I remember driving down to Oxford on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 in order to have a first training session with Oxford City the following night.

I didn't know what to expect, but I remember being very surprised.

The training was sharp, the team was talented and most of all, they wanted to play football.

I had never played at this level and I had my suspicions of what it may be like but Oxford City turned out to be the very opposite.

I played my first game for the club that weekend and I can remember it vividly.

It wasn’t because we dramatically lost 3-0 at home to Barrow; it was because I loved it.

Of course, I hated the losing and I hated the scoreline but being back in a football club was the best thing ever.

I can’t really explain how grateful I am to the players, supporters and the staff for not only welcoming me into the club but for giving me the opportunity to play football again.

Not only was I back in the game but I was at a club where the philosophy and ethos of the team was to adopt a passing style and to play football as it should be played.

I couldn’t have asked to be part of a better team.

That season we missed out on a spot in the play-offs by a point.

It was hard to take especially as we deserved to be there but this season has been even better and I felt even more comfortable within the football club and hopefully that was expressed on the field.

I have no doubts that the current players and staff can bring success to Oxford City.

The football club is doing everything right and I wish them all the best for the rest of the season and in the FA Trophy against Woking.

There has been a long-standing joke within the dressing room that I would never be captain of the team.

As you can imagine, I couldn’t understand why.

The gaffer even gave new signings Dave King and Laurie Walker the responsibility of leading the team over myself.

Therefore, against Cheltenham, when Darren Pond was taken off the field due to injury and I was told to pass the armband to vice-captain Josetxo Lapoujade, let’s just say it didn’t get there.

Finally, after a year of waiting and pestering, I captained Oxford City.

I really don’t care that it was only for a cameo 20 minutes or that I wasn’t meant to have the armband.

I wanted the armband because I was proud to be playing for Oxford City and part of such an amazing football club.

It was the right time for me to leave and move on in my career but I am proud to have worn the Oxford City shirt and I will always be in debt to the football club for what they did for me.