Even in such a modern fast-moving world, there are not many industries to rival football for the speed with which circumstances can change. Nevertheless, during the course of the last four years, a lot has happened to Jai Reason. The 23 year-old, the chief creative spark in Eastleigh’s ever improving team under the charge of Richard Hill, arrived at the Silverlake in the summer of 2012. In keeping with what had been a turbulent recent period in Jai’s football life, Ian Baird, the manager who had brought him to the club, was removed from his post with the new season only weeks old. Having taken the decision to step down from playing Conference Premier football with Braintree Town, it could have made for an unsettling period for one of the Spitfires’ marquee signings. ‘It happens in football. You get different managers at different clubs and, at that particular point in time, the club wasn’t going in the direction that the chairman wanted it to go and it’s entirely up t...
