Ed joined the club in the 2005/6 season and provided the 1st XI with two things that they had lacked for so long: a football-playing defender and an aggressive and vocal presence. Comfortable at centre-half or right-back, Ed has in latter seasons also filled in as a defensive central midfielder and he always plays the game with a passion few can match.

Ed was part of the victorious Dunn Cup-winning squad in 2006/7, starting the Final at centre-half. He also played in all but three of the 1st XI’s sixteen League matches in 2009/10 when they went on to lift the title. He scored Harrow’s only goal, a perfectly placed curled effort from the edge of the box, in a vital 1-1 draw away to Lancing and was superb at the back alongside Fred Milln in the decisive wins against Charterhouse towards the end of the season.

By this time Ed had also featured for the League Representative side, just rewards for his excellent displays for the OHAFC.

Sadly, a job offer in Kenya deprived the side of his pearls of wisdom (and Milln of his sparring partner) in 2010/11, missing the first half of the season and returning in early February to play in seven of the last eight games.

In 2011/12, the central defensive pairing of Milln and Will Orr-Ewing played so consistently well that Ed was allowed to move to his favoured position of right-back. He enjoyed a fine season there, playing in thirteen of the eighteen League games.

In May 2012 Ed was selected the new 1st XI skipper after coming out on top of a ballot amongst the squad and despite having to endure a difficult first season in charge, he emerged with some credit, leading the side to fourth in the League and into the semi-finals of the Arthur Dunn Cup. Ed made seventeen appearances for the team and adapted his management style to take into account the very inconsistent availability of his squad throughout the season.

Sadly, the inconsistent availability continued into 2013/14 making his job tougher than it should have been. Commitment levels among the squad dropped and Ed found his work cut out some weeks just to name a starting XI. He played in 13 games but his absence from some key encounters - the opening game of the season, the Dunn Cup match and the visit to Charterhouse - didn't help.

The following campaign proved to be the nadir with the 1s finishing bottom of the Premier Division by a huge margin, winning only three times all season. The injuries and poor commitment among the squad continued to make Ed's life a misery on and off the pitch and, coupled with work problems, Ed endured a miserable campaign.

To his great credit, Ed galvanised the troops for the 2015/16 season, leading the side back into the Premier Division at the first time of asking, as well as a run to the quarter-finals of the Dunn Cup. Ed led by example, playing in fourteen of the eighteen League games and all three Dunn games. With defending a priority, Ed deployed himself to great effect in a holding midfield role, a position that allowed him to shield the back four and a move that resulted in the side achieving the best defensive record in the division until the last couple of games when availability tailed away.

In 2016/17, Ed's last as skipper, he once again led by example, playing in sixteen games and scoring a rare goal. But with the high churn of players it once again proved beyond him to lead the team to safety and so, disappointingly, he ended his five seasons as skipper with relegation back to Division One.

Nevertheless, he continues to be a valuable player for both the 1s and the Veterans, his passion and enthusiasm showing no signs of diminishing despite his late-thirties now approaching fast.