New duo boost Worthing as they put form blip behind them
Worthing continue to strengthen their squad as they look to rebuild momentum after a brief dip in results.
They have brought in 19-year-old forward Remiero Moulton on a month’s loan from Watford and defender Ben Jackson, 22, on a permanent deal from Aldershot.
It comes as Worthing show signs of putting a slight lapse in form behind them, having followed below-par shows against Chippenham and Salisbury with a better display to draw 1-1 with Horsham on Saturday and a 3-1 Sussex Senior Cup quarter-final win at Broadbridge Heath on Tuesday.
Moulton, who Hinshelwood knows from Brighton’s U18s set-up. looked lively when he came off the bench against Horsham, then scored the opener in the cup win. Ollie Godziemski also got his first Rebels goal in the victory.
Jackson made his debut against Broadbridge Heath and boss Adam Hinshelwood told the Herald it was important to keep freshening up the squad as they prepared for the final three months of the season.
The camp has decent numbers – but they will all be needed as challenging games keep coming.
There’s another week of travel ahead for the Rebels now: they go to Bath City on Saturday and Hampton & Richmond on Tuesday.
Hinshelwood had mixed feelings about the result after a new club record crowd of 3,865 saw the Hornets draw, in which Razzaq Coleman De-Graft put the Reds ahead only for Horsham to level three minutes later.
"In a tight derby like that, if you get ahead, you’ve got to focus on holding on to the lead and we weren’t able to do that,” Hinshelwood said.
"You want to stay ahead because that makes the opposition change their plan and opens up the game, as we saw at Eastbourne recently.”
It was a third game without a win for the team and Hinshelwood said: “You get spells like this in football where little things lead to goals against you – where a few weeks ago everything was falling for us.
"But we’re doing a lot of good things and playing some really good football.”
Another Woodside Road arrival is Cameron Morrison, who Hinshelwood said he was delighted to see return as first-team coach.
Meanwhile keeper Josh Jeffries’ loan deal from Southampton has been extended until the end of the season.