Former Maidstone striker Delano Sam-Yorke has announced his retirement, aged just 30.

The forward was a free agent after leaving Dartford and wrote on Twitter: “Time to hang up the boots. #DSY signing out.”

He's the second ex-United player to retire in a matter of weeks, following Stuart Lewis' decision to hang up his boots.

Sam-Yorke was a big hit with Stones fans during a loan spell from Woking in 2017, his arrival coinciding with the club’s surge towards National League safety.

A permanent move followed that summer and while he only managed one league goal, his double led United to a memorable 4-2 FA Cup win at League 2 Cheltenham, although he was later sent off.

Sam-Yorke remained popular, despite his lack of goals, but was released at the end of the season, joining Dartford.

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He also played for the likes of AFC Wimbledon, Lincoln and Forest Green but his finest moment came at Cambridge in 2014 where his double in the Conference play-off semi-final against Halifax saw the U’s overturn a first-leg deficit to reach Wembley.

They went on to beat Gateshead in the final, clinching a return to League 2.

Sam-Yorke finished last season on loan at Kingstonian.

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