Andy Hessenthaler has bolstered his attacking options with the signing of striker Ade Yusuff from National League South side Dulwich Hamlet.

The 25-year-old joined Dulwich from Folkestone Invicta in May this year and scored seven goals in 15 appearances during his time with them.

The former Dagenham & Redbridge man scored 51 goals in 102 appearances for Neil Cugley’s side before making the move to full-time with Dulwich.

Prior to joining the then League Two Daggers, Yussuf played for Chatham Town, scoring 24 goals in 38 games.

He also a week’s trial at Manchester United as a youngster before spells at Charlton and Stevenage.

Yusuff, who will wear the no 14 shirt, is in contention to make his debut for Dover in the National League match at Chorley on Saturday 21st December due to being cup-tied for the FA Trophy.

Welcome to Crabble Ade!

 

Kevin Lokko is back and aiming to give Whites’ fans some much needed Christmas cheer.

Dover’s captain returned to the starting line-up last Saturday after coming off injured against Stockport County in October, but was unable to prevent Athletic slipping to a seventh home defeat of the season,  a 2-0 loss to Boreham Wood.

Now with a busy festive schedule of six matches in three weeks, including Kent derbies against Ebbsfleet and Bromley, Lokko is aiming to lead Dover back up into play-off contention.

He said: “We have two games in hand and points wise we aren’t far off where we want to be.  We would like to be higher up the table, but it is just the fact we have been poor at home.

“I think we need to simplify things at Crabble.  We need to keep it simple and really go back to basics by just putting the balls into the right areas and being solid all over the pitch.

“After last week against Peterborough we expected to deliver a response against Boreham Wood and to go and produce the performance we did is not acceptable.

“Our boss Andy Hessenthaler was very disappointed and as players, we let him, the fans and the club down.”

After missing seven matches prior to last weekend’s loss, the 24-year-old is ready to help turn around the club’s current form, starting with Saturday’s FA Trophy trip to National League North leaders King’s Lynn Town.

He said:  “I’m feeling good and Saturday was the first time in about six weeks that I have felt pain-free.  It was a really tough rehab and hopefully, now I can help the lads get back to winning ways.”

“King’s Lynn are flying up at the top of the National League North and we won’t take them lightly.  They are a very good team and will cause us a few problems, but it’s another competitive game that we need to try and win as the Trophy is a competition that could take us to Wembley.”

As for Athletic’s current league status, Lokko said:  “At this point it could go either way.  We can either get caught up in another dogfight like last season or we can end up pushing for the play-offs and further, so it will be a pivotal part of the season.

“There are a lot of games coming up so we need to get back to earning three points on a regular basis.”