Harrogate Town transfer news: 'Natural finisher' with scope to improve is latest recruit
Harrogate Town believe they have added a "natural finisher" to their squad by signing last year's top scorer in Conference South.
Brad Dolaghan's 23 goals for champions Worthing was bettered by five players in the northern division but crucially only Fylde's Danny Ormerod, who got 28, is younger.
In landing Dolaghan on a three-year contract, Harrogate believe they have a player who showed great promise as a teenager, and who can continue improving at Wetherby Road.
“We’re delighted to have him here, he’s a young, exciting centre-forward who knows where the back of the net is,” said the Sulphurites' head of recruitment Lloyd Kelly, who has now brought 11 new players to the club ready for their return to the Conference.
“He’s a natural finisher, gets in great positions and has great movement, and at 21 he’s only going to get better.”
Harrogate have lacked a reliable goalscorer since Luke Armstrong's head was turned by interest from Wrexham in the summer 2023 transfer window. A move to Wales failed to materialise for him, and Armstrong instead joined Carlisle United in the mid-season window.
Jack Muldoon scored 11 goals in 2023-24 but no other centre-forward has reached double-figure league goals for Harrogate since. Muldoon was joint top-scorer last season (with Stephen Duke-McKenna) but only netted five times as the club were relegated from the Football League after six seasons.
Dolaghan was in his second spell at Worthing, having had a one-year interlude at West Ham United in 2024-25 after just ten first-team games on the south coast. The Hammers loaned Dolaghan to Aldershot, where he won the FA Trophy.