IT’S hardly a tale of Biblical proportion, but stories of one former non-league player’s success appears to have inspired Arbroath’s new talisman.
Sean Adarkwa, once of West Ham, revealed in the aftermath of his first senior goal that Dick Campbell had regaled him with anecdotes of Joel Nouble’s fruitful spell in Angus last season.
The similarities can’t really be ignored. Both had plied their trade in the lower echelons of the English game before coming north. Both are a handful, full of guile and off-the-ball intelligence. And both netted their maiden Arbroath goal in a 2-2 draw at Somerset Park.
