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Woking have re-signed striker Josh Kelly on a two-year deal, following his release from League One club AFC Wimbledon.

Kelly, 27, played for the Cards on loan from Wimbledon last season, scoring five goals in 24 appearances, until an injury against Eastleigh on 26 December curtailed his campaign.

"I'm not sure we saw the best of him during his loan with us, his match sharpness took a while," Woking's director of football Jody Brown said.

"He's proven at this level, he's been part of successful teams before, and we think he can get back to his very best during the next two years with us."

Meanwhile long-serving defender Tunji Akinola has signed a new one-year contract extension.

The 27-year-old has played 138 times and scored seven goals since joining the club from Partick Thistle in the summer of 2023.

"He's robust, available, versatile, reliable, consistent and a decent human being," Brown said of Akinola.

"He's already played lots of games here and been a big part of our growth over the last 18 months."

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Woking midfielder Jake Forster-Caskey has signed a new contract with the National League club.

The 32-year-old played 34 times for the Cards last season, having joined from Stevenage in August 2025.

Forster-Caskey has played in all three divisions of the English Football League (EFL), during spells at Brighton & Hove Albion, Oxford United, Rotherham United, MK Dons, Charlton Athletic and Stevenage.

Last season was the first he had played in non-league football.

Woking have not specified the length of Forster-Caskey's new deal.

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Woking have completed the signing of Ashley Clarke on a two-year deal from AFC Bournemouth.

The 20-year-old, who can play up front or on the wing, enjoyed a spell on loan at AFC Totton in National League South last season, scoring 11 goals.

"He can beat people on the inside or outside, breaks well in attacking transitions, and has good end product, plus the versatility to play two or three different attacking positions," Woking's director of football, Jody Brown, said.

Clarke joins striker Liam Dulson, midfielder Harrison Sohna and defender Zico Asare as new arrivals at Kingfield this summer.

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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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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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Centre-back Aaron Drewe has left Woking after failing to agree a new contract.

The 25-year-old played in all bar one of the Cards' 46 National League games last season, after joining from Oxford City.

"We brought Aaron in from the level below and he developed into one of our most consistent performers," said Woking's director of football Jody Brown.

"We were in discussions with Aaron long before the season ended, but it's important to maintain our values, and the alignment with our longer-term vision, as opposed to being driven by emotions."

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Woking captain Harry Beautyman will be leaving the National League club after turning down a new contract.

The 34-year-old had been offered an extension to his deal but Woking said he had chosen to take a "new opportunity", external, which "offers him and his family long-term stability both geographically and professionally".

Beautyman made 90 appearances for the Cards, scoring 25 goals.

The midfielder has also played for Sutton United, Stevenage, Northampton Town and Peterborough United.

Timi Odusina and Roy Syla have signed new contracts to stay with National League club Woking.

Defender Odusina, 26, has agreed a two-year extension until 2028 - he has played 82 times for the Cards since signing in 2023.

Former Ayr United midfielder Syla, 25, joined Woking on trial in January and has made 11 appearances, with his new deal keeping him at the club until 2027.

The duo follow Harry Beautyman in agreeing new terms with Jermain Defoe's side since the season finished.