National League news - May 2022

All the latest news from the National League

BBC Sport tracks the latest news stories from the National League, including managerial announcements, new signings and contract extensions.

Check out the gossip page for the latest rumours, use our transfers page to track signings made by English Football League clubs or read more National League news from April.

31 May

Manager Andy Woodman and his assistant Alan Dunne have signed new three-year contracts at Bromley.

Skipper Byron Webster has also extended his contract with the Ravens following their FA Trophy win at Wembley.

Scott Wagstaff and Ben Margetson are among seven players to be released at the end of their deals.

30 May

Notts County have signed wing-back Tobi Adebayo-Rowling from Ebbsfleet on a two-year contract.

Meanwhile, assistant head coach Michael Doyle has left the club to rejoin Ian Burchnall at Forest Green Rovers.

Altrincham have signed England C international Lewis Baines from Chorley for an undisclosed fee.

The 23-year-old defender joined Chorley from Fleetwood Town in 2019 following an earlier loan spell.

Woking midfielder Jack Roles has agreed a new contract for next season.

Roles, 23, joined Woking from Crystal Palace in February and has made 10 appearances, scoring once.

29 May

Notts County defender Richard Brindley has signed a new two-year contract with the club.

The 29-year-old made 35 appearances during the 2021-22 season.

28 May

Woking have agreed a deal to sign Sutton United winger Ricky Korboa on a two-year deal.

The 25-year-old's contract ends this summer having scored three goals in 20 appearances during his one-season spell at Sutton.

Altrincham have signed Crewe Alexandra midfielder Josh Lundstram for an undisclosed fee.

The 23-year-old played 29 times for Crewe this season and also had a short spell on loan at Altrincham's National League rivals Solihull Moors.

Maidenhead United have signed former Dover Athletic and Macclesfield Town midfielder Koby Arthur.

The Ghanaian, 26, started his career with Birmingham City.

27 May

Altrincham have signed King's Lynn Town right-back Ross Barrows.

Barrows scored three goals in 40 appearances for the Linnets this season and comes in after Shaun Densmore's retirement following 14 years with Altrincham.

Maidenhead United have signed centre-back Cole Kpekawa from Hemel Hempstead Town.

The 26-year-old has previously played for Colchester United, Leyton Orient, St Mirren and Barnsley after progressing through the Queen's Park Rangers academy.

26 May

Halifax boss Pete Wild has left the club after three seasons in charge.

Wild led the club to a fourth-placed finish this campaign but they were beaten by Chesterfield in the play-offs.

The Shaymen say the former Oldham boss has left to "pursue a new opportunity".

Maidenhead United have signed Bracknell Town defender Temi Eweka.

The 22-year-old joins having helped his side win Isthmian League Division One South Central by 20 points and concede 12 goals this season.

Southend United have signed 22-year-old Altrincham winger Dan Mooney and recently released Eastleigh midfielder Cavaghn Miley, 27, on two-year deals.

Yeovil Town have triggered a one-year contract extension for winger Tom Knowles to remain with the club next season.

The 23-year-old finished as top scorer with 11 goals for Darren Sarll's side this season.

25 May

Yeovil defender Max Hunt has extended his contract to remain at the club for next season.

The 23-year-old centre-back has made 52 appearances since signing from Carlisle, initially on loan, in January last year.

Notts County have offered new deals to defenders Richard Brindley, 29, and Adam Chicksen, 30, as well as forward Kyle Wootton, 25, and 18-year-old goalkeeper Tiernan Brooks.

Defenders Dion Kelly-Evans, 25, and Alex Lacey, 28, and 19-year-old forward Tyreace Palmer have been released.

Barnet have agreed to terminate Ben Richards-Everton's contract by mutual consent.

The 30-year-old defender joined from Bradford City in January 2021 and made more than 60 league appearances for the Bees, scoring five goals.

King's Lynn have signed Southend United Josh Coulson on a permanent deal.

The 33-year-old made 21 appearances for The Linnets in 2021-22 after joining them on loan

24 May

Yeovil Town defender Grant Smith has extended his contract to remain at Huish Park through the 2022-23 season.

Smith, 28, made 37 league appearances for the club this season after signing from Chesterfield last summer.

Midfielder Toby Stephens has also signed a one-year extension with the Glovers.The 18-year-old team academy graduate has played for the club seven times so far and spent much of last season on loan.

23 May

Woking have agreed to sign Millwall defender Dan Moss when his contract ends in June.

The 21-year-old spent time on loan at Yeovil Town and Leyton Orient this season having failed to break into the Lions' first team.

20 May

Yeovil Town midfielder Josh Staunton has signed a new two-year contract.

The 26-year-old, who joined the club two years ago, has played 43 times for the Glovers and is the first player to agree a new deal under new manager Chris Hargreaves.

Woking have signed defender Luke Wilkinson on a two-year deal from Yeovil Town.

Wilkinson, 31, becomes manager Darren Sarll's first signing for next season, with the pair having worked together at Stevenage between 2017-18 and Yeovil from 2019 until this March when Sarll left for Woking.

19 May

Stockport County defender Scott Holding, 18, has joined relegated Premier League side Watford for an undisclosed fee.

He has signed a two-year deal with the Hornets and will link up with their academy side.

Former Northern Ireland forward Josh McQuoid is one of 10 Weymouth players offered new contracts after the club's relegation.

The club will also have talks with Xander McBurnie, Andreas Robinson, Ben Thomson, Bradley Ash, Tom Bearwish, Cameron Murray, Matt Buse, Tommy Scott and Brandon Goodship, who are all out of contract.

Ross Fitzsimons, Taofiq Olomowewe, Ben Morgan, Martell Taylor-Crossdale, Jordan Greenidge and Josh Leslie-Smith have all been released while Tyler Cordner, Omar Mussa, Tom Blair, Ollie Harfield, Ahkeem Rose and Sean Shields have deals for next season.

18 May

Yeovil Town have appointed former Bristol Rovers academy manager Chris Hargreaves as their new boss on a two-year deal.

Ex-Torquay manager Hargreaves left Rovers in February having fulfilled a number of coaching roles at the club since 2016.

Southend United have released defender John White - one of 16 players to be let go by the club.

White made 288 appearances for the Shrimpers and will have his testimonial on Sunday.

Fellow centre-back Josh Coulson and midfielder Will Atkinson are among the other players who are to leave Kevin Maher's side.

Aldershot Town captain Lewis Kinsella is one of five players offered new contracts by the club.

Jacob Berkeley-Agyepong, Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mo Sylla and Mikael Ndjoli have also been offered new deals.

Nine players are contracted for next season while talks are ongoing with Jordan Ngalo, Toby Edser, Harvey Walker and Callum Coulter.

Mitch Lokko has had his deal terminated by mutual consent and is one of 10 players leaving the club.

Altrincham have signed midfielder Elliot Osborne on a new contract ahead of the 2022-23 season.

The 26-year-old initially joined from League Two Stevenage in January.

17 May

Experienced trio Asa Hall, Danny Wright and Dean Moxey are among 13 players offered new contracts by Torquay United.

Ali Omar, Dan Martin, Tom Lapslie, Olaf Koszela, Alex Moyse, Ben Wynter, Shaun MacDonald, Joe Lewis, Armani Little and Connor Lemonheigh-Evans have also been offered new terms.

But Klaidi Lolos, Louie Slough, Scott Piper, Chiori Johnson, Joe Felix, Dan Holman, Marcin Brzozowski and Jake Andrews has all been released by boss Gary Johnson.

Mark Halstead, Gabby Rogers and Keelan O'Connell are still under contract at Plainmoor.

Wealdstone have released six players at the conclusion of their campaign - Dan Wishart, Andrew Eleftheriou, Alfie Marigliani, Ira Jackson, Charlie Cooper and Jamie Mascoll.

Midfielder Isaac Marriott, 22, has signed a new contract with Altrincham for the 2022-23 season.

16 May

Eastleigh have released 11 players following the expiry of their contracts - Tyrone Barnett, Dan Smith, Danny Hollands, Cavaghn Miley, Sam Smart, Harry Pritchard, Dan Bradshaw, Andrew Boyce, Alex Wynter, Tom Broadbent and Jack Torniainen.

13 May

Yeovil Town interim manager Charlie Lee has left the club with immediate effect. Lee took over following the departure of Darren Sarll at the end of March.

Yeovil centre-back Josh Staunton will take charge of the team's final National League fixture with Altrincham, assisted by club captain Luke Wilkinson and lead sport scientist Scott Wickens.

12 May

Wealdstone manager manager Stuart Maynard and assistant Matt Saunders have each agreed new two-year contracts.

The pair have been at the club in a coaching capacity since May 2019 and took over first team duties temporarily in February last year before being made permanent a month later.

The Stones are 17th in the National League and face fourth-from-bottom Aldershot in their final game of the season.

10 May

Notts County winger Aaron Nemane has been suspended for three games for directing "foul and abusive language" at a match official following their defeat at Aldershot last month.

The 24-year-old Frenchman was charged for a breach of the Football Association's rule E3 following his outburst in the player's tunnel and will only play again this season if the Magpies reach the National League play-off final.

3 May

Altrincham will move to become fully professional from the start of the 2022-23 National League season, with the club announcing they will also create a new chief executive officer position.

The announcement means the club will move from being part-time to full-time for the first time in its 130-year history.

"We've brought in new investments and developed relationships with businesses across our community to ensure we were in the best possible position financially to make the decision to go full-time, at the right time," co-chairman Lawrence Looney said.