Almondsbury Town have pulled off a significant transfer coup with the capture of Ali Gibb.

The versatile right-sided former Bristol Rovers and Bath City flier, 33, made his debut for Almonds in Wednesday night's 2-1 home victory over Pegasus Juniors, having finally shaken off a long-standing ankle condition that wrecked his Twerton Park stint.

Manager Paul Weeks said: "Having Ali with us is a real bonus but the truth is he could have continued playing at a higher level. The reason he dropped down is purely down to his work commitments in the financial sector.

"Nevertheless I was delighted when he got in touch with us; he showed in midweek he still has quality and the challenge for him, and us, will be how well he adjusts to this level."

Unbeaten Almonds face a tough trip to Ardley United tomorrow boosted by the return of Casey Johnson, Danny Wixes and John Lock to the squad.

Meanwhile, Barry Granger is optimistic another right-sided performer, teenager Daniel Robinson, can prove instrumental in Tytherington Rocks' Division One West campaign.

The 18-year-old Hartpury College student made his debut in Rocks' 3-0 defeat by North Leigh Reserves last weekend and his boss maintained: "Daniel impressed me a lot and I'm sure he can fill the void left by Luke Garbacz (now at Patchway Town).

Granger, whose team hit back from the North Leigh setback with a 6-0 midweek thumping of managerless Cirencester United, also has forward Mark Greenland available after his three-month New Zealand excursion.

Striker Danny Thompson returns for tomorrow's home encounter with Harrow Hill but full-back Rob Cave is sidelined.

Winterbourne United manager Stewart Jones is targeting new players "for all positions" in the light of his side's dismal start to the season.

They followed up a 2-0 opening-day defeat at Slimbridge with a "shocking performance" in the 6-2 away mauling by Headington Amateurs and Jones, whose team have no game until Wednesday week's trip to face Harrow Hill, said: "With the greatest respect to Headington there are better teams in this league and it shows just how bad we were."