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Martyrs Pick Up New Defender

Pitching In Southern League Premier Division South club Merthyr Town have signed
defender Noah Smerdon.

|The 21-year-old arrives at
the Met Coaches Stadium
from Southern Division
One South side Bishop's
Cleeve, having only been
with the Mitres since
August 2022.
The left-footer started the
2022/23 season with
Uhlsport Hellenic League
Premier Division side
Tuffley Rovers, having
spent time with the
Martyrs league rivals
Weston-super-Mare in 2021/22.

He was part of West Bromwich Albion’s academy, but he left in 2017 to take his A-
Levels and play for hometown club Gloucester City, who were then in the Vanarama
National League South.

In 2019 the former England Schoolboy international was signed by League One
Exeter City and during his time at St James`s Park, he appeared on loan for
Tiverton Town, playing 26 times and scoring 4 goals, and for National League South
side Chippenham Town, for who he played 7 times.

Merthyr boss Paul Michael told his club’s website: “Full back is the one area of the
squad that we had little cover, but I wasn’t going to rush into something as we are
only looking for players that will improve our squad and Noah certainly fits that
category.

“He’s still young, has had a taste of full-time football like many others in our squad
and so fits the profile of the type of player we are looking to recruit with ambitions
of moving back up the pyramid. Noah is a naturally left-sided player who is very
good defending one-v-one in wide areas, he gets forward to effectively and is
technically very good which will suit the way we want to play and our home
surface. I’m delighted to welcome Noah to the club and look forward to our
supporters seeing what he can do in our team”.