Tuesday 23 June 2020

REID BECOMES A STAG

Former Torquay United striker Jamie Reid has swapped the yellow and blue of Torquay United for the yellow and blue of Mansfield Town after agreeing a deal with the Stags.

The former Exeter City starlet, who announced his departure from Plainmoor at the end of the 2019-20 season, has penned a two-year deal with the Nottinghamshire side, who are managed by former Plymouth Argyle defender Graham Coughlan. 

Reid, 25, scored 63 goals in all competitions over four different spells with United between 2015 and 2020, which included three spells on loan from Exeter City - where he started his career. This figure includes his 32-goal haul from the 2018-19 season, which proved to be instrumental in helping United to win the National League South title - the club's first championship for 92 years.

He then followed up that feat by finding the back of the net a further 21 times in all competitions in the 2019-20 campaign as the Gulls marked their return to the National League.

Earlier in his career Reid represented Northern Ireland at Under-21 level, and should he break into the first team at Field Mill he will undoutably attract the attentions of Michael O'Neill's successor as manager of the Northern Irish national side.