Athersley can confirm Joe Thornton and Eddie Hague have returned to the club.
Jason Dodsworth had the following to announce on the new signings
"Really happy to have got these 2 back Joe is a proven goal scorer and can also play a variety of positions it's a quality addition for us. It's also good to have Eddie back as he's a big powerful player and can play centre half or centre midfield it's a position were we've struggled this season centre half as we've had a few injuries so it will boost the squad. We're coming into a big period over Xmas and I am hoping we can get a good run of results going and push up the table. The lads attitudes have been spot on despite the position were in and with a bit more luck and if we had taken our chances in recent games we would be higher up the table. But it's a tough league and we can't dwell on what could have been we need to kick on from here."