Double Boost for Ironton

Nick Ironton, manager of Pitching In Southern League Division One Central club Walthamstow, has made his second new signing of the summer and announced that two more of last season’s squad have committed for 2023/24.

Stow have secured the services of big, strong defender Harold Joseph for next season.

He comes with bags of experience, the 27-year-old moved to Cray Wanderers in June 2022 from Isthmian League Premier Division rivals Enfield Town.

He had joined Town in October 2020 from Vanarama National League South side Welling United, where he had been since January 2020.

He had joined the Wings from Southern Premier Central side Royston Town, where he had been since November 2018 after arrving from Harlow Town.

He has played the majority of his career in the upper levels of non-League football.

He started at Barnet, then in League Two, before spells at Stevenage, Wingate & Finchley and Hayes & Yeading United.

He spent two seasons with Enfield between 2015 and 2017 where his impressive performances caught the eye of St Albans City at the start of the 2017/18, before he joined Harlow three months into the 2018/19 campaign.

The bosses` son George Ironton has committed to the club for another season.

Despite a couple of injuries after joining his father at Wadham Lodge in September 2022, he impressed everyone with his performances.

Centre-back Carl Mensah will also be back at Stow next season.

A huge presence at the back after joining in October 2022 from Royston, he played a key part in Stow’s run to the play-offs.

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