Faversham Town manager Tommy Warrilow on signing of hometown boy Jack Parter, a 2-1 home win against Hollands & Blair and this weekend’s trip to Glebe

Local lad Jack Parter has joined Faversham in a major club coup.

The experienced defender arrives for the Lilywhites’ Southern Counties East Premier Division title bid from Herne Bay.

He has already helped Tonbridge earn promotion to National League South in 2019 and got Bay promoted to Isthmian Premier for the first time in the club’s history during his first spell at Winch’s Field in 2022.

Parter will need little introduction to plenty in Town’s ranks.

He came through Gillingham’s youth-team set-up alongside captain Callum Davies and has played with winger Kieron Campbell at Herne Bay and top goalscorer Tashi-Jay Kwayie at Tonbridge.

Faversham manager Tommy Warrilow, who has also signed Uzbekistan’s former Worthing and Chatham forward Nodirbek Bobomurodov, said: “These lads all know each other anyway.

“The fact they’ve played together before does help but, at this level of football, everyone knows everyone.

“It’s not like your first day at school where you’re going in, not really knowing anyone. Even if they’ve not played together, they know each other through third-parties a lot of the time.

“Jack’s 31, as well, so it’s not like he’s a young lad coming into men’s football.

“Hopefully, he will have an impact at Faversham - off the pitch as well as on it.”

While Parter has never previously played for the club, he went to the town’s Abbey School, which is walking distance from Salters Lane.

His older brother Sam - with whom he runs a landscaping business - is also a former Faversham reserve-team player.

“It’s a good signing,” said Warrilow. “When you see Jack’s CV, it’s great. He’s a Faversham boy.

“I spoke to him and it was quite a comfortable chat. I’m looking forward to working with him.

“It’s not just a signing for