Brady signs for Bulls.

Graham Turner has made the first signing of the off-season with a one year deal agreed with former Stevenage Borough winger Jon Brady.

Graham Westley, the Stevenage manager, had decided that Brady didn't fit into his plans after capturing the signature of former Bulls player Danny Williams and so Brady was released.

Jon Brady appeared regularly for the second half of the season but manager Westley decided that he wanted a different option for Boro's right side midfield for the new campaign, bringing in Herefords Danny Williams reported the Stevenage Official Website.

Born in Australia, Brady now 30, has been at Stevenage since December 2003. He first played for Hayes in 1996 and also had spells at Rushden, Woking and Chester. However since joining Rushden he has always moved on a free transfer.

This profile is also from Stevenage:

Jon joined Woking just prior to the start of the 2002/2003 season, from Rushden & Diamonds and then switched to Chester City at the beginning of October. Jon cost Rushden a £40,000 fee when he signed from Hayes in May 1998.

Australian Born, he has also has spells with Swansea, Wycombe and Brentford and spent a summer playing in Norway with Mjolner.

Jon gained a Conference Winners medal whilst at Rushden. He left Chester in December 2003 to take up a coaching role at Arsenal and then signed for Boro shortly afterwards.

And here is a profile from Boroguide:

The signing of Jon Brady proved to be a bit controversial in December 2003, when the midfielder had been made available by Premiership champions Arsenal to train and play with Graham Westley's team. He had departed Chester City just days before in order to take up a Highbury coaching offer, and the move came as a bit of a surprise. Brady didn't enjoy an easy start to life at Broadhall Way either. Hailed as a man who would bring an "extra dimension" to Boro's crossing, the early performances weren't encouraging, but by the end of the 2003/4 season, Brady had proved himself as one of Boro's most committed players.

Brady joins Simon Travis as the second Stevenage player to join the Bulls in recent years.

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