{"id":635581,"date":"2026-10-19T20:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T20:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/635581\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T20:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T20:00:08","slug":"new-zealand-goalkeeper-jamie-searle-makes-another-english-club-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/635581\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand goalkeeper Jamie Searle makes another English club switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand international goalkeeper Jamie Searle has joined his second English National League club in a month, signing a non-contract agreement with Wealdstone.<\/p>\n<p>Searle (25) has moved to the London-based club after a brief spell with Eastleigh, whom he joined on a short-term deal in September.<\/p>\n<p>Wealdstone have confirmed the signing of Searle alongside fellow goalkeeper Sam Long (23), who has arrived on a 28-day loan from League Two club Salford City.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo: Jamie Searle \u2026 another move in England. Photo credit: Wealdstone FC.<\/p>\n<p>The two arrivals give Wealdstone additional goalkeeping options as they continue their campaign in England\u2019s fifth tier.<\/p>\n<p>Searle joined Eastleigh on September 18, 2026, after becoming a free agent following his departure from National League South club Eastbourne Borough.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsoffootballnz.com\/2026\/09\/21\/new-zealand-goalkeeper-jamie-searle-joins-english-national-league-club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: New Zealand goalkeeper Jamie Searle joins English National League club Eastbourne<\/a> &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>The latest move continues a career that has taken the Whakatane-born goalkeeper through several English clubs since he left New Zealand in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Searle began his football career with Whakatane Town and later played for Cambridge and Melville United before securing an opportunity with Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<p>He subsequently joined Swansea City in 2020 and moved to Barnsley two years later.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2023, he signed for Forest Green Rovers, spending two seasons with the club before joining Eastbourne Borough in June 2025.<\/p>\n<p>He made eight appearances in all competitions for Eastbourne before leaving.<\/p>\n<p>At international level, Searle has earned one senior cap for New Zealand, playing the full 90 minutes against New Caledonia in a FIFA Men\u2019s World Cup qualifier in March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>He was also a member of New Zealand\u2019s squad at the Tokyo Olympic Games, where the OlyWhites reached the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p>This story was first published on October 20, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsoffootballnz.com\/latest-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More football stories<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Zealand international goalkeeper Jamie Searle has joined his second English National League club in a month, signing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2965,298473,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-635581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-all-whites","tag-jamie-searle","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}