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FORMER FAVOURITE SET TO RETURN 22/01/2010
Blue Square North club Stafford Rangers have turned to long-time favourite Craig McAughtrie to fill the defensive breach left by the return of Jermaine Johnson to Derby County.
McAughtrie, who made over 200 appearances in five years at Marston Road from 2002 to 2007, is in the final throes of completing an emotional return to the club on a month’s loan from league rivals Eastwood Town.
And the 28-year-old is expected to be handed a second debut when Harrogate Town are the visitors on Saturday, after Johnson returned to Pride Park at the end of his third month on loan.
The club have also moved to solve a central midfield crisis by borrowing Michael Burns from Coca-Cola League One Carlisle United for a month, with the 21-year-old former Liverpool and Bolton youth player also expected to start against Harrogate.
Rangers had been cut to the bare bones in the middle of the park after captain Bobby Wilson and Jake Moult left the club, while veteran Tony Dinning is still struggling with a back injury.
Assistant boss Darren Read believes the new additions are a significant boost to the squad.
He said: “The experience of Craig will be invaluable to us - he’s a top-flight player at non-League level. He’s a great centre half, and has the money-can’t-buy experience that we are lacking in that area, a place where we have leaked far too many goals.
“Michael is a young player who can fill the breach left by Bobby and Jake leaving us, and we are looking forward to seeing him work with the experience of Tony Dinning and our own exciting young midfielder Tom Thorley.
“They are players coming in at a time when we really need them.”
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