New Dover Athletic signing Jeff Goulding scored a hat-trick on his debut as the Whites won 4-0 at Dorchester on Saturday.

The former Chelmsford striker played the key role to help Dover move up four places to seventh in the Skrill South table.

Goulding opened his account on the half hour with a strike from the edge of the box and then grabbed two more goals in the opening six minutes of the second half.

Dorchester, propping up the table, rarely threatened the Whites’ goal and Chris Kinnear’s side wrapped up an emphatic win when midfielder Barry Cogan fired a 20-yard free kick into the top corner eight minutes from time.