Timmy Adamson scored 23 goals for Dungannon in the 2008/09 campaign

Timmy Adamson has signed a new two-year deal with Dungannon Swifts.

Adamson finished the season fourth in the goalscoring charts with a tally of 23 - just four behind top Irish Premiership scorer Chris Scannell.

That was even though Adamson missed three months of the season because of a rib injury.

"Dungannon have shown a lot of faith in me up to now and this is my way of repaying them for that," said Adamson on Thursday evening.

"There's a renewed belief in the team and I'm already looking forward to next season," said the 26-year-old striker from Newtownabbey.

The BT engineer had been courted by several top clubs.

Swifts manager Dixie Robinson is delighted to have secured his top target and will now look for players in supporting roles as he bids to put behind him the last few weeks of survival football.

Neil McCafferty, initially signed on a short term deal, added two years to his contract on Wednesday, while several of their top names are now available to other clubs.

"It is the most difficult aspect of management but I have to keep the financial end of things right and unfortunately I have had to make several players available to other clubs" said the rookie Swifts boss.

"Aaron Callaghan, Marc McCann and Michael Hegarty are all on the transfer list, while I have released Ryan McCreadie."

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