Shaun Gale has made Briggs his latest summer signing and is a huge coup for the club. The 30-year-old defender has just returned from International duty with Guyana in the Gold Cup and is set to feature this Saturday at Privett Park.

Briggs spoke to the club’s media team as he donned the yellow and blue saying he is “excited for the new challenge and to get the journey underway”.

With Premier League and Europa League experience under his belt, Briggs is looking to take the club to the next level and was motivated by the Chairman’s ambition for the club.

“Speaking to the Chair, Gosport is a club with ambition to get promoted to the next league and I love that and I wanted to come here and bring my experience and help as much as I can and help the team progress to the next stage,” he added.

The former Fulham man made his debut at 16 years and 68 days, featuring 13 times for the Cottagers in the Premier League before having spells at several Football League clubs including Colchester United where he played a total of 65 times for the U’s.

The left footed centre-half was most recently turning out for Vejle Boldklub in the Danish top flight until the coronavirus pandemic cut his stay in Denmark short and Gosport were able to sweep in to sign the defender.