Academy goalkeeper Max had also been playing on dual registration for NW Counties side Barnton when he was named in the FA Cup replay against Harborough Town on 14 October 2025. He was on the bench but did not get on the pitch but was assigned a squad number for the first time.

Max was also Altrincham's goalkeeper in the 2025/26 FA Youth Cup.

The previous season, Max had been named in the squad for the CSC tie at home to Vauxhall Motors on 1 October 2024 but, again, did not get onto the pitch. He had made his Academy debut earlier in the 24/25 season.

Max also played for Redgate Clayton in the Staffordshire County Senior League for the early part of the 2024/25 season before playing for Newcastle Town, for whom he kept goal in the FA Youth Cup during the same season.

He went on a season-lomng lown to Barnton but was recalled in mid-October to cover as an unused substitute in the National League, a role he performed nine times up to the end of calendar year 2025.

Altrincham appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 0.

The signing of goalkeeper Owen Evans was announced on 1 July 2026. His previous club was League Two Barnet, for whom he actually made his debut at the J. Davidson Stadium on 4 January 2025 in the Bees'3-1 FA Trophy defeat by Altrincham. He had joined Barnet just two days earlier, on loan from Cheltenham Town.

For the 2025-26 season he was a Barnet player in EFL 2 and, in all, he has some 150 games of League football on his C.V.

Owen started out at Wigan Athletic from where he had loans at Witton Albion, Rhyl, North Ferriby United, Sutton United, Macclesfield and Cheltenham Town. He then signed for Cheltenham Town in 2021, where he made 27 appearance.

70 appearances at Walsall followed before Owen returned to Cheltenham from where hew was loaned to Barnet in January 2025 before signing for the Bees in the summer of that year.

Altrincham appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 0.

When the experienced Matt Gould left Altrincham to join Yeovil Town midway through pre-season it was expected that Altrincham would sign a keeper to cover for the first-choice Ethan Ross.

However, it was Academy goalkeper Louie Fallon who figured in most of the pre-season games as Ross's understudy and he was included in the 2024/25 season's team photograph. He was named on the bench for the first three National League fixtures before Harvey Randle joined.

Louie had joined the Robins by playing for the Alty Colts under-16s before moving on to the Academy set up at the club

He was dual registered with Witton Albion, a move announced on 30 November 2024. However, he was available at Altrincham to make his first start in the National League Cup on 3 December 2024, against Stoke City's PL2 side.

Louie made his National League debut when he substituted for the injured Ethan Ross after 70 minutes of the game against Braintree Town on 8 February 2025. After 14 unused appearances on the bench in 2025-26 season, Louie's full league debut came on 18 October 2025 against Woking at Moss Lane.

He made another start in the next fixture before two more unused inclusions in the squad ended with his own injury, which sidelined him for seven NL matches until into January 2026.

He then returned as the regular substitute keeper on the Alty bench. Altrincham appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 6(+3).

Although not named in the club's initial first-team squad announcement in the 2024 close season, Joel was awarded a first contract during the summer.

Earlier, he had made his first-team debut as a 76th minute substitute in the Cheshire Senior Cup, against 1874 Northwich on 10 October 2023.

A central defender, he had graduated through the club's Academy and featured in half a a dozen of the club's pre-season friendlies in 2024. On 6 August 2024 it was announced that he was going on a season-long loan to Witton Albion.

After featuring for Altrincham in summer pre-season in 2025, Joel moved in August on a season-long loan to Bamber Bridge in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. On 30 January 2026 it was announced that Joel had been recalled to Altrincham after 24 appearances for the Lancashire club.

Appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 2(+2)

The signing of right-back Lewis Banks was announced on 14 June 2023. He had ended the 2022-23 campaign up at Arbroath in the Scottish second-tier where he had made 12(+1) league appearances. Prior to that he had made 118 appearances for Sligo Rovers, since early 2019, in the Republic of Ireland and had appeared for them in the European Conference League.

However, Lewis had started out at his hometown club of Stoke City where he had played up to under-23 level before leaving to join Stafford Rangers in summer 2018.

Lewis soon established himself as the regular right-back at Altrincham where he was not only reliable but weighed in with a number of goals. His versatility has also seen him perform well at left-back and in the centre of the back line. He enjoyed more game-time than any other Altrincham player in the 2024-25 season.

Having been an ever-present for the first 14 games of 2025/26 he was sidelined by an ankle ligament injury in mid-October 2025.

Appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 112(+8), 9 goals.

With Baines, Cooper and Sass-Davies all injured, Altrincham made a presumably short-term signing in centre-back Sam Barnes, who had been released by Barrow in summer 2025 after a season at the Holker Street club.

Sam's earlier career was with Blackburn Rovers where he came through their youth system. In 2019 he enjoyed a loan spell at Marine.

An ACL injury cost him the 2022-23 season before his move to Barrow in 2024.

Sam's arrival at Altrincham was revealed on 15 August 2025 and he made his debut against Hartlepool United on 19 August 2025. After seven successive league apperances, the concussion protocols cost him several matchday involvements. And further injury kept him out of action in the December/January period.

Appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 9(+12), 0 goals

Centre-half Jake Cooper was signed from Rotherham United in the summer of 2022, the deal being announced on 11 June. However, he had finished the previous campaign (2021-22) at Moss Lane, on a one-month loan from The Millers which started on 1 February 2022. On 4 March it was announced that his loan had been extended till the end of the 2021-22 season.

Raised in Sheffield, he was a forward in the Sheffield United youth system before converting to a defensive role.

At Rotherham he had made three EFL Trophy appearances for The Millers before his arrival at Moss Lane.

He had previous non-League experience, having had two loan spells at Gateshead in 2019-20 and 2020-21, making 29 appearances for The Heed before he also made two appearances for Hartlepool United in 2021.

Indeed, in March 2021 he was an unused sub for the Monkeyhangers at the J. Davidson Stadium as Alty hosted Hartlepool behind closed doors.

In 2021-22 season, he made eleven appearances and scored three goals when on loan at National North club Darlington before he returned to Rotherham a fortnight ahead of his arrival at Altrincham, where he made his debut at centre-back on 5 February 2022.

Having played the full ninety minutes in eight successive league games, Jake was sidelined by a tendon injury in early November 2022. On 24 February 2023 it was announced that he was going on a one-month loan to Darlington in National League North. On 23 March it was confirmed that that loan had been extended till the end of the National North season.

In 2023 he established a good partnership with Lewis Baines at the heart of the defence. On 9 February, 2024, it was revealed that Jake had signed a contract extension for a period that was not announced. In 2024-25 he lost his place as a regular starter after game no.12 and was an intermittently used substitute into the New Year of 2025.

An unspecified injury meant that he was sidelined from the start of 25/26 season. Although he was named as a substitute for four league games in September 2025, he did not get on the pitch and then disappeared from the squad until he finally made his first appearance of the season in the CSC on 21 October 2025 and he returned to the league line-up after that.

Appearances to end of 2025/26 season:114(+18), 6 goals.

Wing-back Anthony became Altrincham's fourth signing in an eight days' spell, his arrival being announced on 13 January 2026.

He had played against Altrincham previously, whilst employed by Wrexham in 2013.

Anthony started his career with Wolverhampton Wanderers for whom he made his debut in the League Cup in 2011 and went on to make 21 appearances. He moved on to Walsall where he made 78 appearances (2014-16) before clocking up more than a century of games for Rotherham United.

Time at Oxford United (66 games) and Wrexham (45 appearances from July 2022) followed, with Anthony staying at The Racecourse until early 2025 when he joined Burton Albion for the remainder of that season and he made 11 appearances for The Brewers.

Appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 4(+5), 0 goals

Eddy Jones, a left-back, rejoined Altrincham for a second loan spell from Stoke City on 2 September 2022. The loan was to continue for four months till New Year 2023. The previous season Eddy had signed up for a season-long loan from The Potters on 3 February 2022.

He went straight into the starting eleven at left-back on his "second coming" to the club and on 10 January 2023 it was announced that Eddy had signed as an Altrincham player after leaving Stoke City. A virtual ever-present, Jones made the left-back berth his own in 2022-23, a pattern which continued into 2023-24. He was also ever-present in 2023-24 until injury briefly interrupted his season in late December 2023.

He had joined the Potteries club from Bury and he went on to make 12 appearances in a loan spell at AFC Telford United before playing three games in EFL 2 for Hartlepool United at the start of 2021-22 season. His loan spell in the North East saw him make six appearances in all for Hartlepool.

He returned to Stoke in January 2022 before his first move to Altrincham, where he made an assured debut at left-back on 5 February 2022.

Eddy has representative honours at under-17 and under-21 for Wales.

2024-25 saw him sent off in the opening game and then start less regularly than in the previous campaign. More misfortune followed as he suffered a serious injury which sidelined him from early December 2024. This was only revealed to have been an ACL injury on 13 February 2025, for which an operation had already been carried out.

On 5 December 2025 it was announced that Neil Gibson had re-signed a now fully recovered Eddy till the end of the 25/26 campaign. He made his first league start in game 23 in December 2025 and started regularly after that.

Appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 136(+11), 4 goals .

On 2 February 2026 it was announced that centre-back Charlie was joining the club for a third spell, this time on a permanent basis after two loan spells from Blackburn Rovers in 2024-25 season.

He made made 25 Altrincham appearances in 2024/25, with twenty of those games being in the National League. Every one of his appearances under Phil Parkinson was as a match starter.

Charlie's first coming was announced just three days after playing as captain against Altrincham for Blackburn Rovers U-21 in the National League Cup in October 2024. On 11 October 2024 Alty confirmed that Charlie was joining Altrincham on a loan until the end of November.

He made his Alty debut as left-sided centre-back against Solihull Moors in the FA Cup on 12 October 2024.

After playing in the replay at Solihull, in which he scored his only goal for the club that season, he also played against Gateshead in the Vanarama National League before injury curtailed his stay.

However, on 5 December 2024 it was announced that he had returned to the JDS on a further month's loan. On 6 January 2005 it was confirmed that his loan would continue for the remainder of the season. At the end of the campaign Charlie was named the club's Young Player of the Season.

For season 2025/26 Charlie went on loan at Oldham Athletic in League Two but his opportunities were restricted to three cup games for the Latics before his recall by Blackburn and subsequent decsision to join Altrincham.

Altrincham appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 25, 1 goal.

Left-sided midfielder Aidan's arrival at Moss Lane was announced on 26 June 2026 when he became Neil Gibson's second summer signing.

He had come through the Manchester United youth structure where he earned Enland international honours at under 17 and 18 levels. In 2017 he signed his first contract at United.

In August 2019, United loaned him to Norwegian club Tromsø for nearly four months. He was released by United at the end of June 2020.

Aftertrials at Stoke City and Ipswich Town, in July 2021 he signed for Doncaster Rovers from where he joined Eastleigh for the 2023-24 season.

A move to Rochdalein summer 2024 led to his making more than 70 appearances for Rochdale.

Appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 0

Altrincham announced midfielder Kian as Neil Gibson's eighth signing on 3 February 2026. He signed an eighteen-month deal with the Robins.

A product of the Manchester City Academy, Kian's great uncle John had played against Altrincham twice for Rotherham United in the 1970s and later became the Millers' manager. Kian's father Ian was also a professional footballer.

Kian and his family moved from South Yorkshire to Sale to support his development at the Etihad.

He had two loans whilst with Manchester City. Firstly he joined Wycombe Wanderers on a season-long loan for 2023/24.

However, he was recalled in January 2024 after making 11 appearances, two of which were in the EFL.

The following summer another season-long loan was arranged, at Crewe Alexandra, but again he was recalled in the following January. He had made 13 league appearances for the Railwaymen plus five in other competitions.

His Alty debut came from the bench against Yeovil Town on 7 February 2026 but he picked up an injury in that cameo which sidelined him.

Appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 0(+1), 0 goals

Announced on 1 July as Altrincham's fourth signing of summer 2024, Tom Crawford is a tall central midfielder who started off with Stoke City before joining his hometown club, Chester's academy as a teenager. His spell at Chester included loans at Runcorn Town and Leek Town in 2017-18.

In summer 2018 Tom moved to Notts County, then a League team, where he made 12 appearances between 2018 and 2020. A three-month loan at Dave Challinor's AFC Fylde completed his season in 2019.

101 appearances at Hartlepool United, where Challinor was then the manager, followed his release by the Magpies in summer 2020. He remained in the North East till the end of 2023-24, at which point he was released by the Pools.

He had missed much of 2022-23 season with an ankle injury but made 39 appearances for Hartlepool in 2023-24, scoring five times but picking up twelve yellow cards in the process!

Despite two sendings-off in the first 19 league games of the season, Tom was a key player in the 2024-25 campaign and even captained the side against his former club, Hartlepool, in February 2025. Tom started 12 of the first 15 games of the 2025/26 season, with one of the missed games being through suspension after a red card.

Having taken over as captain from Lewis Baines during 24-25 season, Tom was confirmed as retaining the captaincy for 26-27.

Appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 94(+5), 12 goals. .

A "deep-lying" midfielder, Owen made his debut for Altrincham in the Cheshire Senior Cup on 11 October 2022 at Sandbach. Despite only being seventeen at the time, he had already captained the Altrincham FC Academy side on occasions.

Owen is a product of the Crewe Alexandra youth system, having spent more than a decade at Gresty Road before his release at the age of sixteen. In early 2023 he went on loan at Irlam in the North West Counties League Premier Division. In late April 2023 he was an unused sub for Altrincham in the Cheshire Senior Cup Final at Moss Lane.

Despite not having made a league appearance, his promise was such that he was signed up for the first-team squad for 2023-24. However, on 27 July 2023, it was announced that Owen was going on a season-long loan to Wythenshawe Town. However, that arrangement was curtailed owing to injuries to other squad members.

Consequently he was named in three Altrincham National League squads in October 2023 and also played in the CSC tie that month against 1874 Northwich in which he also converted a penalty in a shoot-out.

On 20 October it was announced that he was commencing a one-month loan at Warrington Rylands in the Northern Premier League's Premier Division. That loan was extended to the end of 2023-24 season but on 2 February it was announced that he had gone on loan at Stafford Rangers.

In summer 2024 he was granted a further contract and after being named in one matchday squad for the first team, he went on a one-month loan to Witton ALbion on 30 August 2024, which was later renewed in October 2024. By February 2025 he was back at the JDS before a spell at Alfreton Town in March 2025.

Owen returned to Alfreton for the start of the 2025-26 campaign but was recalled in mid-September. In his eighth inclusion in the first-team league squad he finally made his NL debut, from the bench, on 23 September 2025.

In mid-October 2025 it was announced that Owen was going on loan to Ashton United in the Northern Premier League until the end of 2025. However, this was curtailed in December and, in his third season as a professional at Alty, he finally made his league debut on 30 December 2025, only to be sent off after just 16 minutes against Rochdale.

Owen then made 8 appearances for Chorley before returning to the JDS in mid-March 2026 but he returned on loan to Chorley in a loan announced on 26 April 2026.

Appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 6(+3), 0 goals.

On 30 June 2026 Altrimcham revealed the sgining of Jack Hinchy, who had previously been a loanee at the club.

His loan signing, which was announced on 1 October 2025, had been from Notts County in a deal projected to run until the end of 2025. A product of Stockport County he arrived after making a single appearances for County before he left them in 2021.

A central midfielder, he had left Stockport for Brighton & Hove Albion where he captained their under-21s. In February 2024 he was loaned to Shrewsbury Town where he made 12 appearances.

He has since made 19 appearances for Notts County. At Altrincham he made his debut at Wealdstone on 4 October 2025 but when managher Phil Parkinson was sacked soon afterwards, his game time was extremely limited under his replacement, Neil Gibson.

As a consequence, his loan was curtailed when Notts County recalled him, a move announced on 12 December 2025.

Appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 2(+4), 0 goals

Liam's third spell with Altrincham was announced on 30 June 2026 and on this occasion his was as a new signing, having previouly twice been a loanee.

Back in 2024/25 season, midfielder Liam had first arrived at Altrincham on a one-month loan from Salford City in an agreement revealed on 7 September 2024. He made his debut from the bench in that day's 4-0 win over Ebbsfleet United. In the summer he had featured for The Ammies against Altrincham.

He had finished the previous season on loan at Nantwich Town but had ten Salford City starts to his name including the opening fixture of 2024-25 season.

Despite fairly limited game time during the seven league fixtures after his arrival, his loan was extended for a further month as was announced on 11 October 2024. A further extension kept him at the club until Gateshead announced that they had signed him on loan on 21 December.

In summer 2025 Liam moved from Salford City to Rochdale, where he had made just a single 86th minute appearance before rejoining Alty on loan.

Liam's second debut for Altrincham came on 17 January 2026 as a used substitute in the game at Hartlepool. After three starts, Liam was injured and missed three more matches, before regaining fitness.

He became a regular starter, impressing in his midfield role, before returning to his parent club.

Appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 22(+9), 3 goals.

On 7 January 2026, Altrincham revealed the signing of midfielder/winger Otis Khan, who was known to Neil Gibson from their time together at Tranmere Rovers.

A Pakistan international, Khan started out at Manchester United's Academy before he joined Sheffield United, a club he was at from summer 2012 to early 2016.

He then made the short journey to join League One Barnsley but, later in 2016, he moved into EFL2 with Yeovil Town before joining up with Mansfield Town for an undisclosed fee in summer 2018.

Two years later, he moved to EFL2 Tranmere Rovers where Neil Young was working. Walsall and Leyton Orient were his next venues before arriving at Grimsby Town in summer 2022. Two years later he joined Oldham Athletic for the 2024-25 season before going on loan to a former club in Yeovil Town, for whom he played against Altrincham in April 2025.

Time abroad followed, in Malaysia, where he featured for Kelantan Red Warrior before he joined Altrincham.

On 17 January 2026 he made his Altrinham debut at Hartlepool but after four successive starts he was sideleined by injury and was set to miss the next month of action.

Appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 7(+2), 1 goal

The son of former Altrincham player Steve Raymond, versatile midfielder Remi was offered a first professional contract in May 2025.

Remi had started out at Altrincham in the under-16s' Colts set-up

He had first appeared in a first team squad, as an unused substitute, in a Cheshire Senior Cup tie in 2023-24.

However, it was the following season when he made his debut as a second-half substitute in a Cheshire Senior Cup tie against Vauxhall Motors, on 1 October 2024.

Remi was also a part of the Altrincham Youth side which progressed to the First Round Proper in the 2024-25 season.

After being named on the bench for the first seven league fixtures of 25/26, in which he made two brief appearances from the bench, Remi went on loan to Witton Albion from early September 2025 to January 2026.

However, lack of game time led to his loan being transferred to Congleton Town as the Bears announced on 24 October.

Appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 0(+3), 0 goals

Striker Kristian Dennis's signing was revealed on 1 July 2026 after he had left Tranmere Rovers, where he had spent the previous three seasons in League Two.

Kristian made his senior debut in 2007 playing for Macclesfield Town, a club from where, between 2008 and 2010, he had loans to Ashton United and Woodley Sports, before joining the Stockport club.

31 games for Mossley and 82 for Curzon Ashton followed (2010-13) before a move to Stockport County (2013-16) where he made 60 appearances as well as a further 38 on loan back at Macclesfield Town.

78 games for Chesterfield (2016-18) were followed by 54 for Notts County from where he had a loan spell at Grimsby Town in 2019.

He left Notts County for St Mirren in 2020 and, after 30 games, joined Carlisle United from 2020 till 2023 at which point he rejected a contract extension. A move to Merseyside followed in 2023 when he signed for Tranmere Rovers, where he made 92 appearances for the Prenton Park club.

Before arriving at Moss Lane, Kristian had faced Altrincham on a number of occasions (notably for Macclesfield Town and Stockport County).

Altrincham appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 0.

Having made four appearances in 2025 pre-season, playing on the left-wing, Charlie was named as an Altrincham signing on 29 July 2025.

His early career was spent with Crewe Alexandra, for whom he made his EFL debut in 2016. He was a part of the Railwaymen's squad which earned promotion to EFL1 in 2020.

In summer 2021 he moved sideways in EFL1 to Charlton Athletic, who paid in excess of £500,000 for his services. However, after under eighteen months, he left the Addicks by mutual consent.

During his stay in London, he was loaned out to both Blackpool and Burton Albion before returning to Crewe Alexandra in February 2024.

Eight months later, in October 2024, having been released that summer from Gresty Road, he signed for Barrow in EFL2. In turn, the Cumbrians released him in summer 2025.

Over the previous four seasons (2021-25) before joining Altrincham, he had made 77 EFL appearances, scoring six times.

By November 2025 he had been named in all sixteen league match squads but he only started four times and did not score. Following Neil Gibson's appointment he started six NL games in a row,

Altrincham appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 18(+22), 0 goals.

Striker Jimmy Knowles was signed from Accrington Stanley for an undisclosed fee in a move revealed on 9 June 2025.

He started out at Mansfield Town where he stayed from 2019-23, making six appearances in the process. In that spell he had three loans, at Notts County, Greenock Morton and Kettering Town.

2023 saw him join Boston United where his 18 goals in 47 appearances led to a move to Accrington Stanley. He scored twice in 16 games for Stanley.

In 2025 he returned on loan to Boston United, now in the National League, where his three appearances produced one goal.

For Alty he started all but two of the league games to the end of October 2025 and was the leading scorer at that stage with six National League goals. He had also scored three times in cup matches by that point.

He was an intermittent starter under Neil Gibson.

Altrincham appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 38(+12), 16 goals.

On 16 August, 2020, Matty Kosylo became the fourth new arrival of the close season as he signed a two-year contract after leaving AFC Fylde. He had joined The Coasters in summer 2019 but had not replicated the success he had enjoyed over a three-year spell at FC Halifax Town, his previous club.

Earlier in his career, wingman Kosylo had played previously under Alty manager Phil Parkinson. That was back in 2014-16 at Nantwich Town, with Matty having begun his career at Stockport County before spells with Salford City, Ashton United, Hyde United and Vauxhall Motors (2013/14).

He left Nantwich for FC Halifax Town, for an undisclosed fee, in July 2016. At the time he was the Evo Stik NPL Young Player of the Year. Kosylo made a great impression in his three seasons at The Shay (2016-19), during which he scored 24 league goals in 74(+5) league appearances for The Shaymen.

Kosylo then joined AFC Fylde in 2019 but relegation in 2020 meant that The Coasters were prepared to release him from his contract to sign for Altrincham.

After his debut at home to Weymouth on 3 October 2020, he was a lively performer till injury limited his appearances in the second half of the campaign. In 2021 he missed a number of games through injury but in 2021-22 he had a successful season, netting ten times.

In May 2022 it was announced that he had re-signed for a further season. However, a pre-season ACL injury meant that he was out of action for the entire 2022-23 season but he returned to action in 2023 pre-season. He suffered another injury after half a dozen appearances before returning to action in late November 2023.

Another injury sidelined him until he returned over the Christmas period of 2023 but he was offered a new deal in summer 2024. 2024/25 saw him primariy named on the bench but two sendings-off in the space of three league appearances over Christmas and New Year 2025 saw him banned for seven games in all. Matty signed a new contract, which included a coaching role, in summer 2025.

His game time in 2025/26 was limited with just two starts and seven appearances from the bench in all competitions by the end of October 2025. However, his appearances increased after Neil Gibson was appointed.

Appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 125(+48), 23 goals

On 1 August 2024, Altrincham announced that they had signed Kahrel, who had played in four previous pre-season friendlies in which he had impressed with his electric pace, mostly deployed on the right-wing.

He was a Stoke City under-21 regular who joined The Potters in July 2022 after a spell at Aston Villa, where he was in their FA Youth Cup winning side in 2021. He was released by the Potters in summer 2024.

Kahrel's pace and trickery saw him start or come off the bench in each of the first 17 league fixtures of 2024/25 before continuing the season mainly as an impact substitute.

Reddin was the team's best player in the opening third of the season by which time he had made 12(+1) league appearances and scored three goals, having missed three games through suspension.

Appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 46(+37), 6 goals

On 26 June 2026, Altrincham announced the signing of Sam Taylor. He had come through the Tranmere Rovers youth system, making his debut in the EFL Trophy in 2022, making seven appearances in total that season.

In February 2023 he was loaned out for the remainder of the season to Bootle in the Northern Premier League Division One West, where he scored once in nine appearances.

In 2023/24 season Sam played 25 times in all competitions for Tranmere Rovers, scoring three times, but only three of those games were in EFL2, in which he netted once.

In late December 2024, he was loaned for a month to Oldham Athletic but made just a single appearance for the Latics.

In August 2025 he joined Linfield in Northern Ireland on a season-long loan, for whom he played 26 times.

Appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 0

The signing of Lucas, a right-winger with exceptional pace, from Colne was announced on 15 May 2024. He started out with Preston North End before signing for Preston club Fulwood Amateurs with whom he won the West Lancashire League and the Lancashire Amateur Cup.

He joined Colne in summer 2022. Lucas became a prolific goalscorer for the Lancashire club, netting 42 goals mostly from the wing in 2023-24 season.

From Alty, Lucas went on loan to Bamber Bridge on 31 August 2024. He scored nine goals whilst with the Lancashire club.

On completion of that arrangement, he moved on another loan, this time at Radcliffe in National North, for whom he made his debut on 9 November 2024. He returned to Altrincham a month later and he was gradually imtroduced to the matchday squad. He netted his first league goal, at Hartlepool, in mid-February 2025.

On 11 February 2025 it was announced that Lucas had signed a contract extension for a further three years at Altrincham. After just one start and eight appearances from the bench, Lucas was loaned to Chorley till the end of 2025, in a move announced on 17 October 2025. However, just four weeks later, on 14 November it was announced that Lucas had been recalled after making five appearances and scoring twice for Chorley.

Appearances to end of 2025/26 season: 15 (+40), 8 goals

• Lewis BAINES
• Olly CRANKSHAW
• Tylor GOLDEN
• Liam HUMBLES (loanee)
• Luke HUTCHINSON (loanee)
• Isaac MARRIOTT
• Sam REED
• Ethan ROSS
• Billy SASS-DAVIES
• Dan SASSI
• Yassin TOURE