Jack Dean

I think I speak for everyone associated with @FarnhamTownFC when I say it’s a very sad day to see Owen Dean leave the Club. @_OwenDean7 During my time at Farnham, Owen has been one of very few constants over those four and a bit years. He’s the only player left standing that was here before I arrived, and the impact he has had both on and off the field is truly immeasurable. Every Club dreams of having ‘one of their own’ to cheer on on Saturday’s, and second to that is the cliché wish of having a 20-goal striker. We were one of the lucky clubs that had a player that embodied both of those. Over the last four years, Owen’s goals have helped fire us up the divisions, and he seems to have gotten better with each new level he plays at. He’s been around with us so long that it’s still so easy to forget he’s only 22. He’s had a brilliant Farnham Town career and, truthfully, there have been a few times over these past four years where I had come to terms with the idea of Owen leaving us because he so talented, and he had been scoring goals for fun at increasingly difficult levels. As each summer would come and go, I would count my blessings that we had survived another off season without losing our crown jewel. I want to make it very clear to the fans reading this too: we could not have done any more to convince Owen to stay. We had been speaking about a new contract for a little while and I believe it was very close prior to Yeovil Town coming to the table, at which stage it was always an uphill battle to convince him to stay. The chance for Owen to now test himself at a new club, in a new environment, training every day as a professional footballer is something he couldn’t pass up, which I totally understand. In our dealings with Owen over the years, we made it clear to him that we saw that future for him. We would’ve loved for it to be with Farnham later down the line, but when opportunity come knocking, he’s taken the chance to bet on himself – and we wish him all the best in doing so. Look after him, @YTFC ❤️

No good. #LoveIsland🏝️