Daggers bring in first new signing of the summer

4:25pm Monday 2nd June 2008

DAGENHAM AND REDBRIDGE have made their first new signing of the summer with the acquisition of Staines Town hitman Mark Nwokeji.

The 26-year-old striker finished last season as the Ryman Premier League's top scorer, bagging 25 goals from just 34 games, and Daggers boss John Still wasted no time in securing the forward after fending off competition from a number of other league clubs.

Nwokeji also played an influential role in Staines' fine FA Cup run last year, scoring the winning goal against Woking which set up their giant-killing win over Stockport County.

The forward had previously enjoyed two prolific spells with Walton and Hersham, but it is his stint with Staines that has made some of the football league's teams sit up and take notice.

Nwokeji is the first name to be brought in to Victoria Street while six players have moved in the opposite direction - the latest of which is striker Jamie Taylor, who joins Grays Athletic after a loan spell with the Blue Square Premier club last season.

Taylor's exit follows the departure of Sam Sloma, Shabazz Baidoo, Chris Moore and Ross Smith, whose contracts were not renewed, while midfielder Dave Rainford quit the club to focus on his profession as a school teacher.

Marlon Patterson may also be on his way out of Victoria Road after he was put on the transfer list at the end of the season.

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