Biography

There are goal machines and then there’s “Bradders.” His twenty-nine league goals for the U18s in the 2022/23 campaign meant that he almost trebled the next highest total and subsequently walked away with a second successive Golden Boot. 

That haul was added to the 43 goals in just 23 appearances for the Academy (U19s) and alongside various cup goals (18) between the two sides leaving him on an unbelievable 90 goals by May and 150 covering the preceding couple of campaigns.

One of those strikes arrived in the Champion of Champions semi-final against Central Division table-toppers Kingstonian. The young Rebels emphatically gaining a modicum of revenge for the penalty-shootout defeat in that September’s FA Youth Cup tie. Although Cray Valley prevailed in the final, Dolaghan received a first-team call-up in pre-season. In typical Dolaghan fashion, the striker bagged off the bench in a home tussle with Gosport Borough.

His competitive bow finally arrived in November’s Senior Cup exit at the hands of Littlehampton Town, a club he’s all too familiar with after serving an apprenticeship there. Six goals in a ten game period was enough to earn him a Woodside recall. A full debut arrived in February in a narrow home loss to Braintree Town, accompanied a few weeks later, in his next match, with a goal against Farnborough at the same venue.

The teenage sensation concluded the 2023/24 campaign with a burst of seven goals in ten
games, which inevitably attracted plenty of top tier suitors.  West Ham United fended off plenty of interest for the talent and offered him his first professional contract.

Typically netted a late equaliser on his maiden appearance after inking his signature against Benfica B in the Premier League International Cup, aiding a recovery from a 2-0 interval deficit.

He then scored twice off the bench to help the Hammers salvage a draw with Athletic Bilbao B a week later.

A temporary time spent at Aldershot Town saw Brad break into the National league and round off 2024/25 with a winner’s medal at Wembley, as the Shots saw off Spennymoor Town to lift the FA Trophy.

Regrettably released in the summer by the Premier League Side, he showed them what they were missing by bagging a quick-fire, second-half hat-trick in the opening home pre-season friendly of 2025, having only entered the fray after the change of ends.