Sean Shields will be an Ebbsfleet United player again next season.

The winger was on the verge of joining Margate in January after a successful loan spell there but the move collapsed and Shields went back out on loan to Hemel Hempstead.

He finished the National League South season back with his parent club, starting four league games and scoring twice before sitting on the bench during the Fleet's play-off campaign.

Shields, 24, has made a total of 27 appearances for Ebbsfleet since initially arriving on loan from Dagenham & Redbridge in December 2014.