Town sign league striker to strengthen squad

HOT on the heels of bringing silverware to the club Warrington Town have moved swiftly to start strengthening the squad for next season by signing top striker Steven Gillespie.
Liverpool born Gillespie, aged 29 started his career as a trainee for Liverpool, breaking Robbie Fowler’s goal-scoring record for Liverpool Schools; he later had his record broken by Wayne Rooney.
In 2004, with few opportunities at Liverpool, he was released and was quickly signed by Bristol City, of League One.
He went on-loan to Cheltenham Town of League Two, where he scored four goals in five appearances. Gillespie again joined Cheltenham on loan at the end of the 2004–05 season, and again in the first half of the 2005–2006 season,scoring a further five goals. He signed a permanent two-and-a-half-year contract in January 2006, for an undisclosed fee.
He was later sold to fellow League One club Colchester United for a fee of £400,000.It was a club record signing, as the U’s looked to bounce back to the Championship.
Unfortunately for both Gillespie and Colchester his time with the club was dogged by injuries from shortly after his arrival, despite having made a promising start with three goals from his first three outings.
After bouncing back from injury he committed his future to Colchester for another two years on 17 May 2011 and was given the number nine shirt for the 2011–12 season. During the campaign, he finished with 11 goals in League One, which was his best return in a football season for Colchester.
He signed for newly promoted League Two outfit Fleetwood Town in June 2012 for £125,000 but later returned to Cheltenham Town on loan before moving to Bristol Rovers.
Gillespie joined newly promoted Conference Premier team Altrincham but became a free agent at the end of the this season.
Club Chairman Toby Macormac said: “We are delighted to welcome Steven to Warrington Town as we look to strengthen the squad for next season.”
Delighted manager Shaun Reid added: “Steven has proven himself in the football league and is a welcome addition to our squad as we look to push for promotion next season.”