York City sign Jonathan Smith and George Purcell (From York Press)
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York City sign Jonathan Smith and George Purcell
3:53pm Tuesday 6th July 2010 in News
YORK City have confirmed the signings of Forest Green midfielder Jonathan Smith and Braintree forward George Purcell.
Minstermen manager Martin Foyle landed ex-Ebbsfleet man Purcell, 22, and Smith, 23, on the eve of the Bootham Crescent club's return to pre-season training.
Both players have signed two-year deals, with City paying an undisclosed fee for Purcell and a small amount of compensation for Smith.
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Comments(16)
Sir Alex
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4:17pm Tue 6 Jul 10
Purcell was second highest top scorer in BSS last season with 18 goals - left sided striker/winger.
Alan Fetish
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4:38pm Tue 6 Jul 10
rocknrollnobody
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4:39pm Tue 6 Jul 10
Hopefully this Purcell bloke can be another Woolford. Tricky winger that can find the net.
Dave Smith
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5:13pm Tue 6 Jul 10
tips
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5:15pm Tue 6 Jul 10
Good luck to all the lads , let's make it a season to remember and regain our league status.
OLD - HEAD
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5:28pm Tue 6 Jul 10
bazza ycfc
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6:40pm Tue 6 Jul 10
JohnnyByrne
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6:40pm Tue 6 Jul 10
YorkCity4Life
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7:21pm Tue 6 Jul 10
Brodes
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9:26pm Tue 6 Jul 10
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22 goals in BSQ South pretty good!
rogue84
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11:41pm Tue 6 Jul 10
players like Paul Benson were taken from relative obscurity and scored bag-fulls in the Blue Sq Prem.
lets hope Purcell does the same for us, and if we can keep the three strikers up-top fit (and at the club!) we've got a formidable forward line.
can I also be the first one to come up with a dodgy comment regarding his surname......Purcell shows great composure!?
Monkey2
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9:22am Wed 7 Jul 10
I'm more than willing to accept that he was young when he played from Gravesend and Ebbsfleet though, so hopefully he'll have a better crack at it this time, and will provide a viable alternative to RB
fewster
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10:01am Wed 7 Jul 10
Monkey2 wrote:Agreed however he hasn't worked with the caliber of foyles coaching and management, you say there's not that much diff between the two leagues then great as he scored 22 for them last season so we could have a potential diamond if trained and coached the right way by the right people, after last season we all know mr foyle has a good eye for a good player at this level and barratt and gashy will of had input aswell just like lawless would of done with smith! We should be confident as we've kept the same core squad players and added solid decnt players to the squad whom have potential
My only concern would be that he's already been tried at this level, so hasn't been plucked from obscurity, and not been very impressive. And there really is a gulf of difference between the Blue Square regional leagues, and the BSP
I'm more than willing to accept that he was young when he played from Gravesend and Ebbsfleet though, so hopefully he'll have a better crack at it this time, and will provide a viable alternative to RB
up the reds bring on kiddy another great season ahead for is yorkies!!
Alan Fetish
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10:32am Wed 7 Jul 10
fewster wrote:I think Monkey actually says there IS a big difference between BSS and BSP.
Monkey2 wrote:Agreed however he hasn't worked with the caliber of foyles coaching and management, you say there's not that much diff between the two leagues then great as he scored 22 for them last season so we could have a potential diamond if trained and coached the right way by the right people, after last season we all know mr foyle has a good eye for a good player at this level and barratt and gashy will of had input aswell just like lawless would of done with smith! We should be confident as we've kept the same core squad players and added solid decnt players to the squad whom have potential
My only concern would be that he's already been tried at this level, so hasn't been plucked from obscurity, and not been very impressive. And there really is a gulf of difference between the Blue Square regional leagues, and the BSP
I'm more than willing to accept that he was young when he played from Gravesend and Ebbsfleet though, so hopefully he'll have a better crack at it this time, and will provide a viable alternative to RB
up the reds bring on kiddy another great season ahead for is yorkies!!
fewster
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10:43am Wed 7 Jul 10
Alan Fetish wrote:Sorry misread the article however if he scores half the goals from last season under foyles guidance then we will have a good 4th choice striker on our hands!!!
fewster wrote:I think Monkey actually says there IS a big difference between BSS and BSP.
Monkey2 wrote:Agreed however he hasn't worked with the caliber of foyles coaching and management, you say there's not that much diff between the two leagues then great as he scored 22 for them last season so we could have a potential diamond if trained and coached the right way by the right people, after last season we all know mr foyle has a good eye for a good player at this level and barratt and gashy will of had input aswell just like lawless would of done with smith! We should be confident as we've kept the same core squad players and added solid decnt players to the squad whom have potential
My only concern would be that he's already been tried at this level, so hasn't been plucked from obscurity, and not been very impressive. And there really is a gulf of difference between the Blue Square regional leagues, and the BSP
I'm more than willing to accept that he was young when he played from Gravesend and Ebbsfleet though, so hopefully he'll have a better crack at it this time, and will provide a viable alternative to RB
up the reds bring on kiddy another great season ahead for is yorkies!!
cityfan says...
4:16pm Tue 6 Jul 10