Chesterfield set to face Spurs winger who impressed against them for Doncaster Rovers
Chesterfield’s next opponents Bromley have signed a player who has already scored against the Spireites this season.
Damola Ajayi, 20, netted and impressed in Doncaster Rovers’ 5-1 win against the Blues in the EFL Trophy in early December. And now the winger, who belongs to Spurs, has joined the Ravens on loan for the rest of the season.
Ajayi was actually in the youth set-up at Bromley as a teenager so he is back at a club he knows well. The lively wideman was on Spurs’ bench for their Europa League final win against Manchester United last season and qualified for a winners’ medal.
Ajayi made 19 appearances in all competitions for Doncaster, including 11 in League One, but his aim now is to help Bromley, who are top of League Two after winning seven in a row, kick-on with their promotion push.
"He is a player that we like,” Woodman said. “He is an exciting player. He has played in the first-team at Tottenham and he has got a real bright future. He has added something a little bit different at the top of the pitch and we are delighted that Tottenham have helped us let him come to us on loan.”
Over the years it has been Bromley who have been chasing Chesterfield in the National League and now League Two but the Ravens are 11 points clear of them ahead of Saturday’s 12.30pm kick-off at the SMH Group Stadium. These games usually produce lots of drama, goals and controversy and Woodman thinks it will be a good marker to see where his team are at.
He said: “It’s been a good week. The guys are in good spirits. They have got their heads down and ploughing into each game. There’s no big noise, the guys are just pretty grounded.”
On Chesterfield, he added: "It is a difficult place to go. Their fans are always up for the game and their staff and their players will always be up for it. But we are going there slightly differently than we did before. Normally we are the team chasing but we are going there top of the pile so hopefully we are going there with a different approach and mindset than we have had in the past. It will be a test of where we are, I think.”