OCTOBER 3rd 2021: Belmont Banter Episode 81
JAKE GESS: Official podcast of Whitstable Town F.C.
The early years for Jake were playing with his brother using two dustbins and a scaffold board for a goal around where he lived in Hales Place. He played school and district football until the age of eleven when he was picked up by Wimbledon FC after taking part in a trial at Kennington FC. He stayed at Wimbledon until he was released at sixteen and the disappointment knocked his confidence until he joined the Kent side, which he says he…” walked into”. He then played at Littlebourne FC and Canterbury U18’s for two years up until at nineteen, he then decided to take a year out and just played Sunday football. Jake saying that the ‘disappointment of not progressing affected him for years and at one stage he received twelve yellow cards in one season’. He then joined Whitstable Town playing in the reserves under the then manager Simon Kay for a year before being asked to join the first team where Marc Seager was manager. Saying that… ‘Simon installed confidence in him and ‘Seags’ was a great man manager, the two of them brought out the best in me’. I had those great three seasons or so, Seags left and my form dropped off. He tells a great story about an end of season trip to Spain when he was at Town, leaving out some of the more ’interesting’ bits. Simon Halsey who was by then Herne Bay manager asked him to join them where he stayed for a season and a half. He then joined Canterbury City for nearly three years which he enjoyed. He then joined Deal Town for a while then finished up his football at Deal Sports which he said he enjoyed on a par with his time at Whitstable but added, that it was just with his mates, it was fun…Check it out; even if you’re not involved in WTFC it’s another great listen from Belmont Banter Podcast.
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