National League

Defender Jack Cook has signed a new contract with National League side Wealdstone, keeping him at the club for a sixth season.

The 32-year-old, who has made more than 200 appearances for the Stones, has been joined in signing a new deal by striker Olafela Olomola, defender Mason Barrett and forward Jeffrey Sekyere.

Defenders Deon Woodman and Connor McAvoy, goalkeeper Dante Baptiste, striker Micah Obiero and midfielder Dylan Kadji remain under contract with the club.

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Morecambe have signed midfielder Taelor O'Kane from AFC Fylde, while winger Jack Nolan has left the club following their relegation from the National League.

O'Kane, 20, has signed a one-year contract with the option of a further 12 months following the expiry of his deal with the National League North champions.

Nolan, 25, scored 19 goals in 39 National League appearances last season but it was not enough to prevent the Shrimps succumbing to their second consecutive relegation.

Nolan came through the ranks at Reading and then had spells at Walsall, Accrington Stanley and Gillingham before moving to Morecambe last September.

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Sutton United have signed Will Nightingale after the defender turned down the chance to trigger a contract extension with Aldershot Town.

The 30-year-old centre-back, who has previously played in the Scottish Premiership for Ross County, featured 38 times for Aldershot in his solitary season with the Hampshire side.

Nightingale joined the Shots after being released by AFC Wimbledon, a club he first joined as a nine-year-old and where he went on to make more than 200 first-team appearances.

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Solihull Moors have signed defender Matty Carson from Boston United.

The 23-year-old joined Boston from Grimsby before the start of the recent campaign and scored twice in 36 games in all competitions.

He signed for Reading in the summer of 2023 and played 10 times for the Royals in League One before moving to the Mariners for 2024-25.

The Burnley academy graduate becomes Moors boss Chris Millington's first signing for the 2026-27 season.

"We have been aware of Matty since his time at Burnley and we've monitored his progress and performances," Millington told the club website, external.

"We feel he's at the perfect stage of his career to come and help us push forward with Moors."

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Kidderminster Harriers have added a second new signing in preparation for the club's return to the National League after agreeing a deal for midfielder Max Brogan.

The 24-year-old has been with Scunthorpe since the start of 2024-25 but spent the second half of last season on loan with Leamington, where he scored in a 3-2 defeat by Harriers at the end of April.

Brogan has also had spells with Solihull Moors and Hednesford Town and was part of the Scunthorpe side that won promotion to the National League at the end of 2024-25.

He becomes new Harriers boss Paul Wotton's second new addition following the arrival of another attacking midfielder Callum Dolan.

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Tamworth defender Matt Curley is the latest player to leave the National League club following the end of the season.

Curley, 30, has been with the Lambs since January 2023 and helped the club to back-to-back promotions and a return to the top tier of non-league football in 2024-25.

The full-back made 24 appearances last term as Tamworth finished 11th.

Curley's departure follows those of another double-promotion winner, Callum Cockerill-Mollett, forward Jordan Ponticelli and goalkeeper Leon Phillips since the end of the campaign.

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Brackley Town have signed midfielder Charlie Cooper on a free transfer following his release by Yeovil Town.

The 29-year-old spent the second half of last season on loan at Kidderminster Harriers, helping the club earn promotion to the National League via the play-offs.

Cooper has previously played for clubs including Forest Green Rovers, Woking, Wealdstone and Oldham Athletic.

"Brackley stood out for me. After speaking to the gaffer [Andy Whing], it was clear it was the perfect fit, and I'm looking forward to getting started," Cooper told the club website., external

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Newly-promoted Kidderminster Harriers have made their first permanent signing in preparation for their return to the National League by agreeing a deal for attacking midfielder Callum Dolan.

The 25-year-old played at Torquay United under new Harriers boss Paul Wotton, who was appointed as Adam Murray's replacement a week ago, and was part of the Gulls side that lost the National League South play-off final to miss out on promotion.

But Dolan, who has loan spells with Fleetwood Town in League One and Oldham and Altrincham in the National League, will get the chance to play in the top tier of non-league football again.

"He's a player I trust," Wotton told the club website.

"He can play in three positions, in midfield, as a 10 and he can play wide. He wants to win and will put his foot in, but he's got ability as well."

After the club released 11 players at the end of last season, Dolan joins striker Layton Love and midfielder David Davis, who have both agreed new contracts, in Wotton's plans for the new campaign.

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Sutton United midfielder Jake Taylor has been named club captain and signed a new deal to keep him at Gander Green Lane for another two years.

The 34-year-old takes the armband from defender Edon Pruti, who was skipper for the 2025-26 campaign, in which the U's finished 19th in the National League and avoided relegation by five points.

Taylor, who made 24 league appearances for Sutton after joining from Eastleigh in November 2025, said he was "incredibly proud" to be named captain.

"It's a responsibility I never take for granted, and I'm determined to do everything I can to help make this team as successful as possible," he told the club website., external

"We have high ambitions, and I'm excited to be leading the group both on and off the pitch."

Manager Chris Agutter said: "When Jake Taylor joined the football club, Sutton United were bottom of the table staring relegation in the face – his impact since joining us has been massive."

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Kidderminster Harriers captain Amari Morgan-Smith is among 11 players set to leave the newly-promoted club this summer.

The 37-year-old forward made more than 300 appearances in two spells with the club, including 46 as skipper last season as he led the Harriers to promotion to the National League.

Goalkeeper Christian Dibble will also leave at the end of his contract after 163 appearances, as will Joe Foulkes and Alex Penny, who both played more than 140 times for the side.

Other players on the released list are Josh Palmer, Tom Robinson, Kam Kandola, Jack Clarke, Pierce Bird, Rhys Lovett and Tobi Sho-Silva, while Leyton Love and David Davis have signed new contracts.

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Woking have signed former England youth defender Zico Asare on a two-year deal from Harrogate Town.

The 25-year-old, who represented England at under-15 and under-16 level, spent the past two seasons in League Two with Harrogate, who were relegated to the National League.

He began his career at Fulham and had spells at Oxford City and Maidenhead United before he joined Harrogate in 2024.

Woking director of football Jody Brown told the club website, external: "He brings a great deal of EFL and NL experience.

"He still has potential to improve, but already he has many of the qualities we want from our full-backs.

"I coached against him a few times and saw the problems he caused us, and how he dealt with our play. He always impressed me."

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Fenton John has signed a two-year contract extension at Gateshead, which will keep the midfielder at the National League club until 2028.

The 22-year-old enjoyed a breakthrough campaign for The Heed last season, making 47 appearances in all competitions.

The club have also taken up the one-year options in the contracts of defenders David Ferguson and Brad Nicholson, and goalkeeper Adam Desbois.

But Max Melbourne, Carter Milmore, George Shelvey, Oli Thompson and Connor Pani will be released, with the latter supported in his rehabilitation from a ruptured Achilles tendon injury.

Gateshead are currently without a manager after Rob Elliot left the role following a successful stint in charge where he helped the club avoid relegation.

He was appointed as Carlisle boss the day after his Gateshead departure was announced.

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Scunthorpe United defender Will Evans has signed a new one-year contract with the National League club.

The 34-year-old joined three years ago from Boreham Wood and helped the Iron to promotion from National League North last term.

He played 33 times in all competitions this season as Scunthorpe reached the National League play-offs, losing to Rochdale.

His previous clubs include Hereford United, Eastleigh, Aldershot Town and Chesterfield.

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Woking have completed the signing of Harrison Sohna on a two-year deal from National League North side Hereford.

The 23-year-old midfielder is reunited with boss Jermain Defoe, whom he briefly played alongside while at Sunderland.

Sohna, who started his career at Aston Villa, only joined Hereford in February after a stint at Cheltenham Town but has now made the move to Kingfield Stadium ahead of the new National League season.

"Harrison was brought to our attention in January whilst at Cheltenham, we couldn't do anything then, but I was really impressed that he went to Hereford, got games, and performed at a good level," Woking director of football Jody Brown said.

"He was in the Sunderland squad with Jermain at one point, and he identified him as a player that could add something to our group, so it's great that we were able to make it happen.

"Left-footed, loads of energy, a dead-ball specialist, can operate in deep areas building play, but equally as comfortable playing as an eight and making those forward runs and being a goal threat."

Sohna is Woking's third signing in as many days after the club confirmed the additions of Josh Ayres from Rotherham United and Liam Dulson from Maidenhead United earlier this week.

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Sutton United have completed the signing of midfielder Charlie Carter from National League South side Dorking Wanderers.

The 29-year-old, who was born in Sutton, spent three years at Dorking and was captain for the past two seasons.

He also played National League football with Woking and Eastleigh, either side of a three-year spell at League Two Stevenage, where he was coached briefly by current Sutton boss Chris Agutter.

"For me, he'll be the best attacking midfield player in the league," Agutter told the club's website, external.

"I came up against him when he was at Dorking and know him from my time at Stevenage.

"He's a statement signing. As soon as we felt there was an opportunity of bringing Carts to the football club, we jumped on it and were really aggressive in trying to get him in the building, in a positive sense, in terms of being forceful and on the front foot."

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Nathan Ralph, the first Southend United captain to lift a domestic trophy, will leave the National League club when his contract expires next month.

The 33-year-old led the Shrimpers to victory in the FA Trophy final, in which they beat Wealdstone at Wembley earlier this month.

In total, he has made 202 appearances for Southend, scoring 13 goals, and has been skipper since 2022.

"Everyone at Southend United would like to thank Ralph for his contributions and long service," a club statement said.

Ralph came through the youth ranks at Ipswich Town and Peterborough United, making his senior debut while on loan at Kettering Town in 2012.

He went on to play for Yeovil Town, Aldershot Town, Woking and Dundee, before signing for Southend in July 2019.