FRAZER SHAW, who was capped by England C after a fantastic campaign with Dulwich Hamlet, has signed a one-year deal with Leyton Orient.
The left-back, 20, was a key part of Ryman Premier Dulwich’s team last season and was rewarded with 90 minutes for England C in their victory over Republic of Ireland U21s in Galway.
And he has now done enough on trial at the League Two side to warrant a contract. He played under current O’s boss Ian Hendon while in the academy at former club West Ham.
He was released by the Hammers at the end of the 2013-14 season and subsequently dropped into Non-League to join Gavin Rose’s Hamlet.
Hendon said: “I feel he has benefited from his spell in Non-League. I think he has grown up and I had him at the U21 level at West Ham.
“He was very good at that level but for one reason or another he drifted away from the professional game for a year but he has come back, looks strong and he is going to be physically better off because he has been dealing with men every week rather than in U21 football.
“To me he looks like he has developed. Technically I know what he is about and he has got to get fitter, but to be fair to him he has worked hard over pre-season, but when you have been out of the full-time game for a year it takes a bit of time to get back to how you were.”
