Gary Setchell is backing electric frontman Ryan Robbins to become a fans' favourite at King's Lynn Town.

The Linnets' boss yesterday showed off his first new recruit of the summer after convincing the 25-year-old to leave Coalville Town – the club Lynn dramatically overhauled to win the title.

Rumours have been rife for weeks that Robbins was heading to Norfolk, despite his run-ins with Linnets supporters – especially online – after the clubs become fierce rivals in recent times.

But Setchell insists all of that will be forgotten if the pacy Leicester-based player does as well for The Walks club as he did with the Ravens.

The Lynn boss said: 'It's a brave decision by the boy to leave Coalville to come to King's Lynn. It isn't easy. He's been man enough to do that and people will give him a chance and it's about what he'll do on the grass.

'But I'm 100pc certain that he'll produce the goods for us. It might raise one or two eyebrows but for the player that is Ryan Robbins, I think we've done a good bit of business. He absolutely tore us apart in the FA Vase semi-final a couple of years ago. He's got all the tools to be a top-class centre forward.

'He's quick, he's got a hammer left foot, he's strong, he's young and he ticks every box to be a very, very good King's Lynn player.'

Robbins bagged 34 goals in 48 appearances for Coalville last term – including one against Lynn – and found the net 50 times during his three seasons at Owen Street.