Seagulls sign new striker

COLWYN BAY manager Neil Young has made an early signing for next season by snapping up highly-rated 18-year-old striker Tom McGill from West Cheshire League side Capenhurst Villa.
The teenager, who is a strong attacking player with pace, has made a big impact in the league this season scoring 28 goals including two hat-tricks.
The manager is also in discussions with two other players at the moment who he hopes to bring on board, with more in the pipeline.
He praised the present squad for their efforts at the end of season's awards (May 16), describing them as a "fantastic group of players" who had shown great commitment to the club.
He said that after the first game when he took over he wondered what he had let himself in for, but the players already there had gained confidence from playing with the players he brought in and to win the Club of the Month award twice in February and March had been a tremendous achievement by the team.
He felt the win at Lancaster City in December had been the turning point, while the home wins over Halifax and Newcastle Blue Star were the highlights of their good run after that.
He thanked his backroom staff and the supporters, particularly those that have travelled to give the team tremendous away support, for the part they had played and the Cartwright family for the support they had given him.
Some of the squad are likely to be released as the manager looks to build for next season and he will be releasing more news on that in the next week or so once he has had a chance to talk to the players individually.
Top scorer Rob Hopley picked up a hat-trick of trophies at the awards day, winning the Director's Player of the Season, Manager's Player of the Season and Players' Player of Season awards, while Dean Canning won the Supporters vote and Farai Jackson got the newly introduced Community Award for his help with the club's community projects including the Colwyn Bay promenade day.
Patricia Cartwright also made a special presentation to Sheila Jones who has handed over £1,500 to the club this season from the club shop.
Injuries continue to haunt the squad, however, with Steve Aspinall, who missed the closing games with a leg injury thought to be deep bruising, has now had that injury diagnosed as a fractured fibia and has had the leg put in the plaster.
Graham Branch has also had to undergo a third operation on the eye socket he fractured at Rossendale in April.
Skipper Dave Challinor is out of plaster after further x-rays showed he had not broken his leg afterall, but had ruptured the membrane between the tibia and fibia.