National League news - May

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

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31 May

Experienced Ebbsfleet United midfielder Josh Wright has signed a new contract for the forthcoming season.

The 34-year-old will begin his third campaign at Fleet having played in all but one of the club's matches this season.

Sutton United have signed midfielder Siju Odelusi from National League South side Aveley.

The 25-year-old scored 17 goals in the sixth tier this season.

Midfielder Emmanuel Maja has signed a one-year deal Aldershot Town.

The 23-year-old, who once had a trial at Manchester City, moves to the club from National League North side Banbury United.

30 May

Ebbsfleet United have signed former Dagenham & Redbridge defender Lewis Page.

The 28-year-old has had EFL experience with the likes of Coventry City, Cambridge United, Charlton Athletic, Exeter City, Harrogate Town, Mansfield Town and Gillingham.

Dagenham & Redbridge have signed defenders Oscar Rutherford and Trent Rendall on two-year contracts as well as striker Josh Umerah on a one-year deal.

Rutherford, 20, left Eastleigh at the end of the season after making 76 appearances over two years, having joined the club from Plymouth Argyle.

Rendall, 22, most recently played for National League South side Braintree Town, after beginning his career in QPR's academy.

Umerah, 27, began his career at Charlton and joins from Hartlepool, where he has spent the past two seasons.

Maidenhead United have confirmed that Charlee Adams, Daniel Jinadu, Lewis Kinsella, Ashley Nathaniel-George, David Omilabu and Harry Parsons will all leave the club following the end of the 2023-24 season.

Zico Asare and Sam Beckwith have also turned down offers of new deals and will depart this summer.

AFC Fylde defender Harry Davis has signed a new one-year contract with the Coasters.

The 32-year-old has made more than 280 Football League appearances, chiefly with Crewe and Grimsby, and joined Fylde from Scunthorpe United in January 2022.

York City have signed forward Tyrese Sinclair, 23, upon the expiry of his contract with fellow National League side Rochdale.

FC Halifax Town have signed midfielder Tom Pugh, 23, on a two-year deal following his release from National League North side Scunthorpe United.

29 May

Yeovil Town have signed former Bristol Rovers attacking midfielder Harvey Greenslade on a two-year deal.

The 20-year-old was released by Rovers this summer having spent time on loan at National League side Oxford City last season.

Ebbsfleet United goalkeeper Mark Cousins has signed a new contract.

The 37-year-old, who has spent the past two seasons at the club, was named player of the year and scored a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser in the 1-1 draw with York City just before Christmas.

Braintree Town have made their first signing since winning promotion from National League South via the play-offs.

Left-back Ryan Clampin, 25, has joined the club after leaving Eastleigh, having previously played for Colchester United and Dundee.

Striker Tom Blackwell, 23, has also agreed a new contract with Braintree.

Oldham Athletic have signed right-back Reagan Ogle, 25, from Scunthorpe United on a two-year contract.

28 May

Ebbsfleet have agreed a deal for midfielder Jim Kellermann.

The 28-year-old has spent the last two seasons with Woking and will officially complete his move on 30 June.

Play-off finalists Solihull Moors have signed midfielder Sam Bowen following his release by Newport County.

The former Wales Under-21 international, 23, has agreed a two-year deal with the Moors.

Barnet have signed centre-back Joe Rye from Worthing on a "long-term" contract.

The 20-year-old made 39 appearances in National League South for the south coast club as they reached the promotion play-off final this season.

Captain and midfielder Dale Gorman has left the Bees after the expiry of his contract to join Woking.

The 27-year-old made 80 appearances for the north London club, scoring seven goals.

Woking have also signed three more players - defenders Timi Odusina, Cian Harries and Jacob Jones and midfielder Harry Beautyman.

Odusina, 24, has turned his loan from League Two side Bradford City into a permanent move for an undisclosed fee, following 19 appearances last season.

Former Coventry, Swansea and Bristol Rovers centre-back Harries, 27, turned down the chance to stay with Aldershot to join the Cards on a free transfer.

Beautyman, 32, arrives from Sutton United, where he won promotion to League Two in 2020-21.

Jones, 22, joins the club from Scottish League One club Cove Rangers.

Goalkeeper Will Jaaskelainen and midfielder Jermaine Anderson have extended their contracts with the Cards.

Tamworth have made former Alfreton, Kidderminster, York and Altrincham centre-back Kenny Digie, 27, their 13th signing since sealing promotion to the National League.

Oldham Athletic have confirmed the signing of fullback Reagan Ogle from Scunthorpe United.

The 25-year-old former Hartlepool man operates as a right-back but can play on the left and in midfield.

26 May

Promoted National League North champions Tamworth have signed striker Miracle Okafor from fellow non-league Midlands side Halesowen Town in preparation for their return to the fifth tier.

Okafor scored 17 times for the Yeltz last season to help them finish eighth in the Southern League Premier Central - the level below the Lambs played in this term.

AFC Fylde have signed full-back Bryce Hosannah, 25, on a permanent deal following the expiry of his contract at Wrexham.

Hosannah ended the season on loan with the Coasters, making 10 appearances in the National League.

Altrincham midfielder Matty Kosylo, 31, has signed a new contract with the Robins for the 2024-25 season.

25 May

Altrincham midfielder Elliot Osborne has signed a new contract to extend his stay at the J. Davidson Stadium.

The 28-year-old has made 119 appearances for the Robins since joining from Stevenage in January 2022 and helped them to fourth place this season.

Attacking midfielder Josh Barrett has signed a new deal to remain at Aldershot Town.

The 25-year-old, who previously worked with Shots boss Tommy Widdrington at King's Lynn, has also played for Reading, Bristol Rovers and Coventry.

York City have bolstered their ranks by announcing four new signings.

The Minstermen have agreed deals for goalkeeper Harrison Male from Dorking, winger Ashley Nathaniel-George, who joins from Maidenhead United, and Worthing duo Ollie Pearce and Joe Felix.

The quartet all join on free transfers following the expiry of their contracts with their previous clubs.

24 May

AFC Fylde have announced that boss Chris Beech will be assisted by Nick Anderton in the 2024-25 season.

It will be Anderton's first full season as assistant manager after being forced to retire last year to continue his recovery from bone cancer.

Midfielder Quevin Castro has left York City by mutual consent.

The 22-year-old signed from West Bromwich Albion last summer but has agreed to end his stay with the Minstermen after making 16 appearances this season.

Woking striker Alfie Pavey has had his contract with the club terminated by mutual consent.

The 28-year-old joined in September from Farnborough and was loaned to Braintree Town for the second half of the 2023-24 season.

Barnet have signed Sutton United centre-back Joe Kizzi for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal.

The 30-year-old, who made almost 150 appearances over three years at Sutton, is the Bees' seventh new signing of the summer.

Midfielder Kyle Finn, 25, has agreed a new two-year contract to remain with newly-promoted Tamworth until the end of the 2025-26 season.

Finn scored 14 goals last term as the Lambs won the National League North title.

Ebbsfleet United striker Dominic Samuel, 30, has signed a new contract keeping him at the club for the 2024-25 season.

23 May

Barnet have signed 25-year-old Ipswich Town goalkeeper Nick Hayes on a long-term contract.

He spent the second half of this season on loan at Solihull Moors where he played 28 times, keeping six clean sheets as he helped the club reach the FA Trophy and National League play-off finals.

Aldershot Town wing-back Olly Scott, 23, has signed a new contract keeping him with the National League club until the end of next season.

Tamworth striker Dan Creaney has signed a new contract with the promoted National League side.

Creaney has scored 84 goals in 146 appearances during five seasons with the Lambs.

That follows captain Ben Milnes, Callum Cockerill-Mollett and midfielder Tom Tonks all agreeing new deals.

20 May

AFC Fylde head coach Chris Beech has signed a new two-year contract at Mill Farm.

Beech, 49, arrived at Fylde as director of football in December 2022 but took the managerial reins on an interim basis after Adam Murray's sacking in October 2023.

The Coasters were bottom of the National League table when former Carlisle boss Beech took over but he guided them to safety as they finished 18th.

17 May

Barnet have signed defenders Joe Grimwood and Nik Tavares and attacking midfielder Finley Wilkinson on two-year deals.

Grimwood, 22, helped Braintree Town win promotion to the fifth tier this season and previously spent six seasons at AFC Sudbury.

Former Dagenham and Redbridge centre-back Tavares, 25, played 31 times in the National League this season and has also had spells at Wealdstone and Crystal Palace.

Wilkinson, 22, scored 16 goals for Hitchin Town in the seventh-tier this season.

Aldershot Town have signed goalkeeper Pat Nash, 19, from Farnham Town on a one-year deal.

Nash kept 31 clean sheets this season to help Farnham win the Combined Counties Premier Division South with an unbeaten record.

16 May

Chesterfield have re-signed midfielder Tim Akinola on a one-year contract, with an extension option.

The 23-year-old joined Paul Cook's side on loan from Arsenal in 2022-23, featuring in their play-off campaign, and played for Qatari second tier side Al Bidda last season.

Wealdstone midfielder Max Kretzschmar has signed a new one-year contract to stay at the club for next season.

Kretzschmar, 30, has made 68 appearances for the Stones since being signed two years ago, scoring 14 goals.

Barnet defenders Jerome Okimo and Ben Coker have signed new one-year contracts.

Okimo, 35, has been the club's player-coach for the past two seasons, while 34-year-old Coker joined at the start of the 2023-24 season from Solihull Moors.

Former long-serving Colchester and Southend defender John White has announced his retirement.

The 37-year-old made more than 600 appearances in his 22-year career, playing more than 200 times for each club in near decade-long spells that included winning promotion with both.

White joined National League South side Braintree two seasons ago, becoming assistant manager this term.

15 May

Aldershot have signed attacking midfielder Haydon Vaughan, 18, on a two-year deal from Bracknell Town.

Hartlepool United left-back David Ferguson, 29, has signed a new deal to remain at the club for a fifth season.

Ferguson has made 193 appearances for Pools since joining from York City in 2020.

Woking have signed defender Ben Wynter from fellow National League club Barnet.

The 26-year-old scored five goals in 50 appearances for the Bees, who finished second in the league but lost to Solihull Moors in the promotion semi-finals this season.

Barnet have signed winger Jermaine Francis on a two-year deal.

The 22-year-old spent last season at Chelmsford City, where he scored 10 goals.

Altrincham have signed winger Lucas Weaver, 22, who scored 42 goals in 43 appearances for Colne in the North West Counties Premier Division last season.

14 May

Barnet have signed former Woking forward Rhys Browne, 28, on a two-year deal.

Altrincham director of football Rob Esteva has announced he is stepping down from his role this summer due to other commitments.

Kidderminster Harriers midfielder Ashley Hemmings has agreed a new deal with the club, having scored 13 goals in 45 appearances in 2023-24.

13 May

Eastleigh have signed 22-year-old centre-back Luis Fernandez for an undisclosed fee from National League South side Hampton & Richmond.

10 May

National League champions Chesterfield have released Jeff King, Laurence Maguire, Luke Chadwick, Bailey Clements, Harley Curtis, George Wilkinson, Sam Hooper, Archie White, Alexander Duhameau.

The club have triggered contract extensions for Ollie Banks and Michael Jacobs.

Wealdstone have appointed Matt Taylor as their new manager.

The former Swindon, Walsall and Shrewsbury boss joins alongside assistant Paul Hughes, while first-team coach Sam Cox, who led the Stones to safety last season after David Noble was sacked, has left the club.

Meanwhile the Stones are in talks with Max Kretzschmar, Dillon De Silva, Jaydn Mundle-Smith, Tarryn Allarakhia, Alex Dyer, Dominic Hutchinson and Declan Phillips over new deals.

Jack Cook, Mason Barrett, Kallum Sesay, Luke Dreher and Trae Cook-Appiah have joined new signing Deon Woodman in signing contracts, while the club, who finished 16th in the National League this season, have taken the option to extend the deals of Charlie Barker and Micah Obiero for another 12 months.

Meanwhile Jaiden Bartolo, Manny Duku, Corie Andrews, Marcus Dewhurst and Nathan Ferguson have all left Grosvenor Vale.

8 May

Altrincham have released Dan Mooney, Dior Angus, Joey Jones, Mitch Hancox, Liam Brockbank and George Burroughs after reaching the National League play-offs this season.

Max Haygarth, James Jones, Amaar Hussain, Justin Donawa and Sean Lawton have been invited to join pre-season training.

The club have taken up options to extend the contracts of Lewis Banks, George Wilson, Regan Linney and Justin Amaluzor, while Elliot Osborne, Matty Kosylo, Matt Gould and Owen German have been offered new deals.

7 May

Regan Griffiths, Kai Lissimore, Matt Preston, Sammy Robinson, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, Ethan Freemantle, Gerry McDonagh and Nat Knight-Percival will leave Kidderminster Harriers following their relegation from the National League.

Josh Bishop, Samson Hewett, Seb Thompson and Noah Rubio have signed new deals with the club, while Christian Dibble, Alex Penny, Ashley Hemmings, Tom Palmer, Shane Byrne and Amari Morgan-Smith have been offered new contracts.

Krystian Pearce has been offered a job on the coaching staff.

3 May

FC Halifax Town have announced Rob Harker, Tom Wilson, Tom Scott and Luke Summerfield will leave the club when their contracts run out at the end of the season.

Halifax finished seventh in the National League, losing in the play-off qualifying round to finalists Solihull Moors.

Scunthorpe United have named first-team coach Andy Butler as their new manager.

The former Iron player has previously managed Doncaster Rovers Belles and had a spell in caretaker charge of Rovers' men's side.

He replaces Jimmy Dean after the club lost to Lincolnshire rivals Boston United in the National League North play-offs.

Dagenham and Redbridge have released six players following the end of the National League season.

Leaving the club are Josh Hare, Lewis Page, David Longe-King, Sydney Ibie, Omar Mussa and Rohat Matyar.

Discussions over new deals continue with Elliot Johnson, Nik Tavares, Inih Effiong, Josh Strizovic and Conor Lawless.

Dorking Wanderers have released eight players following their relegation from the National League.

Cameron Black, Harrison Male, Harry Ottaway, Haydn Hollis, Jack Jebb, Matt Everitt, Slav Huk and Tom Blair will all depart.

Meanwhile Barry Fuller, Callum Kennedy, Dan Gallagher, Isaac Philpot, Jason Prior, Jimmy Muitt, Luke Moore, Seb Bowerman have all agreed new deals for next season while 12 players remain under contract.

2 May

National League North side Scunthorpe have parted company with boss Jimmy Dean after losing to Lincolnshire rivals Boston in the play-offs.

The Iron finished second behind league winners Tamworth but were beaten on penalties by the Pilgrims last week.

Assistant Chris Plummer and strength and conditioning coach Ant Coombe have also been relieved of their duties.

“To be saying goodbye to Jimmy, Chris and Ant is undoubtedly one of our toughest decisions since we took ownership of the club, and it is a decision we’ve made with a very heavy heart," owner Michelle Harness told the club website.

Centre-back Cian Harries will leave Aldershot Town after turning down the offer of a new contract.

The 27-year-old made 48 appearances for the Shots after signing last summer.

1 May

York City striker Lenell John-Lewis has signed a new one-year deal.

The 34-year-old helped the Minstermen win promotion back to the National league in the 2022-23 season and scored 10 goals in 45 appearances in all competitions this campaign.