NEEDHAM Market Manager Danny Laws has been active in the transfer market but has signed a defender not the expected striker. Six-foot tall defender Patrick Bexfield has signed for the Bloomfields-based side after an unsuccessful spell at fellow Ridgeons Premier side Wisbech Town where he was injured on his debut.

NEEDHAM Market Manager Danny Laws has been active in the transfer market but has signed a defender not the expected striker.

Six-foot tall defender Patrick Bexfield has signed for the Bloomfields-based side after an unsuccessful spell at fellow Ridgeons Premier side Wisbech Town where he was injured on his debut.

The 19-year-old former Norwich City player, who played a number of Reserve games and appeared on the first-team substitutes bench at Carrow Road, has now fully recovered and will replace the injured Dan Pilcher who looks like being sidelined for the season with a cartilage injury.