Blackett signs for Posh

14 January, 2007

Football League club, Peterborough United have won the race to sign talented centre-back Shane Blackett, during the January transfer window.

Former Crawley youth star, Shane has cost the Posh £150,000 for his services and will complete his transfer on 29 January. Originally pack of a double deal with another Dagenham player, Shane ended up as the sole transfer after the other Daggers player opted to stay put.

Shane Blackett - in his Sunday football days at Crawley

A speedy, lively and talented striker with Crawley, Shane has come on leaps and bounds after being converted to a centre-back at Dagenham, picking up many man-of-the-match awards during the process and alerting many league clubs to his skills.

When Shane makes his Posh debut, he will become the third player to come through the ranks at Crawley to play league football - and all at the same time - and is a tribute to all the hard work put in by our youth coaches and the support given by the main Club to our youth section.

Currently our other two former stars are goalkeeper Dean Brill (Luton Town FC, currently on loan to Gillingham) and striker
David Galbraith (Boston United). Shane has promised Crawley a signed Posh shirt on making his debut which will be framed and proudly displayed in the Clubhouse alongside Dean and David's shirts.

Probably Shane's top memory at Crawley was when he was a pivotal member of the successful Roger Smith/Jon Freeman team which reached the final of the East Anglia cup, losing to a fine Ispwich team at the Ipswich Town FC ground.

CLICK HERE FOR THE PICTURE OF SHANE AT IPSWICH

Blackett earns pro chance

26 June, 2006

The Club has recieved news that Shane Blackett has now signed full-time professional forms for Dagenham & Redbridge.

We congratulate Shane on his achievement - and he has promised us a signed shirt if and when he reaches league status!

27 May, 2004

It has been confirmed today that former Sunday player Shane Blackett has signed for top conference team Dagenham & Redbridge.

A tall, pacy forward Shane put in some tremendous performances for us in the 2002-03 season when we nearly clinched our first Sunday premiership title.

Shane, whose father Dean also played for Crawley, had an outstanding season for us last year on Sundays whilst enjoying an even better season with Dunstable Town on Saturdays, who eventually were promoted to the Ryman league.

As a youngster, Shane played for what has been arguably our best youth team under the guidance of Roger Smith, twice reaching the East Anglia Cup Final and winning a host of cups throughout his junior career with us.

Now that Shane has signed for Dagenham, we at Crawley are pleased that we may have helped in some small way to further the career of another talented local player.