EKYM landed winger Sean Winter after snapping up Barry Russell, admits boss

East Kilbride YM boss Graeme Robertson admits recent recruit Barry Russell helped the team land new signing Sean Winter.

Defender Russell and winger Winter are good friends and have played alongside each other at Stranraer in the SPFL, East Kilbride FC in the Lowland League, as well as St Roch’s and East Kilbride Thistle in the West of Scotland League.

And now the duo have linked up again in the Caledonian League at the YM, with Winter making his debut off the bench in Saturday’s 3-2 win at home to Dumbarton Academy FP.

Russell made his switch last month having left EK Thistle and now Winter has done the same, having left the Jags earlier in the season as well amid some behind the scenes issues at the Showpark that saw a whopping 24 players in total quit the club.

Amateur outfit YM are currently top of the Caledonian League and seven points clear of nearest rivals Doune Castle, having played four games more.

Boss Robertson is hoping adding Winter’s experience alongside Russell’s can help his team give everything to fend off the challenge of their rivals.

He said: “It is a good time to strengthen.

“We are sitting top of the league at the moment but other teams around us have games in hand, so we wanted to bring in some experienced players going into the second half of the season.

”The way things went, Barry had left EK Thistle so we invited him down and had a chat. He liked what he saw and wanted to sign.

”His connection with Sean and being good friends with him helped us bring Sean in as well.

”It’s two good players to bring in at this stage of the season.

”We’ve got a really strong squad and I’m sure once Sean gets up to speed – because he hasn’t played for a wee while – he will be a great addition to our squad. A