Much-travelled striker Jody Banim has re-signed for Blue Square North club Droylsden to begin a FIFTH spell at the Butcher`s Arms.
Born in Manchester, Banim started out as a youngster with Manchester United and was a trainee at Old Trafford in 1995/96 season before being released and joining Trafford.
A brief trial at Altrincham followed but he moved on to Flixton in 1998. In 2001 he joined Radcliffe Borough where he made 125 appearances and scored a phenomenal ninety-seven goals, netting in fourteen successive matches in one spell.
In December 2003, his performances prompted a move for £20,000 to Shrewsbury Town who were in the Conference at that time.
After a total of seventeen games for the Shrews in their promotion season, he joined Accrington Stanley and Droylsden before arriving at Stalybridge Celtic in 2005.
He rejoined Radcliffe in March 2006 on loan before rejoining Stalybridge and then Droylsden, again, in August 2007 for their promotion into the Conference.
During the 2007/08 season he made forty-one appearances and scored ten times for the Bloods.
From February to April 2008 he was on loan at Torquay United where he made eight appearances without scoring.
In May 2008 he joined Burton Albion but did not establish himself as a regular at the Pirelli Stadium and he returned to Altrincham on loan in January 2009 and then back to Droylsden before going off to the United States to join Real Maryland Monarchs.
