George Dobson: From south-east London to north Wales, via Hungary

“Because I knew the gaffer I told him I was available and a deal was done 48 hours later. It was that quick,” Dobson said.

“It was an interesting summer because I wasn’t on the market – it literally happened that fast.

“When you have a manager and an assistant in Steve [Parkin] who I worked under as well, they trust you and I enjoyed working for them.

“There were so many things that aligned into one.

“It felt like it was meant to be and when it all got sorted that quickly I jumped at it.”

Dobson arrived in north Wales having been Charlton’s captain for the past two seasons

Parkinson spoke of “leadership quality” when Dobson’s signing was announced and the player himself recognises the importance of having leaders within the squad.

“I feel that I do bring leadership qualities and hopefully I can add to the group,” Dobson said.

“That’s the big thing I’ve realised since I’ve been at the club is the amount of leaders there are in the dressing room.

“You can tell why the team’s been so successful because every team has bad spells but you then need big characters to get you out of them spells and to be able to keep going.

“You can see by the characters in the dressing room and the driving of standards is why the club has done so well over the past couple of years.”