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Cheltenham Snap Up Guinan
Cheltenham Town have snapped up Hereford United's striker Steve Guinan on a free transfer. He has signed a two year deal with Cheltenham after spending two seasons at Edgar Street.
"Steve has an impeccable goalscoring record and has averaged one every two games for the past two seasons for a good club in a good league," The Robins manager John Ward told the official Cheltenham website.
"Having seen him myself I also know that he can hold the ball up and bring others into play really well. That is something we have not had enough of in the club so hopefully we can keep the ball at the front a bit better and he will be able to find gaps and spaces to get a goal or two of his own.
"It's important at this time to let people know that we mean business and I'm sure Steve would have attracted plenty of interest. I'm glad that we spoke to him early and the fact that he knows John Finnigan has helped to persuade him to come here."
Guinan who is based at Dudley enjoyed his time with United but felt it would be better for himself to be playing in the football league once again.
"At Hereford it was the first time that a manager had really put faith in my and hopefully I repaid some of that by scoring a few goals. It was ever so disappointing to miss out on the play-offs. We were the best team and I think we equalled the Conference goal-scoring record but in the play-offs it just wasn't our day.
"You have to look and take stock of the future and really it was time for me to move on.
I was disappointed to drop down to the Conference in the first place. Hereford gave me that chance and I always wanted to use it as a stepping stone to get back in the League. I set myself a target of two years to get back into the League and I have achieved that.
"From playing here for other clubs I got the impression that this is a nice family club and the manager has impressed me very much as well. The way he spoke about the future of the club has definitely enticed me here. I know John Finnigan really well and it seems the club is moving forward so I want to be a part of that."