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Kyle Brooks (Midfielder)
18 year old central midfielder, who joined the club last year playing one game in the League Cup. Has
impressed through pre-season and earned a place in the squad for the season ahead. Previous clubs:
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Jake Peck (Midfielder)
Young central midfielder, who left Luton Town in the summer after having spent last year on loan at
Concord Rangers in the Vanarama South. Previous clubs: Concord Rangers, Luton Town
Ronny Mfinda (Midfielder)
Talented young box to box midfielder. Ronny joined Chesham in October 2018 and went onto win Young
Player of the Season for the Generals after previously playing for Potters Bar Town and Edgware Town.
Previous clubs: Northwood, Potters Bar, Edgware Town
Bradley Clayton (Attacking Midfielder)
Attacking midfielder who joined Chesham in August 2018 after being released by Brentford, where he
had been since the age of 10. Lightning quick feet and an eye for goal, 47 goals in 97 starts so far for
the Generals and collected a number of awards at last season’s awards night including Player of the Year
and Top Goalscorer Previous clubs: Brentford
Jordan Edwards (Attacking Midfielder)
Attacking midfielder, who signed towards the end of last season from Hartley Wintney and impressed
straight away with some crucial goals in the run-in including an injury-time winner on his debut at home
to Poole. Jordan started off in the Swindon Town academy, having loans at Chippenham Town & Marlow
before joining Basingstoke (twice) & Hungerford before signing at Hartley Wintney in the summer of
2021. Previous clubs: Hartley Wintney, Hungerford, Chippenham, Swindon
Shaquille Hippolyte-Patrick (Winger)
An exciting, tricky winger who joined the club in December 2021 from Hayes & Yeading. Before joining
Hayes, Shaq had spent a season at Salisbury before that and had previously had spells in the Conference
with Wealdstone, Hampton & Richmond, Sutton United and others. Previous clubs: Hayes & Yeading,
Salisbury, Wealdstone, Hampton & Richmond
Zak Joseph (Striker)
Creative forward signed initially on loan from Hampton in Sep 2020, before joining permanently in the
summer. Player of the Season in his first season, Zak can play across the frontline and was prolific in
guiding Hendon to Isthmian League play off final in 2017/18, scoring 18 goals in all competitions, before
following manager Gary McCann to Hampton & Richmond in the summer of 2018. Signed permanently
in July 2020. Previous clubs: Hampton & Richmond, Hendon, Hanwell
Francis Jno-Baptiste (Striker)
Centre forward, who joined the Generals towards the end of the 2021/22 season after leaving Swedish
side Östersund in January 2022. Initially joined Östersund in 2019 after leaving Crystal Palace, during
Francis’s time in Sweden he also played for 2 Division side AFC Eskilstuna on loan. Previous clubs:
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Östersund, AFC Eskilstuna, Crystal Palace
Karl Oliyide (Striker)
2019/20 joint top scorer, Karl signed for the Generals from Conference South side Hemel Hempstead
after leaving Hampton & Richmond, via a loan spell at Enfield Town. Previous clubs: Enfield Town,
Hampton & Richmond, Hemel Hempstead
Ricardo German (Striker)
Former Crawley Town striker who left the Reds in June 2022, after 3 and a half years at the club. Ricardo
joined Crawley from Hendon where he was one of the most prolific goal scorers in non-league football
netting 28 times in 21 games before Christmas, leading to his January move to Sussex. During Ricardo's
time in Sussex, he also had loan spells at Dulwich Hamlet and returned to Hendon last year for a months
loan spell. Previous clubs: Crawley Town, Hendon, Chesterfield