Blue Square Premier club Forest Green Rovers have announced that they have signed on a month`s loan 28-year-old Jon Challinor from Cambridge United to initially fill the void caused by the serious injury sustained by Mike Fowler.
Challinor, who hails from Peterborough, started his football career as a trainee with Rushden & Diamonds and has now made well in excess of 300 appearances in the Football Conference as part of successful winning teams at Aldershot and Exeter City.
At his current club Cambridge United he has missed out on promotion in the past two years, losing two Promotion Finals at Wembley.
Assistant-manager David Brown is very pleased with this capture and does not rule out that the player could stay for longer but his main thrust is to ensure a balanced squad for the opening weeks of the season.
Challinor met the players and trained with them on Friday morning and will be considered for selection on Saturday when the opening fixture takes place at home to Kettering Town.
