Rhys Murphy joins Dorking

Striker Rhys Murphy has left National League South champions Yeovil Town for Dorking Wanderers.

The former Arsenal youngster will remain in Step 2 with Marc White’s side, having scored 10 league goals in an injury-impacted campaign with the Glovers.

Murphy is the fourth player to arrive for Dorking this summer as they seek an immediate return to the National League. He follows Jordan Norville-Williams, Harrison Foulkes and Brennan Camp to Meadowbank.

Manager White was thrilled with his new arrival, telling the club’s official website:

“In every strategy, we make no secret of the fact that we want to bounce back straight away.

“I felt like we needed to add goals into the team, Rhys is a prolific England schoolboy, extremely professional, relatively local living in Worthing. He plays between the boxes, a real out and out goal scorer.

“When you’re trying to win a title, you need to have four to five boys that can score goals. Rhys joins Jason (Prior), Alfie (Rutherford), and a returning (James) McShane as part of our strike force.

“We’re trying to win a division, and with that you need to make strategical choices.”

His contract will come into effect on July 1.