West Ham United forward Daniel Cummings is set to join Aldershot Town on loan, two months after scoring against the Shots in the National League Cup.
Football Insider reports that both clubs and the 20-year-old have agreed a short-term deal and that the striker has been given the go-ahead to complete the move.
Cummings Has Already Found The Net Against Senior Sides
When West Ham’s under-21s visited Aldershot in September, Cummings turned in a low cross in the ninth minute to open the scoring in a 3-0 win. He followed that with a first-half brace away at Braintree Town in October, helping the Hammers to a 4-2 victory in the same competition.
The Scotland under-19 international joined West Ham from Celtic in July 2025 after scoring 29 goals in 37 appearances in all competitions in his final season with Celtic B. Six of those came in seven UEFA Youth League outings, and he also made his senior debut for Celtic as a substitute against Aston Villa in the Champions League that January.
A shoulder injury in his first pre-season with West Ham delayed his start in east London, and he is still waiting for his senior debut for the Championship club. The loan would give him a chance to earn regular first-team minutes after his earlier experience of senior opposition in Scotland’s Lowland League with Celtic B.
Aldershot Town Need Goals After Autumn Slide
Scott Davies’ side climbed to fifth in the National League with a 5-1 win over Tamworth in late September, then lost their next five league games and scored only three times in that run. A 1-0 win over Gateshead at the end of October stopped the slide, leaving the Shots 14th with 21 points from 16 matches.
Five of Aldershot’s 19 league goals came in that one afternoon against Tamworth, leaving them with fewer than a goal a game across their other 15 fixtures. They are seven points off the play-offs and six clear of the relegation zone, with a trip to third-placed Southend United on Saturday.
It will be their first league game since beating Gateshead. The Shots have lost twice in cup action in the meantime, going down 5-0 to Ipswich Town’s under-21s before a 7-2 defeat at League One Barnsley in the FA Cup first round.
Aldershot finished 20th last season, four points above the drop, before bringing in Davies from Slough Town. The former midfielder spent three spells on loan with the Shots as a player and helped them win promotion to the Football League in 2008.
Eleven of Aldershot’s 16 league matches have ended level or been decided by a single goal. If Cummings can carry his cup form into the league, a handful of goals could make a difference to how often the Shots come out on the right side of those games.
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