Reece Connolly

DOB: 22nd January 1992

Position: Striker

Season of first appearance: 2016/17

Season of last appearance: 2016/17

Full Appearances: 3

Substitute: 0

Goals: 0

Also played for:

Aldershot Town, Salisbury City, Didcot Town, Dorchester Town, Farnborough, Forest Green Rovers, Eastleigh, Basingstoke Town, Whitehawk, Eastbourne Borough, Crowborough Athletic

Player Profile:

Striker Reece started as a schoolboy at Crystal Palace before joining Aldershot Town. He was a first-year scholar with Aldershot Town during the 2008-09 season and was joint reserve team top scorer. On 18.8.09, Reece made his first-team debut for the Shots when he came on as a sub in a 1-0 defeat at Bournemouth in League Two. 

In January 2010, he joined Conference National side Salisbury City on a month's loan. Reece had further loans with Didcot Town, Dorchester Town and Farnborough (where he had two loan spells).

Reece signed a new one-year contract with Aldershot in February 2012. But in December that year, Farnborough signed him permanently for a club record fee of £12,000. In an effort to cut their wage bill, Farnborough loaned Reece to Conference National side Forest Green Rovers in March 2013 until the end of the season.

In November 2013, Reece was suspended by Farnborough after failing a drugs test and his contract with the club was subsequently cancelled.

He signed non-contract terms with Eastleigh in January 2014 while waiting for an FA hearing into the issues at Farnborough. He scored three times in Eastleigh's run-in to the Conference South title. On 2.4.14, Reece was found guilty of drug use and banned from all football by the FA for six months.

Reece signed for National League South side Basingstoke Town in January 2016. He was released from his contract by mutual consent at the end of the season.

In 2016-17, Reece joined Whitehawk of National League South. Despite nine league and cup goals in 21 games, he left the Hawks and joined Margate in February 2017. His Margate debut was a 1-0 home defeat against Wealdstone in National League South on 18.2.17. 

After three appearances without scoring, he left Margate and joined Eastbourne Borough until the end of the season. In August 2017, he signed for SCEFL side Crowborough Athletic.