We are pleased to share with you our retained list for the 2026/27 season with 9 of last year’s squad committing to the season ahead.

RETAINED
Dan Gallimore
Callum Foster
James Blunden
Bailey Conway
Aaron Braithwaite
Joe Ackroyd
Callum Ainley
Liam Hughes
Josh Walker

IN DISCUSSIONS
Lloyd Allinson
Leon Gibson-Booth

RELEASED/DEPARTING
Ollie Battersby
Connor O'Grady
Kwame Boateng
Jack Vann
Joey Phuthi

RETURNING TO PARENT CLUB AFTER LOAN
Max Wright
Devon Brockie

Thanks to Leeds United & Halifax Town for facilitating the loans.

Thanks also go to Brad Abbott & Billy Whitehouse who departed a few weeks before the end of the season

Some words from the Gaffer on the retained list

“After a long few weeks we are pleased to confirm our retained list.

Firstly I want to show my respect for all the players departing the football club. They've all represented themselves and the football club brilliantly and for that they will always have my appreciation. Good luck in the future.

We're excited to continue working with the 9 players retained. All of those have had strong seasons and I can't speak highly enough of them both as players and people. They give us an incredibly strong core to build around and we will look forward to them representing the club next season as we look to continue pushing forward.

As staff we are motivated to work with the players retained and it's our job to improve the overall squad to allow us to push on. Recruitment is well underway and we can promise some exciting additions that fit the mould of the direction we want to head.”

Think you’ll all agree there’s some exciting times ahead and all of us at the club are looking forward to next season.

UTO!