Ian Gayle

Joined the club in the summer of 2022 from Eastbourne Borough/Cray Valley (PM), with whom he had been on dual registration. Ian started out in the youth system at Dagenham & Redbridge in 2010 before joining St Neots Town on a youth loan in March 2011 and the club went on to win the United Counties League. He completed his scholarship and progressed into the Dagenham first team under John Still, with loan spells at Grays Athletic (two spells), Kingstonian (two spells), Histon and Whitehawk. He made his Football League debut for Dagenham as a substitute against Wycombe Wanderers in April 2014. There were further loan spells at St Albans City (twice), Bishop’s Stortford and Welling United before he joined Braintree Town in August 2016 and then Welling United in June 2017, Wealdstone in January 2018 and Woking in June 2018. Born of Jamaican descent in Welling, Ian is the brother of Cray Valley PM’s Denzel and the cousin of cricketing legend Chris.