With the 2025/26 season in full flow, we take another look at how Sutton’s on-loan players have fared across the English non-league pyramid throughout November.

Kicking things off in the Isthmian League South Central Division, Mehmet Halim got off to a goalscoring start to life at Leatherhead, having joined the Tanners on a dual registration deal ahead of their clash with Hayes & Yeading United.

Despite just a few hours in the building before making his debut, the midfielder started against the Hillingdon-based side and got off to an extremely promising start, producing a great pass to pick out Nathan Hogan who smashed the ball past Arber Grosha to put Leatherhead ahead, before turning from provider to scorer, volleying home Louie Paget’s cross to make it a goal and an assist on debut.

This was followed by a second successive start as the Tanners fell to a second defeat of the campaign against title rivals Westfield, with Halim playing 74 minutes at Fetcham Grove.

Moving up a step, George Vorster continued his superb spell at Burgess Hill Town with another two goals, helping the Hillians secure two wins and two draws, prior to being rewarded with his league debut for Sutton on Saturday.

He started with a substitute appearance against Welling United, before notching his fifth goal of the season with the winner against Cray Valley (Paper Mills), nipping ahead of his man before firing through a crowd and into the bottom corner, and this was followed by a couple of chances in a 1-1 draw with Dulwich Hamlet.

Further appearances against AFC Whyteleafe and Cray Wanderers then preceded another goal, this time in a dramatic 4-3 defeat to St. Albans City. Ben Pope did well to hold the ball up before finding Vorster on the break, dancing around his man with ease before nutmegging the goalkeeper.

Speaking of Cray Valley, Liam Moore made his return from injury by featuring as a substitute in a 1-1 draw with Lewes, and was followed by another appearance off the bench against Aveley before starting in a 1-1 draw against Billericay Town, playing 73 minutes as Matthew Vigor’s penalty rescued a point in Essex.

He then played 90 minutes against Vorster’s Burgess Hill, before notching his first goal of the season inside the opening minute against Dulwich Hamlet, paving the way for the Millers to win 3-1 at Champion Hill, and preceded another cameo against Dartford.

Moving up non-league, Siju Odelusi has risen into the starting XI at Dover Athletic after starting his first game on the bench and missing out the following week with injury.

The midfielder made his first appearance of November in a 4-1 win over Enfield Town, before making his first true contribution during his stint in Kent with his first goal of the season against Dorchester Town. A driving run from Francis Mampolo led to a deflected strike that dropped kindly for Odelusi, who made no mistake from close range and seal a 2-0 win in the Isuzu FA Trophy Second Round.

He subsequently earned a third start for the Whites in a 2-1 win over Weston-super-Mare – a crucial win over the team who currently occupy second spot in the National League South – before making it five unbeaten with a 2-0 win over Slough Town, with Odelusi again starting, and almost getting off the mark for Dover shortly before the hour-mark.

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Across to the National League North, Jaiden White was an unused substitute in Hereford’s 1-1 draw with Chester, and was made to wait for his second debut for the Bulls after their game against Marine was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

Dillon De Silva appeared just once in November for Tamworth after his goalscoring debut against Boston United at the end of October, with a brief cameo against in the Lambs’ FA Cup defeat to Leyton Orient preceding a trip to Sri Lanka, with the 23-year old joining up with Golden Army on international duty for a do or die Asia Cup qualifier against Thailand.

De Silva’s loan at the Lamb Ground has since come to an end, and he has now returned to Sutton.

Finally, Nana Boateng made his long-awaited return to action after securing a loan move to Hemel Hempstead Town on Friday. The forward subsequently made his Tudors debut – and his first appearance since the final day of the 2024/25 campaign – with an 11-minute cameo off the bench in a 3-1 win over Tonbridge Angels, being introduced just moments before Isaiah Noel-Williams added Hemel’s third and final goal of the afternoon.

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