Dorchester Town goalkeeper Simon Evans has signed a new contract which will keep him at the Nationwide South club until the summer of 2008.

The 18-year-old has become the Magpies' first choice stopper following Richard Martin's recall to parent club Brighton last month.

Evans has kept four clean sheets this season and Dorchester manager Mick Jenkins is delighted to have secured his services.

"We are very pleased with his progress and delighted he has signed," Jenkins told the Dorset Echo. "We think that highly of him to give him a long-term deal."