Morpeth Town new boy Adam Lennox 'more than ready' to contribute to promotion push

Morpeth Town summer signing Adam Lennox has claimed that he is “more than ready” to make an impact for the Highwaymen in their bid for promotion this season.

The striker is one of several new faces to have arrived at Craik Park in recent weeks, and after finding the back of the net with pleasing regularity over the course of preseason, he has suggested that he is unfazed by the prospect of testing his mettle in the NPL East.

On his decision to sign for Morpeth after spending much of his earlier career in the Northern League, Lennox said: “When they came calling, it was an opportunity I didn't want to turn down. I think they've got a great set-up, good calibre players, and they were looking to bring the right sort of players in. I’d heard good things about the club prior, went in during preseason, and the standard was great from minute one. We've had a few games now and it's looking good for the season ahead... There were a couple in that league at Step Four that I had the choice of, but Morpeth was the one that I wanted to go with.

“I went into the Northern League in my early 20s and then I was hit with quite a severe injury, which set me back. I had about two years out of the game, and then it took me another year to get fully back. But, yeah, I've made the step up now and I'm more than ready for it.”

And in terms of aims for the coming campaign, Lennox has admitted that, while Morpeth are intent on taking things one game at a time, a promotion push is very much in their sights.

He continued: “They're a club that have been at Step Three for numerous years prior, and I think the aim will be to get promotion. But, I think first and foremost, we need to have the squad playing correctly - knowing what we're doing and just being fit enough and competitive in every match that comes our way. And then we'll worry about league positions when it gets to the back end of the year.”