Record signing Daryl Clare today set his sights on scoring the goals to lift Crawley up the Conference table.

Clare signed for a five-figure fee on transfer deadline day from League Two club Boston United and is set to make his debut against Aldershot on Monday.

Reds paid the highest transfer fee in their history to capture the 27-year-old in a bid to solve their goalscoring problems.

They have netted just once in the first five games and are second-bottom with two points.

Clare's scoring record at Conference level speaks for itself. He finished as the golden boot winner in the 2001-02 season after netting 25 goals to help Boston win the title.

The Jersey-born forward scored 29 goals in 27 starts to take Chester into the Football League two seasons ago.

He has played just nine games in the last seven months due to injury but insists he is fully fit and ready to start scoring.

He said: "I know I have been signed to score goals, which is what I am aiming to do.

"I have had some good spells in the Conference in the past and hopefully I will be able to bring some of that experience to Crawley and score some goals.

"I have not set myself any targets, I'm just aiming to play as many games and score as many goals as possible.

"I struggled with injuries over the last 12 months, which meant I have not played as much football as I would have liked.

"I had a hernia and then a hip problem but I've had good rehabilitation over the summer and now I feel as fit as I have ever been.

"I'm looking forward to getting back to playing regularly and helping Crawley climb the table.

"They have had a slow start, which can happen to any team, but I'm confident once we get a few wins we can get up there.

"They did well last season and you don't become a bad team overnight, so I'm sure we will start getting results soon."

Clare decided to leave Boston after finding himself as fourth-choice striker behind former Aston Villa forward Julian Joachim, ex-Leeds frontman Noel Whelan and one-time Nottingham Forest targetman Jason Lee. The former Republic of Ireland under-21 international says he chose Crawley, despite offers from other clubs, because he was impressed by manager Francis Vines.

He said: "Boston signed a couple of high profile strikers and it became clear that I wasn't going to get many games.

"Francis made the effort to travel up and watch me play and he told me afterwards that he was determined to sign me.

"It was good to have a manager who really wanted to sign me and I was impressed by what he said about the club.

"They made an offer and after thinking about it I decided it was the right move for me.

"Crawley are a club with professional ambitions and play the kind of passing football which I think will suit my style of play.

"The plan is to do as well as we can this season and then really go for promotion next year. I see no reason why we can't do that and hopefully I will be able to play a part."

Vines has praised Crawley's owners, the SA Group, for allowing him to sign Clare.

He said: "The owners have really backed me on this one. People like him don't come on the cheap and it shows their ambition that they have made it possible for me to go out and get such a player.

"I'm hoping he will be a very good signing. He has twice won the golden boot and both times his club have gone up.

"I'm not saying that is what is going to happen to us but it will give us a great chance of doing well."