JAMIE O’HARA has signed for non-league Billericay Town.
The former Tottenham and Wolves midfielder, who recently appeared on Celebrity Big Brother, has been without a club since leaving League One outfit Gillingam last year.
I'm back on a football pitch, gotta thank @glenntamplin for giving me the opportunity he's got massive plans for this club, can't wait
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— Jamie Ohara (@Mrjamieohara1) March 23, 2017
But the 30-year-old, who spoke of his desire to return to football during his time on the reality TV show, has now joined up with Mark Wright and co at the Isthmian League Premier Division.
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Former Towie star Wright recently purchased a 20 per cent stake in the Essex side.
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Speaking to The Sun on the move, O’Hara said: “Mark called me and asked if I wanted to be involved.
“I met the owner and he’s got big plans so I wanted to sign.”
O’Hara, who dumped CBB romance Bianca Gascoigne days after leaving the show, got £55k a week at the height of his career.
Billericay Town is owned by Glenn Tamplin.
The ambitious new owner, 44, took over from Steve Kent in December 2016, determined to turn the Essex outfit into a non-league force.
On taking over the club, Tamplin promised to pump up to £10,000-a-week into the club, saying:“£5,000 a week isn’t a lot to me but it will be in 10 years’ time if I have put a £1million in…”
In February, SunSport reported the non-league football outfit had swooped to sign former Liverpool and Fulham full-back Paul Konchesky.
The 35-year-old joined after a stint at Gillingham and was the first ‘marquee’ signing under Tamplin’s ambitious tenure.
Meanwhile Britt Assombalomba’s brother Christian is on the books at Billericay Town, along with former Ipswich Town man Byron Lawrence, ex-Brentford stopper Alan Julian and former QPR and Leicester striker Ricky Sappleton.
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