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Conference Press Release
16
May 2002
barnet
Barnet FC have reported that the management team that
lifted their season from the beginning of March have
signed their new contracts. Head coach Peter Shreeves,
first team coach Martin Allen and physiotherapist Lee
Taylor put pen to paper on Monday to the deals offered
them by chairman Tony Kleanthous. Lee Pluck, 20, who
deputised for both Greg Heald and Mark Arber after
Shreeves took over in March, has signed a two year
contract until May 2004.
boston
united
Finn Forest have renewed their sponsorship of Boston
United for a further year as the Pilgrims enter the
Football League. Jim Rodwell has signed a 12-month
extension to his contract, Ray Warburton is expected to
extend his contract, Brian Hardie and Paul Hart are to
sign professional forms. Boston have a friendly fixture
at home to ex-premiership Ipswich Town on 15 July and a
friendly away to Billericay Town on 24 July.
burton
albion
Burton
Albion will tour Burton on Trent on an Open-Top Bus on
July 7th to celebrate their championship season and look
forward to the new Conference campaign. Burton Albion
have signed Craig Dudley from Oldham Athletic subject to
him regaining his fitness, following an ankle injury. The
Brewers have a three year option on the tricky forward
player who recently left Boundary Park by mutual
agreement.
chester city
Defender Martyn Lancaster has been sacked by the club for
what they describe as “serious breaches of club
rules” following a number of incidents. Another
unnamed player has been given a written warning from the
club. Chester have signed Lincoln City striker Dave
Cameron, 24-year-old Doncaster Rovers midfielder Kevin
McIntyre and Ben Davies from Kidderminster Harriers.
dagenham
& redbridge
Dagenham and Redbridge striker Mark Stein has signed a
new one-year contract with the club. Stein scored
twenty-four goals in the Conference last season as
Dagenham narrowly missed out on promotion on goal
difference to Boston. Thirty-seven year-old Stein has
played at the top level with Chelsea and joined Dagenham
and Redbridge from Luton in July last year. Defender
Ashley Vickers has also put pen to paper on a new two
year contract.
doncaster
rovers
Matty Caudwell has signed for Worksop Town and will join
newly signed former Rovers favourite Mark Barnard at the
club. After discussions with Dave Penney and Mickey
Walker, Mark Albrighton as decided to join Rovers from
Telford United and will sign on the 1st July in time for
the pre-season programme.
farnborough
town
Borough’s first summer signing was unveiled last
night in the shape of midfielder Danny Carroll, Crawley's
player of the year for the past two seasons. Meanwhile
the club have confirmed the first departure of the close
season - young striker Lee Riddell, who is out of
contract, is to leave Cherrywood Road. Wingback Justin
Gregory has put pen to paper to sign a new long-term
contract with the club. Boro' have until the end of the
month to announce their retained list.
forest
green rovers
Rob Cousins will not be offered a contract for next
season. It is also unlikely that David Lee will be
offered a contract. Talks are still going on with Mark
Cooper, Alex Meechan and Kevin Langan.
gravesend
& northfleet
Newly promoted Gravesend & Northfleet have announced
a few player awards in recognition of their competition
winning performance, Young Player of the Year is Danny
Lye, Francis Duku is Players Player of the Year,
Supporters Player of the Year AND Northfleet on the Net
Player of the Year - one to watch in the new season?
halifax
town
Halifax Town had their application into the Conference
accepted last week which will allow the club to enter and
play in the Conference League next season. The Shay board
have made it clear that they want to install Neil
Redfearn into the role of club manager. A deal has been
agreed for some time now, but they are still waiting for
the administrator to give the deal the green light.
hereford united
Hereford United's Tony James and Paul Parry helped Wales
to a 1-1 draw against England in the Unibond Four Nations
Tournament at Boston United on Tuesday night. Yeovil Town
have signed versatile midfielder/striker Gavin Williams.
Williams, who was out of contract at Edgar Street, has
put pen to paper in a two-year deal at Huish Park.
kettering town
Kettering Town will take on Wolverhampton Wanderers on
Saturday July 13th at Rockingham Road. This will be the
first friendly of the 2002/03 season and will prove a
great test for Carl Shutt's conference side.
leigh rmi
Defender Dave German has dimissed reports linking him
with a move to Altrincham, while veteran Dave Ridings has
confirmed he will stay at Leigh RMI. RMI hope to secure
the future of the club by striking a deal to sell Hilton
Park. The cash-strapped club expect to reach an agreement
later this week that will enable them to move to a new
stadium and continue for a third season in the
Conference.
margate
Margate Football Club have confirmed that defender Gary
Blackford and striker Mo Tako have not been offered new
contracts and therefore will not be at the club next
season. A club spokesman further commented "This
confirms information released earlier in the season and
we will release further information regarding next years
squad as soon as it is available".
morecambe
Boss Jim Harvey has released six players as he looks to
rebuild his squad for next season. Andy Fensome and Chris
Lightfoot are the most experienced of the sextet to go
with fringe players Ian Willcock, Craig Robinson, Alex
Porter and Carl Stanford also allowed to leave Christie
Park. Harvey thanked the players for their efforts over
the last season but said he has his eyes firmly set on
building a squad that can challenge for honours next
year.
northwich
victoria
Northwich Victoria have announced that work has started
to allow their groundshare at Witton Albion to progress
in time for the start of the new season. Their groundsman
Malcolm Hewitt is working in collaboration with Mr Spruce
the Witton Albion F C groundsman, to prepare the playing
surface for the start of the 2002 /2003 season.
nuneaton
borough
Jamie Squires, who was released at the end of the season
by Doncaster Rovers has signed for Nuneaton Borough.
Nuneaton Boss Steve Burr said "I've just signed
Jamie Squires," revealed the Borough boss. I've been
after a centre-half and he fits the bill - in fact I
can't believe Doncaster have let him go." Mark
Quayle has also been brought to beef up Boros frontline
after Boro axed three of the current strikers from the
squad. Mark was with Conference rivals Telford United
last season but was avaliable for transfer under the
Bosman Ruling. Nuneaton Borough's dream of a £4.2
million stadium took a leap forward on Tuesday when the
town's rugby club agreed to sell them land for the
project.
scarborough
Scarborough FC have signed Anthony Ormerod on a monthly
deal from Middlesbrough. Ex-Boro striker Neil Campbell
has also re-signed for the Seadogs after being released
by Yorkshire rivals Doncaster Rovers last week. 23 year
old Anthony Ormerod is following in Steve Baker’s
footsteps, from his home town club Middlesbrough.
Campbell joined Scarborough under Mick Wadsworth five
years ago after being released by York City. Goalkeeper
Andy Woods pledged his future to the club by signing a
new contract with the club. The club have also confirmed
that contact had been made with the FA to formally
complain about an illegal approach made by Northampton
Town to Darren Stamp.
southport
Both defender Carl Macauley and second-choice goalkeeper
Phil Morgan have been allowed to leave Haig Avenue. They
follow former Aston Villa and Tranmere defender Shaun
Teale, who left recently to take charge of UniBond League
club Burscough. Wilson has five further players out of
contract.
stevenage
borough
Borough forward Kirk Jackson, who had their best attempt
on goal in the FA Trophy final against Yeovil on Sunday,
believes the run of play would have been very different
if he hadn’t been denied by a superb save from Chris
Weale. He said, "I don’t like losing, none of
us do", "Yeovil are a good side and on the day
there wasn’t much between the two teams"
"If we’d got an early goal things would have
been a lot different".
telford
united
The Shropshire Star newspaper reports that Jim Bentley,
the Telford United club captain and son of Bucks Head
legend Jack, will sign for Morecambe in the next few
days. Bentley - a free agent - will sign for the Bucks'
Conference rivals after being made what he describes as
"a fantastic" offer.
woking
Woking boss Geoff Chapple has released three players and
offered new contracts to six others. Eddie Saunders,
Jamie Pitman and Dominic Reece have all been released
while Steve Perkins, Roscoe D'Sane, Jon Boardman, Stuart
Reeks, Phil Ruggles and Stuart Baverstock have all been
offered 1 year contracts.
yeovil
town
Yeovil Town manager, Gary Johnson, his players, the
directors and all the backroom staff at the club were
awarded with special Certificates of Recognition by
Yeovil Town Council on Monday evening at a Civic
reception to honour the club's achievements in winning
the F.A.Umbro Trophy. Yeovil Town have signed versatile
midfielder/striker Gavin Williams from Nationwide
Conference rivals Hereford United.
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