Paul Holleran has announced his second new arrival of the summer with the signing of Reece King from Hednesford Town.

The 24 year old midfielder joins Leamington having enjoyed a solid couple of seasons at Keys Park, (67 games, 6 goals) particularly in the one just gone having picked up the Manager’s Player of the Year, Players Player of the Year, along with two supporters awards.

‘He’s a big, strong, powerful athletic midfield player who we’re delighted to add to the squad,’ said the Brakes manager. ‘We feel he has got all the attributes to succeed at this level. He’s had a good grounding and a couple of good seasons at Hednesford, which is always ideal using the Northern Premier League as a gauge. We are looking forward to working with him and seeing what he can bring to the team.’

Reece began his career at Malvern Town, making his first team debut in the 2011/12 season at the age of 16 and going on to make over 100 appearances for the club.

During his final season at Malvern, Reece went on trial at Gloucester City and the Tigers agreed a deal until the end of the 2016-17 season with him making a number of appearances towards the end of the campaign. Gloucester were moved to the National League South and King agreed a deal to stay for the 2017-18 season. However, after making only 13 appearances for Gloucester, Reece joined Hednesford initially on loan in September 2017, returning on a permanent basis towards the end of that year.

Along with fellow new boy Josh March we would like to welcome Reece to Leamington Football Club and wish both players a successful time here.