Dagenham & Redbridge are pleased to announce the signing of Dorchester Town striker Phil Walsh. The 25-year-old, who can also play in the centre of defence, has netted four goals this season, and moves to the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Stadium on a contract until May 2012.

Phil is a powerful centre forward who began his career at Almondsbury before joining Clevedon Town in January 2003. His father, Alan, also played for Clevedon and they became the first father and son to play for Clevedon in the Southern League. He switched to Taunton Town in September that year then rejoined Clevedon in November 2003 and then re-signed for Almondsbury in the summer of 2004.

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From there he moved to Southern League Bath City in 2005. Despite scoring some crucial goals as Bath won the Southern League title he was loaned out to Paulton Rovers, as well as two spells at Tiverton. He joined Newport County during the 2008 close season but with first team opportunities hard to come by at the Blue Square South side, he was happy to make Tiverton his temporary home in September before signing permanently at Ladysmead in December 2008. Having scored 14 goals in his three spells at Tiverton he moved south to Dorchester in March 2009 for a small fee

He played his last game for Dorchester, currently caretaker-managed by former Daggers defender Ashley Vickers, in the New Years day fixture with local rivals Weymouth.

Manager John Still said, "I'm delighted to make the signing.

"We will be paying a fee for him, but it's only a small one.

"He is a six foot three inch centre-forward and will add to our front-line.

"We haven't got the biggest of squads, so signing Phil definitely strengthens that."

Besides the small fee, the Daggers will be playing a pre season fixture at Dorchester prior to the 2010/11 season