It’s two players coming in and two leaving us, albeit one on loan.

Coming in are Jay Glover, who has signed from Matlock Town and Lewis Thompson who has signed from Atherton Collieries.

Jay made eight appearances for the Gladiators this season after being released by Sheffield Wednesday in the summer.  The 21-Year-Old had previously had loan spells at Belper Town and Spennymoor Town.

Lewis is a left back who was at Manchester United as a youngster and has previously played in this division for Bamber Bridge and Atherton Collieries. Lewis made 19 appearances last season with two goals, including one versus the Tigers in a 3-2 victory for us.

The gaffer Nick Spooner said on the signings, ”They are both players I spoke to in the summer.  Lewis we have monitored for the last 18 months when he was at Bamber Bridge and then he wanted to stay loyal to Atherton Colls but with the change of manager there we have managed to now make it happen especially as we need to strengthen in defence and get some more experience and Lewis fits that bill for us.  Jay ended up going to Matlock in the summer but for various reasons it hasn’t worked out but he has got games for Matlock this season so has learnt about the level and he was impressed how we played against them earlier in the season and wants to be part of that.”

Leaving us are Sonny Whittingham, who has signed for Bradford Park Avenue and Ayo Quadri, who has joined Atherton Collieries on a month’s loan

The gaffer said ” Sonny needs games he’s been brilliant for us when he has played and he’s had a great attitude, the idea was for him to be the replacement for Callum but then Jake and Ben have popped up and we couldn’t turn it down so he fell down the pecking order and he got a good offer from Craig Elliott over at Bradford.