Harrogate Town's Dean Cornelius says 'the sky is the limit' for him following recent run of games

Dean Cornelius bagged his first Harrogate Town goal during Tuesday night's 2-2 draw with Wrexham. Pictures: Matt Kirkham

Dean Cornelius believes that the “sky is the limit" as far his Harrogate Town career is concerned and insists that there is still plenty more to come from him.

The 22-year-old stood out as the League Two Sulphurites’ most eye-catching signing of the summer when Simon Weaver beat off competition from elsewhere to sign the “box-to-box midfielder” from Scottish Premiership outfit Motherwell.

A bright pre-season was backed up by a superb opening-day performance against Doncaster Rovers as Town triumphed 1-0 away from home to make the perfect start to the 2023/24 campaign.

A wrist injury sustained at Accrington Stanley a fortnight later would however halt that early momentum, with Cornelius struggling to make too much of an impression on his return to fitness during a run of games which saw him in and out of Harrogate's starting line-up.

Dean Cornelius slots home Harrogate Town's first goal of the evening.

But, things seem to have clicked for the Scotsman in recent weeks. He has benefited from being paired with Stephen Dooley in the Town engine room and now appears to be going from strength-to-strength.

Although he endured a difficult afternoon as the Sulphurites were mauled by League One leaders Bolton Wanderers in the FA Cup on Saturday, Cornelius was far from being alone in that regard.

And the nature of his performance in his previous appearance, during last week’s 2-2 home draw against high-flying Wrexham, suggests that if the Glasgow-native continues on his current trajectory, then Weaver will have some player on his hands.