JAYDEN IS ON WAY UP AGAIN

BY FRASER MACKIE

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FROM Scottish Premiership to National League South felt a long way to fall for Jayden Richardson.

But Boreham Wood proved the unusual location for the wing-back to revel in the career bounce he was craving.

Richardson is settling in well at St Mirren, eight games into a second stint in Scotland that he has grabbed with both hands.

There was a time early in England's sixth tier when he wondered if he’d gone too deep into non-league football.

But it proved just the kind of confidence rebuild Richardson needed badly.

Then Stephen Robinson made a big leap possible again by snapping up the 24-year-old for Saints.

The Nottingham Forest academy graduate said: “Having been with big clubs then going to the National League South, it was a big thing for me.

“Mentally, at the start, I was a bit wary. I didn’t know half of the teams who were in the league.