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 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 Ethan Ross after 70 minutes of the game against Braintree Town on 8 February 2025.

Altrincham appearances to end of 2024/25 season: 1(+2).

Six-foot five-inch Ethan Ross initially joined Altrincham on loan for the 2023-24 season from Stockport County in a deal announced on 25 July 2023.

After 15 impressive appearances, which included his saving three of the five penalties that he had faced, Ethan joined Altrincham on a permanent basis in a deal announced on 13 October 2023.

He had come through the youth teams at Arsenal and Cambridge United before joining West Bromwich Albion, from where he played against Alty as early as 2016-17 season whilst on loan at Worcester City. As well as his loan to Worcester he also had a spell with Redditch United whilst at The Hawthorns.

In 2018 he joined Colchester United from where he went on loan to Maidstone United early in 2019.

After Colchester he signed for Lincoln City in summer 2020. The Imps loaned him to Weymouth in January 2021, where he again faced Altrincham.

The summer of 2021 saw him join Stockport County and in spring 2022 he went on loan to Aldershot Town and again faced The Robins.

He spent the 2022-23 season on loan at York City, which remarkably became the fifth club for which Ethan had played in a game against Altrincham, following appearances against the Robins for Worcester City, Weymouth, Aldershot Town and Stockport County. Ethan made his Robins debut at Macclesfield in a pre-season game on 26 July 2023 before becoming an ever-present between the sticks to the end of 2023 in the National League.

From summer 2024 Ethan was also described by the club as a (goalkeeping) coach.

After an almost ever-present and impressive first half of the league season, in game 28 at home to Braintree Town on 8 February 2025, Ethan was unable to complete the match and was diagnosed with an ACL injury requiring an operation and ruling him out of action for the remainder of the season.

Altrincham appearances to end of 2024/25 season: 72.

Although not named in the club's initial first-teansquad 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.

Appearances to end of 2024/25 season: 2(+1)

The arrival of left-sided centre-back Lewis Baines at Altrincham was announced on 30 May 2022.

Lewis started out at Fleetwood Town, from where he had loan spells with Bamber Bridge (2017) and Ashton United (2018).

After making his debut for Fleetwood Town in the EFL Trophy late in 2018, loans at Chorley (December 2018) and Stockport County followed (January 2019). After leaving Fleetwood, he signed for Chorley in July 2019. The Magpies were then in the National League but were relegated back to the North division at the end of that season. In all he has made well over 100 appearances for Chorley and has an England C cap to his name, when he was a used sub against Wales in April 2022.

Injury sidelined Lewis for eleven games after starting the first six Alty fixtures of 2022-23 and also caused him to miss games at the end of the campaign. However, he proved dependable through the core of the season.

In 2023-24 he briefly lost his place before returning to the starting eleven but he became dependable rock in the defence to the extent that he assumed the captaincy following Isaac Marriott's injury in March 2024. He was rewarded for his performances in that role by being named as captain for 2024-25 season.

Unfortunately injury sidelined him from halfway through the season's sixth fixture but he returned after missing seven games, captaining the side once again.

Appearances to end of 2024/25 season: 120(+8), 6 goals.

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.

Appearances to end of 2024/25 season: 96(+7), 6 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.

Appearances to end of 2024/25 season: 87(+14), 4 goals.

Left-back Lucas Edwards made his debut as the only Academy starter in the CSC match against Vauxhall Motors on 1 October 2024.

Two years earlier he had made his Reserves' debut when aged only sixteen, which the club believes makes him the youngest ever player at that level.

Lucas went on to captain Altrincham in their FA Youth Cup run to the First Round Proper in 2024.

On 9 June 2925 it was announced that Lucas had joined the first-team squad.

Appearances to end of 2023/24 season: 0(+1)

After rejecting a new contract at FC Halifax Town in summer 2024, Tylor trialed for Altrincham and was announced as a new signing on 27 July. He had made 87 appearances across two seasons at The Shay including the game in which Halifax won the 2023 FA Trophy. He made 36(+10) league appearances for the Shaymen in 2023-24 season and picked up nine yellow cards.

Golden had joined the Shaymen after being released by Salford City in 2022. Earlier, he had started out at Wigan Athletic from where Golden spent time on loan at Droylsden and Nantwich Town before being released in June 2020 and joining the Ammies in summer 2020.

In February 2021 Golden joined Notts County on loan but that move was curtailed by injury in his debut game.

Primarily a right-back, he can also play in the left-back berth and with injury sidelining Eddy Jones he was a regular starter on the left of the back line.

He is actually an Altrincham resident despite his earlier career away from the town.

Tylor scored on his Alty debut in the opening game of 24/25 season and, with Eddy Jones long-term-injured from early in the season, he established himself as first-choice left-back.

Appearances to end of 2024/25 season: 46(+7), 3 goals.

On 6 June 2025 tall left-back Sam was announced as a new signing for the club.

He started out at West Riding club Brighouse Town before his move to Sheffield Wedneday in 2023. He made his debut for The Owls in February of that year.

In November of 2024 he went to Boston United on loan and made five appearances for the Lincolnshire club. A loan at Scarborough Athltic followed, where he appeared in 15 games for the National North club before being released by Wednesday in summer 2025.

Altrincham appearances to end of 2024/25: 0

Centre-back Billy joined Alty for the third time in a move announced on 3 June 2025. He arrived after spending the 2024-25 season with Hartlepool United who announced his departure "for family reasons" after he had made 20(+4) National League appearances but failed to score.

However, the Wales under-19 had first signed for Altrincham on a season-long loan from Crewe Alexandra on the eve of a trip to York City in the National League North on 8 March 2019. He made his debut in that match as a substitute.

Having started out at Crewe Alexandra in 2017, on joining Alty in 2019 Billy had just completed a loan spell at FC United of Manchester. He had previously had spells on loan at Colwyn Bay and Leek Town.

Regrettably, a three-week gap in Altrincham fixtures and an injury, as well as an early recall by Crewe on 13 April 2019, limited Billy to just two substitute appearances for Altrincham that season.

Having signed a new contract at Gresty Road in summer 2019, he went on loan to AFC Telford United in 2019-20 season, followed in February 2020 by a month's loan at Ashton United.

Billy also made his first-team debut for The Railwaymen and scored his debut first-team goal, for Crewe in the EFL Cup in September 2020.

His second loan spell at Altrincham, this time competing in the National League but again from Crewe Alexandra, was announced on 6 November 2020.

This move had been prompted by a long-term injury to Toby Mullarkey and the summer departure of James Jones which, curiously, in 2025 was again to be a major factor in his arrival at the club.

Unfortunately, Billy's second loan at Altrincham was also curtailed. On this occasion it was truncated by a recall to Crewe, who were experiencing their own injury problems. In his second stay at Moss Lane, Billy made 5(+2) appearances.

He then joined Yeovil Town on loan in 2021, followed by more loan-time at Woking in 2023; a longer spell at Boreham Wood followed in 2023-24 season before he left Crewe and joined Hartlepool in 2024.

Altrincham appearances to end of 2024-25: 5(+4), 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.

Appearances to end of 2024/25 season: 48(+3), 9 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.

Appearances to end of 2024/25 season: 5(+1), 0 goals.

Central midfielder Isaac's signing from Bradford (Park Avenue) "for an undisclosed fee" was announced on Christmas Eve 2021.

A former Huddersfield Town product, a club he joined as a nine year-old, he was loaned to Larne in Northern Ireland in January 2019 before joining the Bradford club on loan in 2019-20 season. He made 25 appearances for the West Yorkshire club that season before returning to Huddersfield.

Before his spell in Northern Ireland with Larne, Isaac has also had loan spells at clubs which included Brighouse Town and Warrington Town.

Following his release by Huddersfield Town in summer 2020, he returned to Yorkshire and signed for Bradford (Park Avenue) where he had made fifteen appearances in 2021-22 before signing for Phil Parkinson at Altrincham. At Bradford he also played as an attacking midfielder and was rewarded with several goals.

However he completed ninety minutes just once in the first eight league fixtures of his Alty career, only actually appearing four times in that period. But once he had regained fitness he became an ever-present starter for the final sixteen games of the 2021-22 campaign.

A pre-season injury in summer 2022 meant that Isaac missed the start of the 2022-23 season and it was league game 18 before he started a game, on 8 November 2022. However, he soon re-established himself as a key figure in the team and was rewarded with a two-year contract extension, announced at the end of March 2023.

A serious ankle injury curtailed Isaac's appearances in March 2024 and a remedial operation ended his season prematurely as well as causing him to miss the opening weeks of the 2024-25 campaign. After a brief return a further injury lay-off saw him sidelined in January 2025 before he returned to league action in March.

Appearances to end of 2024/25 season: 103(+11), 3 goals.

On 6 January 2022, following his release by Stevenage of EFL2, Altrincham announced the signing of centre-midfielder Elliot Osborne.

Osborne is one of Phil Parkinson's many Altrincham signings who had formerly played under him at Nantwich Town. Elliot started out in the youth system at Port Vale but, after the Valiants released him, he joined Staffordshire club Newcastle Town as an 18 year-old in 2014.

In February 2015 he moved across the county border to Cheshire to sign for Nantwich Town where he netted 22 times from midfield. In summer 2016 he signed for Fleetwood Town of League One but in September 2016 he went out on loan to Tranmere Rovers.

In January 2017 he went on another loan, to Stockport County and then Morecambe in League Two at the start of the 2017-18 campaign. However, in early 2018 he was transferred from Fleetwood to Southport for an undisclosed fee.

In late September 2018 he again went on loan to Stockport County and in November he signed for the Hatters, where he went on to record 79 appearances and 11 goals.

In summer 2020 he was signed by League Two Stevenage and played 30 games there in 2020–21 season.

He played every minute of all but two of his 23 league appearances for Altrincham in 2021-22 and was an ever-present starter in 2022-23 by October 2022 but, in the latter part of the season, he was often a used substitute. However, 2023-24 saw him playing well as a regular starter once again and in 2024-25 he was again a mainstay of the side in midfield.

Appearances to end of 2024/25 season: 148(+20), 3 goals.

After being an unused substitute in a Cheshire Senior Cup tie in 2023-24, Remi made his debut as a second-half substitute the following season against Vauxhall Motors, on 1 October 2024.

He was offered a professional contract in May 2025.

Appearances to end of 2024/25 season: 0(+1), 0 goals

Central midfielder Keaton Ward was announced on 26 May 2025 as Phil Parkinspn's first summer signing, following the expiry of the player's contract at Boston United.

He started out at hometown club, Mansfield Town in 2019, moving later that year to Barnsley, though he made no first-team appearances for either club.

From Oakwell he had brief loans at FC United of Manchester, Gainsborough Trinity and Ilkeston Town.

He rejoined Mansfield Town in 2021 making 15 appearances as well as featuring in 22 games on loan at Telford United.

He spent 2022-23 at Kettering Town before joining Boston United in 2023, where he went on to make 86 appearances in which he scored ten times.

Appearances to end of 2024/25 season: 0

The signing of Oliver Crankshaw from Stockport County for an undisclosed fee was announced on 30 August 2023; it was the eleventh signing of the summer.

A winger, he started out at Preston North End before having spells with Ramsbottom United, Clitheroe and Colne as well as for Morecambe under-23s.

From there he joined Curzon Ashton and then Wigan Athletic, in early 2019, before he was loaned back to The Nash.

A loan move to Dundee followed, a year later. He left Wigan for Bradford City in February 2021 before joining Stockport County.

Ollie returned to Scotland in January 2023, again on loan.

He had made more than fifty appearances for his previous employer, Stockport County, before leaving for Altrincham.

However, in only his second appearance for Altrincham, he suffered an ACL injury which prematurely ended his season and caused him to miss the start of the 2024-25 season as well.

From September 2024 he did make 2(+4) starts in all competitions but was sidelined once more in November and did not appear again until the opening game of 2025 in the FA Trophy against Woking.

After two league starts, a further period of absence from the league squad followed from late January 2025 onwards.

Appearances to end of 2024/25 season: 6(+5), 0 goals

Striker James Gale (height 1.94m) spent his early football career, until the age of 14, in the Derby County youth system.

He then joined another Derbyshire club, Long Eaton United, leaving them in 2021 to join Mansfield Town where he was to make 6 starts and a further 31 appearances from the bench in EFL2 across seasons 2021-22 to 2023-24. He scored 4 times in EFL2.

Whilst there, he went out on loan to Guiseley, where he made 11 appearances in 2022.

Mansfield were promoted to EFL 1 in 2024 and James signed a two-year contract.

However, he was not to make any EFL1 appearances as Mansfield loaned him to Solihull Moors [8(+9) appearances and 3 goals from summer 2024 to January 2025] and then Boston United [3+(17) appearances and 3 goals in 2025].

In all he scored six times and enjoyed 1,053 minutes of game time in the National League whilst at Solihull and Boston in 2024-25.

Appearances to end of 2024/25 season: 0

Striker Jimmy Knowles was signed from Accrington Stanley for an undisclosed fee in a move revealed on 10 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.

Altrincham appearances to end of 2024/25 season: 0.

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 retured 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.

Appearances to end of 2024/25 season: 101(+37), 22 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.

Appearances to end of 2024/25 season:17(+27), 2 goals

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.

Appearances to end of 2023-24 season: 6 (+18), 3 goals

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