{"id":623891,"date":"2023-05-26T14:36:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T18:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=623891"},"modified":"2023-05-26T14:43:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T18:43:04","slug":"doncaster-rovers-sign-former-hartlepool-right-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/05\/26\/doncaster-rovers-sign-former-hartlepool-right-back\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;As Good as You&#8217;re Going to Get&#8217;: Doncaster Rovers Sign Former Newcastle and Hartlepool Right-Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Doncaster Rovers have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk\/news\/2023\/may\/sterry-signing\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">confirmed<\/a> the signing of right-back Jamie Sterry on a two-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>Sterry, 27, left Hartlepool United following their relegation to the National League.<\/p>\n<p>The defender played 102 times for Hartlepool over the course of a two-and-a-half-year stay.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Markup__ParagraphWrapper-sc-13q6ywe-0 bLfZkM markup\">\n<p>Speaking of Sterry, Hartlepool boss John Askey recently told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/this-is-why-jamie-sterry-missed-hartlepool-uniteds-draw-with-stockport-county-with-contract-latest-4136158\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hartlepool Mail<\/a>: &#8220;If you\u2019ve got a fully fit Jamie Sterry he\u2019s as good as you\u2019re going to get in this league and arguably he can play higher with the ability he\u2019s got.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/05\/22\/doncaster-rovers-complete-first-signing\/\" target=\"_self\">Doncaster Rovers Complete First Signing of Summer With Returning Player<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sterry started out at Newcastle United, last representing The Magpies in an FA Cup third-round replay in January 2019 before leaving in 2020.<\/p>\n<h2>Doncaster Rovers Sign Right-Back Jamie Sterry After Hartlepool United Exit<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are delighted to confirm the signing of right back Jamie Sterry on a two-year deal<\/p>\n<p>Welcome, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamieSterry2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JamieSterry2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34\u26aa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/drfc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#drfc<\/a> \ud83d\udd34\u26aa\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ns143vMW3y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ns143vMW3y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Doncaster Rovers FC (@drfc_official) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drfc_official\/status\/1662156524746153984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Business Continues With Third Signing of Summer<\/h3>\n<p>Sterry is the third new signing at the Eco-Power Stadium this summer, continuing to strengthen the backline having added experience in goalkeeper Ian Lawlor and centre-back <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/05\/23\/doncaster-rovers-sign-centre-half\/\" target=\"_self\">Richard Wood<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rovers particularly needed to strengthen at right-back after <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/13\/doncaster-rovers-defender-joins-stockport-county\/\" target=\"_self\">Kyle Knoyle&#8217;s mid-season departure<\/a> for Stockport County, who face Carlisle United in the League Two play-off final on Sunday, May 28.<\/p>\n<p>Knoyle&#8217;s absence in the side was clear and loan signing James Brown failed to make much of an impact down the right-hand side.<\/p>\n<p>Sterry made his Newcastle debut in May 2015 &#8211; a 5-1 Premier League win over Tottenham Hotspur &#8211; where he was a late substitute &#8211; before being loaned to Coventry City for the first half of the following campaign.<\/p>\n<p>He played 28 games in all competitions for Hartlepool last season, scoring two and assisting two. He will reunite with former Pools teammate Luke Molyneux in Doncaster.<\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;I&#8217;ve Been a Fan for Many Years Now&#8217; &#8211; Doncaster Rovers Boss Grant McCann<\/h3>\n<p>Sterry told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk\/news\/2023\/may\/sterry-signing\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">club website<\/a>: &#8220;I&#8217;m delighted to get it done, especially after speaking to the gaffer. Knowing a lot about the club, playing here a few times, I&#8217;m absolutely over the moon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had a lot of conversations with different clubs but this one felt right with me after speaking with the manager. I know how big the club is and the ambition is for the club to get promoted.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a id=\"E20MftrZQPBCTPNVsoEqwQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1250651960\" 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:'E20MftrZQPBCTPNVsoEqwQ',sig:'2V8SfOuiOFTBv2Ejm1tqOQZkR6uG-nfWl2uFFzr2K_Y=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1250651960',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rovers manager Grant McCann, who returned to the club two weeks ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk\/news\/2023\/may\/sterry-signing\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">added<\/a>: &#8220;It&#8217;s a really good signing for us. I&#8217;ve been a fan for many years now &#8211; probably rolling back to when he was at Newcastle and when we played their U21s in the EFL Trophy when I was here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s a good character, a really good player, his physical abilities and the way he wants to get forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"Markup__ParagraphWrapper-sc-13q6ywe-0 bLfZkM markup\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doncaster Rovers have confirmed the signing of right-back Jamie Sterry on a two-year deal. Sterry, 27, left Hartlepool United following their relegation to the National League. The defender played 102 times for Hartlepool over the course of a two-and-a-half-year stay. 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