`The Beast` Returns to the Victoria Ground

Pitching In Southern League Premier Division Central club Bromsgrove Sporting have announced their first two new signings ahead of the 2022/23 campaign.

Midfielder James Fry joins the Rouslers from league rivals Tamworth.

The 27-year-old had originally joined the Lambs in June 2019 from another league rival, Stratford Town where he was skipper, before making the reverse journey in September 2020.

He was with Birmingham City from under-9 level through to under-21 before leaving the club to sign for Leamington, with whom he had previously been on loan as well as also spending time out at Kidderminster Harriers.

He joined Stratford in August 2016, and played 55 times in 2018/19, scoring 2 goals.

Making a welcome return to the Victoria Ground is fan favourite, Mike Taylor.

The experienced and well-travelled 34-year-old powerful front man re-joins from Northern Premier League Division One Midlands side Halesowen Town, where he had been since February 2022.

He had returned to Stratford Town in November 2021 from rivals Tamworth.

He left the Bards for Stourbridge in June 2019 and then switched to Sporting the following September and then onto another rival, Tamworth, in June 2021.

He had returned to Stratford in February 2019 after short spells with the Lambs and Leamington.

He started out the Solihull Moors youth set-up before linking up with Earlswood Town.

After hitting over 40 goals in the 2010/11 season he was snapped up by Worcester City for the following season.

During the 2011/12 campaign he spent a short spell on loan with Stourport Swifts to continue his development and get additional game time.

In the summer of 2013, he returned to Solihull where he was often used as an impact player off the bench.

He returned to Worcester in September 2014 and then linked up with Stratford for the first time in July 2016.

He soon moved on to Redditch United early in the 2016/17 campaign but was quickly back in the Stratford fold by November 2016 and he duly became a favourite with the fans at the Warwickshire club, where he was nicknamed 'The Beast'.

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