Former Weymouth defender Stephen Reed has joined Blue Square Premier club Grays Athletic on a month`s loan from Coca-Cola League Two side Macclesfield Town.
The left-back, who joined the Silkmen from the Terras in the summer, missed pre-season training through injury and has since struggled to break into the first-team.
Devon-born Reed began his career as a trainee with Yeovil Town, turning professional in September 2002.
He made his Conference debut in April 2003 as a substitute in a 4–0 away win against Dagenham & Redbridge, his only appearance as Yeovil won promotion to the Football League.
His League debut came in November 2003 – being was sent-off late in the game as Yeovil lost 2–1 to Bury.
In October 2004 he joined Forest Green Rovers on loan, spending two months with the Nailsworth side.
Further loan spells followed the next season, in August 2005 with Woking and the following month with Aldershot Town.
In March 2006 he joined Torquay United on loan, moving to Plainmoor on a free transfer at the end of the season.
Reed left Torquay by mutual consent in February 2007, joining Tiverton Town the same day. He later joined Weston-super-Mare until the end of the season. In May 2007 he signed for Cambridge United, moving to Weymouth just over a year later.
He left the Terras in April 2009 due to an "internal club matter" but joined Macc a month later.
He joins Grays ahead of their weekend match against Luton Town, and Silkmen boss Keith Alexander said: "He's a player who hasn't been getting much in the way of first-team action, which is partly down to the good form of our other left-sided players, Carl Tremarco and Colin Daniel at the moment.
"But we know that Christmas is a tough period and we want all of our players firing on all cylinders. The best way to do that is have them playing games."
