Goals are the name of the game for Alex Bonthron. After winning the JD Cymru South Golden Boot in 2022/23, he was once more amongst the top scorers last term for Cwmbran Celtic.
Earlier this month, the former Merthyr Town man was persuaded to move into the Pitching In Southern League Division One South with newly-promoted, Cinderford Town, who were finding the early going tough, and four goals from the last two games show exactly what a key signing this is for The Foresters.
At the weekend, his second half hat-trick earned his side a 3-1 come-from-behind victory at Cribbs, a feat made even better by the fact that they did it with ten men following the dismissal of Lewis Powell.
“I am buzzing with the win first and foremost,” he told us. “To do it with ten men made it even more hard-earned; the boys worked their socks off to get a deserved three points.
“I may get the headlines because I scored a hat-trick, but this was absolutely a team effort with everyone playing their part.
“I’ve settled in well here. It’s a friendly club with a top drawer group of lads and the management are super supportive of me, which fills me with bags of confidence.
“I’m enjoying this League; it’s a decent standard and it’s nice to be playing in new surroundings at some lovely grounds. It’s a change from the Welsh League and a new challenge for me, which is what I needed.
“The team were finding goals hard to come by after moving up a level at the end of last season, so hopefully I can bring that to the table as well as extra energy.
“Saturday’s victory saw us begin to climb up the table, so hopefully this can continue and we can finish as high as possible. I want to score as many as I can; the golden boot would be nice but I’ve only played two games, so I don’t want to get too far ahead of myself!”
The next action sees Cinderford Town play host to Didcot Town on Tuesday evening before the head to Shaftesbury at the weekend.
IMAGE: Cinderford Town
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