{"id":560079,"date":"2020-07-29T06:08:50","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T10:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=560079"},"modified":"2020-12-28T11:24:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T16:24:41","slug":"bristol-rovers-complete-signing-of-jonah-ayunga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/07\/29\/bristol-rovers-complete-signing-of-jonah-ayunga\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol Rovers Complete Signing of Jonah Ayunga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bristol Rovers&#8217; summer recruitment has continued with the signing of Jonah Ayunga from non-league side Havant &amp; Waterlooville for an undisclosed fee. Ayunga, who has signed a two-year contract, scored 17 goals in 30 games for the National League South side in 2019\/20. Despite being born in England, he has represented Kenya internationally on one occasion.<\/p>\n<h2>Jonah Ayunga Joins Bristol Rovers<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u270d\ufe0f We are delighted to welcome striker Jonah Ayunga to the Mem! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BristolRovers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#BristolRovers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lnX5Aww8CE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/lnX5Aww8CE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bristol Rovers (@Official_BRFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Official_BRFC\/status\/1288383780491792385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Delighted to have joined <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Official_BRFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@official_brfc<\/a> &#8211; can\u2019t wait for the season to start! \ud83d\udd35\u26aa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XNvxb8jpAf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/XNvxb8jpAf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonah Ayunga (@JonahAyunga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonahAyunga\/status\/1288401888795402241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Ayunga&#8217;s Career<\/h3>\n<p>Twenty-three-year-old Ayunga got his first taste of senior football with Dorchester Town in non-league, but he only spent a year there before being snapped up by <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/brighton-hove-albion\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brighton &amp; Hove Albion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His first season was spent out on loan at Burgess Hill Town, and following Brighton&#8217;s promotion to the Premier League, he had further loan spells; two in Ireland with Sligo Rovers and Galway United, and then back in England with Poole Town.<\/p>\n<p>He left Brighton in 2018 and signed a permanent deal with Sutton United, but after scoring four goals in 28 games, he was loaned out to Havant &amp; Waterlooville in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>After leaving Sutton, he re-signed for the team where he had been on loan and had a much better spell that previously, helping them to a second-place finish in the National League South, just behind eventual champions Wealdstone.<\/p>\n<h3>What Was Said?<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to the club website about the move, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolrovers.co.uk\/news\/2020\/july\/jonah-ayunga-joins\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rovers manager Ben Garner said<\/a>: &#8220;Given the season he has just had there was interest from a number of EFL clubs and we are very pleased that we have managed to agree a deal that will see Jonah play here at Rovers.<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;He&#8217;s another player that we have looked at extensively over a long period of time and we feel that the qualities he brings will enhance the squad we are assembling.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Main Photo<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a id=\"MDyxY9hsRGxnpxlvzmpmKw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1042972894\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'MDyxY9hsRGxnpxlvzmpmKw',sig:'4frEvFEqlgmh6AwuXBcRDbFVTKCs8vwVOlk9GuwvX_w=',w:'594px',h:'405px',items:'1042972894',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bristol Rovers&#8217; summer recruitment has continued with the signing of Jonah Ayunga from non-league side Havant &amp; Waterlooville for an undisclosed fee. 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