CHRIS LAKEY Fakenham Town have added one of local football's most experienced campaigners to their squad for the new season.

CHRIS LAKEY

Fakenham Town have added one of local football's most experienced campaigners to their squad for the new season.

Steve Johnson, 33, will join the Ghosts for the Ridgeons First Division campaign, along with another ex-King's Lynn player, Simon Bush, and Stuart Jenkinson, who has signed from Diss.

Johnson is best known for his association with Wroxham, although he has had spells at Lynn and, more recently, Wisbech and, like Bush, is well known to joint manager Kevin Boon, a former manager at The Walks.

Boon is delighted at his three most recent captures.

“Stuart Jenkinson is a fantastic player,” he said. “He played for us against Kirkley last week and they didn't know what had hit them. He can play either side of midfield and is up-and-down all match.

“And to get the others is a massive coup. We don't have a big budget, the players know that, but Steve Johnson said he loved the facilities and the training and was just playing for us for the love of the game.”

Johnson is adaptable as far as positions go, but Boon intends to play him in attack.

“He has a wealth of experience and if we need to move him for any reason we can do,” added Boon.

Boon once ripped up Bush's contract at Lynn - but by mutual agreement.

“He works in the construction business but we should be able to work around that,” Boon explained. “When he was at Lynn his contract had an agreement about his work and he just couldn't fit it all in so we ripped it up.”

The Ghosts have arranged a pre-season match with a Cambridge United XI for tonight, August 8 (7.30pm) at Clipbush Park, following the late call-off by Leiston of Saturday's planned game.