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Two More Added to Banbury Re-Build

Vanarama National League North club Banbury United have signed defender Tai Fleming and forward Tope Obadeyi.

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Twenty-one-year-old Fleming links up with Banbury manager Mark Jones for the second time. Fleming (pictured) played for the Norwich City academy from the age of 10 to 16. He joined Yeovil Town on a two-year scholarship in 2018, captaining the youth team and playing in some under-23 Premier League Cup matches. He had a spell in September 2019 with Melksham Town on `work experience` and then returned to Norfolk in the summer of 2020 and signed for National League North outfit King`s Lynn Town. Experienced attacker Tope Obadeyi has also joined Jones` re-build at the Banbury Plant Hire Community Stadium. The 33-year-old winger joins Banbury from Ilkeston Town, where he had been since October 2022. Born in Birmingham, he came through the youth ranks at Coventry City, and then, Bolton Wanderers. He earned 3 first-team appearances for the Trotters as well as enjoying loan spells at Swindon Town, Rochdale (twice), Shrewsbury Town and Chesterfield. In June 2012, he put pen-to-paper on a deal with Rio Ave, a Portuguese outfit based in the north of the country, and he went on to feature on 12 occasions which aided his development within the game. His next port of call was the sadly now defunct Bury before two periods at Plymouth Argyle on a loan basis, totalling 14 games and one goal. In July 2014, he moved north of the border to Kilmarnock and thrived throughout his time there as he, impressively, found the back of the net 12 times in over 50 appearances for Killie whilst being held in high esteem by the faithful at Rugby Park. After plying his trade at Dundee United, Obadeyi returned south to sign for Oldham Athletic and helped with another Latics ‘great escape’ as the attacker proved to be an important figure with 37 games and 3 goals. He then travelled across the Channel to France to join Sochaux in Ligue 2 – meriting a handful of appearances for the Les Lionceaux after a managerial change halted his game time. He re-joined Oldham in February 2022 and added 8 more games to his Latics tally. He boasts an impeccable record for England at Youth international level, scoring 5 goals in 4 games at under-19 level before netting once in 2 outings for the under-20 side.

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