Former Sheffield Wednesday and Bradford City defender seals non-league switch after honest social media plea

Young defender Kwame Boateng, whose short stint with the Owls ended in the summer when he was not kept on at the end of his contract, is a Northern Premier League Premier Division player having signed on with West Yorkshire side Guiseley AFC.

Boateng, 23, is a former Bradford City player and made the bench for Guiseley in their draw with Gainsborough Trinity on Tuesday evening, a clash that saw him face-off against former Owls colleague Liam Waldock, who scored the home side’s goal in a 1-1 draw.

Speaking to The Star last month, Boateng described his difficulty in finding a new club having trialled with a number of non-league clubs including Altrincham.

He posted on Twitter to advertise his availability and received a warm response from Wednesday fans.

“I didn’t know whether I’d be released or not,” he told The Star. “It felt 50/50 to me. I’d spent so much time training with the first team and training with them more often than not.

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“I wanted to feature in some [first team] games, but because of the position the first team were in in terms of chasing promotion that didn’t really work in my favour in terms of being able to show what I could do.

“When I didn’t feature in the first team at all, given my age in being one of the oldest in the under-23s, to be honest it didn’t come as the biggest shock in the world.”