Fearon rejoins Wrens

EASTWOOD Town defender Cameron Fearon is on his way back to Rainworth, from whom he joined the Badgers only last month.

And for the popular Fearon it seems his return to Kirklington Road cannot come quickly enough, after he tweeted: “I’m coming home, I’m coming home.”

Fearon, pictured, was persuaded to make the step up and test himself at Blue Square North level by Badgers manager John Ramshaw at the beginning of December, and although he made a promising debut, Ramshaw has agreed to release him and allow him to return to the club he first joined during the 2009 close season from Ilkeston Town.

Wrens boss Kevin Gee said: “I must thank John for agreeing to allow Cameron to rejoin us.

"He and I are both strong, passionate characters and speak our mind, and on the original transaction I aired my views, but I don’t hold grudges and neither does John.

“We are both ‘old school’ and the communications we have had since have re-established our relationship, which I’m sure will continue to grow over the coming seasons with players moving both directions.”

It seems that Rainworth must be doing something right, for Fearon is the fifth player this season to return to the club having previously moved elsewhere.

Rob Paling came back from Shepshed Dynamo just in time to figure against the Leicestershire club on Saturday, while Tommy Hannigan, Mark Camm and Ant Lynam have all returned to the fold during the current campaign after starting the season elsewhere.

‘Expectation weighed heavily’

Meanwhile, Gee has cited the weight of expectation as one of the reasons for the Wrens’ disappointing performance in Saturday’s 1-1 draw at the Dovecote.

It was a frustrating afternoon for the Wrens, and in particular new striker Rob Gill, who is still to kick a ball for Rainworth after joining from Carlton Town.

Gill missed out on his debut when the previous week’s game against Grantham was postponed and, having been named in the starting line-up at Shepshed, he unluckily tweaked a hamstring in the pre-match warm-up.

Rainworth suffered further blows when they lost Matt Glass to an ankle injury, and then Tommy Hannigan was also injured after all three substitutes had been used, and had to soldier on as nuisance value up front in the closing minutes.

Reflecting on the match, Gee said: “It was interesting listening to a few comments made after the game, and of course from a fans’ perspective the after-match post-mortems.

“I have always said that games against teams in the bottom half of the table are the hardest to win. I just felt the weight of expectation on Saturday’s game got to one out two of the players, especially in the first half, and as a result I didn’t think we played the conditions very well and too many times made the wrong decisions.

“When we scored I thought we started to settle down, but we were hit with a sloppy goal straight away, which brought the nerves back again.

“This was always going to be a massive game for both teams and both teams probably felt that they had opportunities to pinch it second half.

“But after a few harsh words at half time we said that if we can’t win it we don’t lose it, and with both Quorn and Market Drayton suffering losses it has turned out to be another good point.

“We have now picked up three good draws in our last three away games and collected 16 points from 33 which is a fantastic response from the players.

“It was unfortunate losing two of our strikers, and I felt for Rob Gill who was distraught that he picked up an injury in the warm-up, and then losing Matt Glass tested the mental strength of the group. But we responded, dug deep and gained another valuable point.

“With Steve Kennedy’s suspension now ended, Romaine Graham back from holiday, Nathan Adams now available again, Ricky Hanson close to returning and Cameron Fearon agreeing to rejoin us, we now have a healthy squad that brings competition in all areas, so it will be down to the players to deliver and remain in the team for the remaining 14 games.

“With a blank week this week I have arranged for the squad to play a game against each other on Tuesday so that I can look at the whole squad wit a few of the promising reserves being involved as well.

“February is going to be very important month to us from both a League perspective and of course the Notts Senior Cup, so by the end of February we will have a clearer picture of exactly where we are.

“But right now our membership destiny remains in our own hands, so with 14 games to go that’s all I can ask for.

“On a final note we should congratulate Staveley MW who reached the last 16 of the FA Vase on Saturday - a fantastic achievement - and also wish good luck to both Gresley and Worksop this week in their quest to progress too in their respective national competitions.”

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RAINWORTH have arranged two home friendly matches to cover for the lack of any competitive activity until 4th February.

On Saturday (3pm) the Wrens will take on a Mansfield Town Reserves side which is likely to include a sprinkling of senior players not making the trip to Stags' Conference fixture at Ebbsfleet United.

And the following Tuesday, 31st January (7.30pm), Premier Division Matlock Town will be the visitors for an all-Evo-Stik NPL local derby.

Admission on both occasions will be £5 with £2 concessions and £1 for children.

The next competitive fixture is at home to Quorn on 4th February, and the following Tuesday the Wrens begin their Notts Senior Cup campaign with a potential banana skin third round tie at Central Midlands South high-fliers Basford United.