After bagging a brace in last weekend’s commanding 3-0 victory for Bromsgrove Sporting over AFC Sudbury, Jamie Meddows now proudly sits on 15 goals for the season.
Not bad for a player enjoying his first taste of life in the Pitching In Southern League Premier Central after making the leap from Step 5 over the summer.
“It’s been a big step up going from where I was last season to Step 3 and what is a notoriously competitive League, but I am enjoying the challenge,” said Meddows, who claimed the club's Player of the Month accolade for February. “I am pleased with the form that I’ve been in; in order to be able to compete week in, week out at this level, I haven’t been able to rest on my laurels, it’s been a case of working as hard as I can in each game and each training session to maintain the standards needed.
“To sit here now with 15 goals and 12 assists to my name, I am happy. I want to be able to add to those figures between now and the end of the season, of course, but I am pleased with the progress that I have been able to make, I have learned a lot along the way.
“Overall it’s been a season of ups and downs for the team. We’re still too close to the relegation zone for comfort, so we have to keep adding to our points tally to pull us further clear, but victories in the last two games have certainly helped and taken us to the 40-point mark.
“We’ve showed plenty of character in both of our last two games. At Barwell in our previous outing, we kept going to score two late goals to win 3-2 after they had taken the lead with eight minutes to go. Then against AFC Sudbury we were able to first of all win the battle and then get the goals to show for it and back it up.
“It was nice to be able to contribute to both victories and now I’m looking forward to the next game and being able to build upon this.
“This team is battling had to finish as high up the table as possible; we know what we’re capable of and we know that we have to show it on a more consistent basis.
“As for myself, this has been a really important season in my development as a player and the hope is that I can keep adding to my stats to help the team finish strongly.”
The Rouslers have a mouth-watering home clash with AFC Telford United at the weekend.
IMAGE: Bromsgrove Sporting FC
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