Now Busy Howes Bags New Midfielder

Busy Glenn Howes, manager of Pitching In Southern League Premier Division South club Dorchester Town, has made his fifth new recruit ahead of 2022/23.

Highly-rated 18-year-old central midfielder Michael Lilley joins the Magpies having spent over a decade at League Two Exeter City.

Lilley has progressed through the youth system at St James’s Park and then academy, including making his first-team debut against Chelsea under-21s in the Papa John’s Trophy in August 2021.

He also gained Southern League experience on loan at then-Division One South outfit Barnstaple Town during the previous season.

Howes told his club’s website: “We’re so pleased Michael trusts Dorchester Town Football Club with his next steps, he is extremely well-coached and educated having been with Exeter since he was 7 years old.

“Michael possesses a fantastic outlook on football and again possesses all the attributes that we’re looking for in a young footballer to wear the Dorchester Town shirt”.

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