Hamlet gaffer Gavin Rose has revealed eight players have left Champion Hill as a promised player shake up takes place.
Last week the Dulwich manager told the News that he would be freshening things up in his squad and the beginnings of that process were announced over the weekend.
In addition to Ian Daly, who left the club earlier in the pre-season, midfielders Billy Crook and Tommy Kavanagh have moved after being offered better deals.
Long serving skipper Peter Adeniyi will not be donning a Pink and Blue jersey next campaign as he concentrates on his community work at the club.
Wingers Jerome Walker, Ellis Green and full back Mathieu Boyer will also not return whilst Ahmed Deen will also be released after Rose admitted he had taken a financial hit by committing to Hamlet in the past.
The final player to leave Champion Hill is Tommy Whitnell who has joined Tonbridge Angels.
However, Rose and his staff have brought in players with Ashley Robinson arriving from Merstham.
Dean MacDonald joining from Whitehawk and three players coming from Dover Athletic, namely Terrell Forbes, Michael Kamara and Ashley Carew.
Rose will once again supplement his squad by promoting academy players and he told the clubs website that he hoped to bring in two other external players.
He added, “I’m sure the league will be even harder than last season and we look forward to competing and pitting our wits against all the teams in the league. As we proved last year you cannot underestimate the strength of newcomers who have just been promoted also.”

The following day the weekend edition of the ‘South London Press’ continued in a similar vein:

Dover trio in as Rose reshuffles

Dulwich Hamlet have signed three Dover players as part of a significant squad re-shaping by boss Gavin Rose.
Terrell Forbes, Michael Kamara and Ashley Carew have all arrived from the Conference South play-off winners. Southwark-born defender Forbes, 32, has played for QPR, Yeovil, and Leyton Orient. Kamara, a right back or centre-half, lives close to Dulwich’s ground. The Streatham-based midfielder Carew had a spell with Rose at Fisher and can play both centrally or wide. Other notable additions include former Palace youngster Ashley Robinson and attacker Dean MacDonald, who arrives from Whitehawk.
Dulwich stalwart Peter Adeniyi will hang up his boots but will be involved with the club’s Football in the Community programme along with helping in the Aspire Academy. Ahmed Deen, Billy Crook, Tommy Kavanagh, Ellis Green, Jerome Walker, and Mathieu Boyer have been let go.
Rose said, “I’ve known Terrell since his youth days at West Ham and he has a lot of experience-we need that with Peter not playing. Terrell will help the younger boys out and offer support. We had Ashley after he came out of Palace and he suffered a bit with injury. He was unfortunate not to move onto the professional game. I am looking forward to seeing him in our shirt. Dean is another South London boy-with our finances we sometimes have to look for that because it is the difference between them coming or not. He can play the number 10 role or at times even as a centre forward. He is a bit like Erhun Öztümer in that he has an eye for goal.”
Kareem Boyle, Fabian Reid and Emiliano Hysi-who are standout performers for the academy-are set to get a chance to stake a first-team claim. “At their age there is no pressure on them,” said Rose. “But there is every opportunity for them to make their debuts this season. I am 100 per cent sure they will play in some of our cup matches. If they do well they’ll be included on merit”

Following on from the local coverage, such was the magnitude of our new signings that we also took the major story on the Ryman League pages in the ‘Non-League Paper’ yesterday:

It’s friends reunited for Rose at Dulwich

Gavin Rose cannot wait to finally get to work with his old pal Terrell Forbes, and is banking on the former Dover defender to keep new-look Dulwich Hamlet marching forward next season.
He will also be hoping to get by with a little help from another friend, Ashley Carew, after drafting in five fresh faces in the wake of some hefty spending at other Ryman League clubs.
Hamlet just faded out of the play-off spots last season, and Rose is determined his new-look side will not rest on their laurels as he expects the division to be as competitive as ever.
Rose told the NLP, “Obviously, Margate have made a bit of a statement this season with the players they’ve brought in, and a few other clubs have made some impressive signings, so there’ll be plenty of good teams this year. It was very competitive last year, and you never really knew what was going to happen. This year, you can probably see there is going to be four teams that will be right up there come the end of it all. We are always looking to be progressive, at this level and beyond. We certainly don’t want to fall behind, we can’t stand still.”
Forbes’ standout season at Dover saw him make the Conference South team of the season in The NLP, yet he will be starting afresh a division lower. And Rose was happy to tap into some past knowledge in order to snare a valuable asset for the south London outfit.
Rose continued, “I’ve known Terrell since his West Ham days, a good lad, and a good friend. We started to chat about the possibility of moving to Dulwich at the season’s end, and we managed to convince him of the challenge to be had here. Any player moving from the Conference South is going to take a bit of a financial knock, but he’s keen to help out on the development side here, too, and one thing we have here is plenty of talented youngsters.”
Rose also hopes to coax the best from Forbes’ ex-Dover teammate Carew, but insists goals will be spread around to compensate for the loss of 33-goal man Erhun Öztümer. “Ashley is another I originally knew from the Kent League, seven or eight years ago,” added Rose. “On his day he’s unbeatable, but it’s important it’s not just one player we rely on to hit the heights every game. It’s about spreading the load.”