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Introducing Bashley F.C. Cont….

SAM STEEL - Promising young defender who joined Bashley from Winchester City at the end of
November 2023, having had a successful loan spell with Bashley’s New Forest neighbours,
Brockenhurst. Arrived at Winchester from his original club, Wessex League Blackfield & Langley.
TONY ROLLS - A versatile defender and former Bashley favourite who rejoined the club in October
2023 after four successful years at Hamworthy. The Dorset club’s unfortunate demise made Tony
available, and Bashley were pleased to welcome him back.
MIDFIELDERS
BRAD MORRIS - Combative and classy midfielder, and club captain, who many thought could play at
a higher level, but has remained loyal to his original club, Bashley. Youngest in the “Morris line”. His
father Paul was team manager until November 2022, and grandfather Tony was a stalwart at neighbours
New Milton before switching allegiance to Bashley. Brad missed the early part of the season through
suspension and injury but now back to his best.
LUKE DELANEY - A solidly-experienced box-to-box midfielder who spent 10 years at Walsall FC going
through the age groups. He left at 18 and signed for Nuneaton Borough in the Conference North, and
has since played for Rugby, AFC Hinckley and Lichfield before moving south to join Poole Town. Also had
brief spells with Shaftesbury and Hungerford Town before joining Bashley in May 2023.
LEWIS ROSS - Experienced attacking midfielder and dead-ball expert who topped the Bashley scoring
charts in 2021/22, helping lift them to promotion from the Wessex Premier. Was out on joint registration
at AFC Stoneham, for a time last season and is now on a similar arrangement with neighbouring
Brockenhurst, although Bashley are currently making use of their first call on his services.
SEAN WRIGHT - An experienced midfielder who was another victim of Hamworthy’s unfortunate and
sudden departure from Southern League football. He played for the Hammers on loan from Poole Town
in the 2022/23 season before joining them at the start of this season. A former Bashley player, he came
back to the GlenMex Stadium in October 2023, bringing versatility and an eye for goal which will be
valuable for the club.
FORWARDS
HARRY McGRATH - Striker who followed in his father Pete’s footsteps as a player with Bashley before
moving away to Lymington Town and then Dorchester before returning to Bashley in 2021/22 and was
a virtual ever-present last season. Progress has been hampered by injury this season but now back in
the squad after missing the first part of this season.
BRETT WILLIAMS - Vastly experienced centre- forward who played EFL football for Rotherham,
Northampton and Aldershot, in addition to several teams in the upper echelons of non-league. Played
in a National League Play-Off Final for Forest Green Rovers in 2016 and won promotion to the National
League with Weymouth in 2019/20.
CONOR WHITELEY - Another who returned to the club in Summer 2023, having previously signed for
Bashley when he was 18. He went on to score 35 goals in 86 Wessex League games before joining
Sholing. Before that Conor was an Academy player with both Southampton and AFC Bournemouth, and
after being released by The Cherries aged 15, he joined the Eastleigh Development Scheme on a
scholarship. Now 24, he is back at the GlenMex on a season-loan from Totton.
HARRY BUNCE - Originally a Bashley fan-favourite who left the club during the 2022/23 season for a
brief spell at Shaftsbury before a long summer break to hone fitness. Returned to Bashley in September
2023 as Under-23 team player-coach but quickly showed form which could again be useful to the first
team, scoring twice in each of his first two U23 games. As a result, was re-signed on Southern League
forms. A speedy and tricky wide right raider with an eye for goal.
MAX WILCOCK - First signing made by new manager Ollie Cherrett who had previously managed Max
at Christchurch. He was latterly with Hamworthy, where he made 39 first team appearances in the
2022/23 season, scoring 11 goals. Made a scoring home debut for Bashley with a well-taken goal
against Willand Rovers in September 2023.
MALACHI DOTSE - Exciting young forward, just 19, on loan from Eastleigh. Southampton-born, he has
come through the “Youth Pathway” system at Eastleigh, scoring freely in their Under-18 team before
going on loan to Andover New Street in the Wessex League.