Contract Reward For Young Fleet Quintet

The quintet – Mustafe Ali, Harvie Gardiner, Arif Omar, Paul Ouattara and Bobby Sears – will form a key part of Danny Kedwell’s U19 side in 2017/18, with three of them already tasting action in the Kent Reliance Senior Cup.

Gardiner, a centre-back, played the whole 90 minutes against Bromley, while Ali and Omar were introduced as late substitutes.

Also on the bench was striker Sears – brother of Ipswich Town’s Freddie – who was highly-regarded at Thurrock before being signed by Barnet in 2016 and has also played for Cockfosters in the Spartan South Midlands League.

The five signings maintain the club’s policy of signing its promising youngsters to contracts as they continue their development in the academy and in training opportunities alongside the senior team.

(Ed Miller)