The retained list

By Ray Simpson

The retained list

Who's staying and who's going

The club has today announced its retained list.

We are in negotiations with the following players about new contracts for season 2025-26:

Ben Hedley, Kallum Griffiths, Elliot Forbes, Tom Platt, Matty Cornish, Toby Lees, Peter Jameson, Will Hatfield, Scott Barrow.

We would like to thank the following players who are leaving at the end of their contracts and aren't being offered new contracts. We thank them for their service, and wish them all the best for the future.

Cameron Salkeld, Jarrett Rivers, Andrew Nelson, Archie Small, Jonny Haase.

The club has exercised its option on another year's contract for Cedric Main.

Jack Maskell is already on contract for season 2025-26

We would like to thank the following non-contract players for their services throughout the season, and wish them all the best for the future.

Ben Andreucci, Ali Al-Shabeeb, Harvey Rudd, Jayden Sakete, Matthiew Kirokiro, Oscar Taylor.

Blair Adams has left the club by mutual agreement.

We are interested in offering Louis Storey a contract, but he is also looking at other options.

The club is also talking to Will Maddison, who played for us in the FA Cup earlier in the season, about a contract.

Loan players Caden Kelly, Hazeem Bakre, Sam Hetherington, Will McGowan and Charlie Stirland have all returned to their parent clubs, and we thank them for their help. 

The new season begins on Saturday 9th August, the fixtures will be announced in late June/early July.