Derry City re-sign midfielder Harry Monaghan

Derry City have announced that midfielder Harry Monaghan has signed a deal with the club for the 2017 season.

The Scotsman made 13 appearances for the Candystripes this year having signed from Stenhousemuir in January.

Monaghan scored twice for Kenny Shiels’ men in 2016 as they secured third place in the Airtricity League, in the process securing European football at the Brandywell for the first time in three seasons.

The Foylesiders also reached the last-four of both the FAI Cup and the EA Sports Cup and spoke to derrycityfc.net following the announcement of his new deal of his desire to go a step further next season.

“In every aspect, we want to go one better. We had two ‘semis’ so why not go for the finals next year,” said Monaghan.

“Last year the pre-season was brilliant and I’m looking forward to getting going again.”

Shiels, also speaking to the club’s website, expressed his delight at the announcement.

“Harry’s season was interrupted with injury, but we could see the potential he brings to the team and it’s good to get him back on. It’s like a new signing,” he said.

“We are trying to grow our squad. We had 14/15 players at training on Monday and 10 of those were in their early 20s, which is good and it lends itself to a good future.

“We want to make sure that we don’t neglect the players that we have by bringing in players from outside.”