Twelve-goal Sittingbourne defender Donvieve Jones explains why he’s staying at the club next season

Goalscoring defender Donvieve Jones had no hesitation in committing his future to Sittingbourne.

Jones picked up the Brickies’ golden boot award after bagging 12 goals from full-back and wing-back.

His exploits attracted interest from other clubs but he wanted to stay at Woodstock and be part of an Isthmian South East promotion push under Ryan Maxwell.

“As soon as the season finished I knew I didn’t want to go anywhere because I’m enjoying it here,” said Jones, who was voted supporters’ player-of-the-year.

“I’d like to play as high as possible but I can’t look too far ahead.

“You see a lot of people move early and they end up dropping back down and feel a bit depressed because they’ve not been playing or the move didn’t work out.

“I just want to improve as a player each week and whatever happens, happens.

“Sittingbourne’s a good club, the fans are good, the chairman’s good.

“There’s a good vibe here for me to relax and focus on improving and being the best I can be.

“There’s some areas of my game I want to tighten up on.

“Ryan knows my strengths and weaknesses and he’ll never let me be complacent.

“He’ll keep pushing and pushing me.

“There’s no better person to be under to help me get better and better.”

Jones had never been a goalscorer before this season, making his return all the more impressive.

Ex-boss Nick Davis worked on making back-post runs with the defender, an approach that paid off as he struck in four successive games in the opening weeks.

The former Faversham man had seven goals by the time Davis departed after Christmas and added five more under Maxwell as Sittingbourne finished the campaign as one of the form teams in the division.

“It started in pre-season with Nick,” said Jones.

“There was this run he