A new Cobbler; though Leon has been doing the rounds
The August transfer window may be closed but as an unregistered player the experienced Leon McKenzie was a free agent anyway, however as of Wednesday night clubs could also take players on loan.
And the recruitment of the 32-year-old former Norwich City and Coventry striker McKenzie, on a deal until the end of the current season, is certainly a coup for Northampton Town boss Ian Sampson, if he does the business in a Cobblers shirt.
Even though it's always a gamble, and he hardly set League One alight when joining Charlton on loan last term, he should give the centre-backs Bilel and Barker a good test of their potential as a long term central defensive partnership for the Shrimpers.
This helps the Northamptonshire club as they have lost forward Tadhg Purcell to a knee injury last week that will keep Purcell out for the rest of the season.
Sampson told www.northamptonchron.co.uk: "I am pleased to have got Leon in. He is an experienced striker with a good goalscoring record playing at a higher level. We have been struggling for goals and Leon will come in to try and change that. He has got an excellent CV and a good pedigree and he has a hunger to get back among the goals. He is a player I have been looking at for a while and the cup run has allowed us to bring him in."
The McKenzie Files
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leon Mark McKenzie | ||
Date of birth | 17 May 1978 (1978-05-17) | ||
Place of birth | Croydon, London, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Northampton Town | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
Crystal Palace | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1995-2000 | Crystal Palace | 85 | (7) |
1997 | → Fulham (loan) | 3 | (0) |
1998 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 14 | (8) |
2000-2003 | Peterborough United | 90 | (46) |
2003-2006 | Norwich City | 79 | (20) |
2006-2009 | Coventry City | 62 | (12) |
2009-2010 | Charlton Athletic | 12 | (0) |
2010- | Northampton Town | 0 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:42, 8 September 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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