Asher Yearwood spoke of pride and excitement for the new season in his first interview since becoming a Maidenhead United player, adding that the Magpies should be looking to challenge for promotion over the next nine months.
The midfielder was Alan Devonshire’s second addition to the squad earlier this summer, signing on after an excellent season with Gosport Borough. Scoring 18 times and assisting 11, Yearwood was a fundamental player in the Boro’s line-up making 52 appearances across the campaign.
Describing himself as “an all-action midfield player,” Yearwood said he likes to “go win the ball back, run hard, work hard, and always try and make things happen”.
“It was a bit of an up and down season, but it personally kind of went well,” said the 28-year-old. “I took on quite a lot of responsibility for the team, scoring goals, helping out the team and I enjoyed the kind of football the team played. The coach developed me really well, and saw traits and parts of my game that translate really well into how they wanted to play and yeah, it was just enjoyable. I was personally proud of how it went, but I still think that I've got more and more to give. So that's the aim.”
Asher spoke highly of the Magpies and manager Alan Devonshire during the interview just before pre-season training began on Tuesday, 1st July.
“It's obviously a big club. It's obviously a club that has done really well over the last ten years, one that I'm definitely proud to play for and [I’m] looking forward to getting started,” said Yearwood. “Dev's a very experienced manager and he knows what he's doing, and I'm looking forward to him taking me under his wing, looking to improve me and get the best out of me.”
The midfielder acknowledged what he described as “one of the toughest National League Souths” he’s witnessed, but took a positive outlook ahead of the season’s commencement on Saturday, 9th August.
“I think it's important to take on that challenge for a club that's been in the National League for as long as it has,” Yearwood explained. “We should be looking to be favourites; we should be looking to go and bounce straight back up, understand what we are and make sure we go and put the hard work in so that come April/May next year, we're in the right position where we want to be.
“I think it's important that we take everything seriously, we're as professional as possible, and we put the work in,” he added, “we put the work in on the training field and when it comes to games, we're playing with a style and identity that we know what we're doing when we get on the pitch, and we go out there and we execute it.
“However that may be, playing home or away, I think it's really important to use the fans as well to make sure that we've got such a good, strong fanbase, and make sure we’ve got them on our side and they’re supporting us all the way so they can kick on, and come May we’ll all be celebrating.”
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