnelly is a vastly experienced 33-year-old central midfielder.

He started out with Queens Park Rangers, making his debut against Preston North End aged just 16 in October 2004.

He went on to make more than a dozen appearances for the R's before being released when he signed for Wealdstone.

From the Stones he signed for Aldershot Town where he made over 70 appearances before moving to Swansea City, making his solitary appearance for the Swans against Crystal Palace.

He then spent 18 months on loan at Wycombe Wanderers before moving back to Aldershot and then to Farnborough from whom he joined Newport County before returning to Farnborough.

From Farnborough this time he was to spend a couple of productive seasons with Havant & Waterlooville before returning to Boro and then Chippenham Town.

He joined Hayes & Yeading United in late October 2017 from Chippenham and then left Hayes in the summer of 2019 after skippering them to promotion and joined Moneyfields but was back at Hayes in late August 2019.

And the final new name for Rams to get to know is experienced midfielder Harrison Bayley.

The 31-year-old arrives from Isthmian South Central side Marlow, where he had been since last summer after being back at Thatcham Town.

He was virtually an ever-present at Thatcham in 2017/18, playing 58 times as they won both the Hellenic League Premier and the FA Vase at Wembley in May.

Such was his contribution he was awarded the players’ player of the year award.

Prior to Thatcham, he had a spell at Binfield having previously captained Highmoor Ibis (now Reading City).

He signed for Isthmian South Central outfit Bracknell Town in the summer of 2018 and returned to Thatcham just before Christmas 2019.

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