Dylan Gavin

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Elgin City new signing Dylan Gavin speaks about full-time football at Charlton Athletic, playing alongside team-mate and house-mate Dajon Golding at Tonbridge Angels.

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00:00The manager got in contact with my agent and my agent told me about the move up to Heriot.

00:05It was a no-brainer because I was out with football for about two or three months and I wanted to get back straight into it.

00:11I wanted to go to a different place. It's in Scotland so it's the right place.

00:15I've always wanted to play in Scotland so that would have been the right move.

00:18Great opportunity for you. Obviously you've been at Charlton for, what was it, three years was it?

00:23Four.

00:25Full-time football there and obviously it happens so often in football that you get at least a place in one of these big clubs.

00:32It must have been a great experience being involved in that big club like Charlton.

00:35Yeah it was. I made my debut. Lee Bowyer gave me my debut so that was a good experience.

00:40Then I went on a couple of loans. I went to four clubs I think.

00:44I went on the first one and then the last three or four there were good loans, good teams, top teams.

00:50All the loans were brilliant. All the staff were brilliant to me as well.

00:53The club was just an unbelievable club.

00:55I think we saw one of your goals at Billaricay was it?

00:58It was one of those special strikes that you cracked in from distance and you've proved that you've got that in your locker.

01:04Not just a penalty box player, you can strike them from distance as well.

01:07That was a good experience for me because my family was there as well.

01:10They all came off to watch the game so it was actually special for them as well.

01:13So your family will be coming to Elgin to watch as well?

01:15They'll be coming next week for this game.

01:17Well that's a big one of course. You'll be hoping to make your official debut in that match and be part of the scene.

01:23It's a massive game for Elgin.

01:25It's a big game. Hopefully a good crowd will come down as well.

01:27I know heaps of brilliant good crowds as well.

01:29This year I'm aiming to get a step back up, get my fitness back up again.

01:33Hopefully score a few goals and get the team into the play-offs in order to get promoted.

01:38Where is the fitness at the moment would you say?

01:40I'm not that fit at the moment but I need to put in extra work to get back to where I was before.

01:46Where will you be based?

01:48I'm living in Lossiemouth. Me, Dejan and I are going to live in a flat together.

01:54So you're going to be local guys.

01:56It could potentially be a partnership up front between the two of you as well.

02:01It would be a good partnership because we played together down in Tunbridge.

02:04We were there for a few weeks. I got injured then.

02:07Dejan's a really good lad.

02:09We're living together. There's a good connection anyway.

02:11Obviously we've played before.

02:13If we get the opportunity, the two of us will be a good partnership.

02:17Hopefully. You never know.

02:19You're someone who's used to full-time training at a part-time club like Elgin.

02:23You've just got to train when you can, go to the sessions and work on it.

02:25Are you confident that come the start of the League 2 season you'll be in good shape and ready to go?

02:29It's a different environment.

02:31A different experience as well, obviously being part-time.

02:35I'm doing other stuff outside the club as well.

02:37I'll get used to it anyway.

02:40Hopefully get back into full-time soon.

02:42What's your early feel about Elgin City?

02:44About the place, the ground and the style of play here?

02:47I'm only here a week.

02:49It's a good club.

02:51It's a really nice club.

02:53It's well run.

02:55I know the big fans as well.

02:57I can't wait to get going and play in front of the home crowd.

03:00Hopefully score a few goals.

03:02That's what they're hoping for as well?

03:03Hopefully.

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