Players in and squad numbers

For those with the attention span of a goldfish:

Owen Moxon. Midfielder and a Local Lad
Tomas Holy. Keeper. Czech.
Sonny Hilton. Midfielder on loan from Fulham
Ryan Edmondson. Striker.
Ben Barclay. Centre back on loan from Stockport
Finley Back. Right Back on loan from Nottingham Forest

Tristan Abrahams has left us for Eastleigh.

NUMBERS
1 Tomas Holy
2 Joel Senior
3 Jack Armer
4 Owen Moxon
5 Morgan Feeney
6
7 Jordan Gibson
8 Callum Guy
9 Ryan Edmondson
10 Omari Patrick
11 Brennan Dickenson
12 Sonny Hilton
13 Gabriel Breeze
14 Kristian Dennis
15 Taylor Charters
16 Tobi Sho-Silva
17 Corey Whelan
18 Josh Dixon
19 Sam Fishburn
20 Jack Ellis
21 Scott Simons
22 Jon Mellish
23 Lewis Bell
24 Max Kilsby
25 Finley Back
26 Ben Barclay
27 Nick Bollado


* Possibly provisional

Simpson wants 2 more to arrive in time for the start of the League Two season, which would make 27 on full time professional wages. One of them will be a senior goalkeeper. We know that the optimum full time professional squad size is 23 as it was when in his original time at the club a squad of 23 became League Two and Lancashire League champions in the same season. The Lancashire League at the time consisted of Premiership / Championship 3rd teams and League 1 / League 2 reserve teams.

Simpson must want 4 of the eventual 27 full time professional players to leave.

With a professional squad of 23 we need a reserve team playing in an open age league. The reserve league that I have in mind plays matches on Tuesday / Wednesday afternoons. Our reserve team would consist of the 5 not in the last first team 18 plus the unused / least used substitutes and fill out that reserve squad of 15 players with the eldest / best of the youth team. It is an opportunity for these youths to be 'up against it' a good test of willpower.