Owen Windsor is looking forward to Saturday’s home clash with Swindon Town more than anyone else in the Carlisle United squad.
Swindon Town are the visitors to Brunton Park and they are the club where Windsor made his initial start in the game.
The 20-year-old forward says: “It’s my old club, where I’m from, however it doesn’t really affect how I play on Saturday. It’s another team I want to beat. It doesn’t really affect it.
“They’ve always been a good team, always been a footballing side and in this league they’re always going to be tough opposition. It’s one for us to look forward to.”
Windsor had stepped away from the pro ranks, leaving the youth set-up at Swindon to test himself in non-league.
He told the club website: “I started as a youngster at Swindon, and I think I did about eight years there, but I went into non-league and it was my own decision to do that.
“It was the club I supported and it was a great place to be, but I thought it was better for me to get into men’s football sooner rather than later.
“Playing senior football at the age of 16 is arguably the period where I learned most. It got me the move to West Brom, and I think having had a mix of the academy and non-league, has possibly given me a really big advantage.
“You learn the technical aspects, but you also see the dark arts and how to use them in your own game. It’s been a really good mix, and that’s why I still want loan moves now, because I want to learn as much as I can.”
Windsor, who scored against Port Vale on his United debut, scored six goals in 17 games for Cirencester and that initiated a move to West Brom.
Since then he’s had a brief loan move back to Cirencester, to Taunton Town and also to Grimsby and Newport.
Although Grimsby Town were relegated to the National League last season he was not there for the second half of the season when things were getting desperate.
Initially a season long loan, he had scored twice in 13 games for the Mariners but fell out of favour with boss Ian Holloway in December, 2020 and he returned to West Brom.
He then had a fortnight at Newport on loan before again returning to the Hawthorns, playing just the one game.
Windsor says: “Obviously Grimsby went through a bad spell last season, and it’s a similar situation in terms of where we are in the league, and obviously the fans and everyone at the club wants us to win games and get points.
“But sometimes things like this happen to a team and you have to get through it. But I feel like the players here are good technically and we’re a team that could definitely be higher up the league.
“It’s now about making it work. We have some younger lads who are still settling and we have to wait for it to connect. When it does, we’ll get results and wins, we all know that.”
