Sheppey United sign midfielder Jordy Ndozid after impressing on trial – Ernie Batten’s Isthmian South East side take on their own club’s youngsters in pre-season friendly this Saturday

Sheppey United made another new signing on Tuesday as the rebuild continues.

The Ites are just over a week away from their season opener against Three Bridges and things are coming together slowly but surely.

Assistant boss Geoff Record says it’s been a process where fans, and themselves, have had to be patient.

He said: “When you’re rebuilding, we haven’t got the budget to go ‘bang, that’s a rebuild done in a few weeks’. Our rebuilding takes time.

“It’s a bit of a slow process and we are trying to add to it as we go along. Everyone has to be a bit patient.

“I spoke to a guy about it in town this week and it made me think back to the time when I was Herne Bay manager. I had taken over from Tommy Sampson. He took every player, there was just one left, and the only reason he stayed was that he was on contract.

“So, I have a bit of a background in these rebuilding jobs and they are very hard unless you have got an extraordinary amount of money to do it quickly.

“We have the basis of things all right and we just need to make it a little bit better.

“Of course, new arrivals raise the confidence levels of everyone.”

Midfielder Jordy Ndozid has played for plenty of teams at Sheppey’s level and joins after featuring in their last three pre-season games.

Record said: “It’s great to see Jordy has committed to us. He has done well in his early pre-season games.

“He will bring a great competitive spirit to our midfield and he has shown very good positional play. I am sure our supporters will enjoy watching Jordy play.

The Ites will take on a side comprising their under-18s and 23s this Friday at 7.45pm. It’s free entry for all.

Record has been impressed with some of the young players who have been stepping up for the first team.

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