Following an approach to Ashton United, permission was given to discuss personal terms with Scott Burgess.  We can now confirm that terms have been agreed and Scott has now signed for the Sandgrounders. He is ineligible for Saturday’s trip to Alfreton Town, as he previously played for Ashton in an earlier round of The FA Trophy. Scott first came to the attention of Port boss, Calum McIntyre who had previously signed him for Chester

Scott is an experienced box to box central midfielder and has played for Bury, Port Vale, Grimsby, York City as well as Chester. Photo Chester FC

On the signing manager Calum McIntyre said “I’m really pleased to bring Scott to the club as we begin some really important recruitment activity to strengthen the squad for the months ahead.
We’ve had two weeks now to assess the group and recognise where we can improve things and player recruitment is an obvious part of that.
We’ve got three big requirements around the type of players we need to add to the club and Scott ticks a lot of boxes in that regard. As someone that I have worked with before, he knows exactly what is required to help us build the right environment to move forwards.
This won’t be our only addition, we are working really hard to get the right players and right people to attack the challenge in front of us.”