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Its that time of year for the start of the thread about other teams new signings/sales.

Several teams have started early like us in signing new players before the window opens.

An interesting rumour is that Bristol Rovers best player Sierra Leone international midfielder Kamil Conteh is subject of a bid by Plymouth and Derby.

Crawley sign 28 YO striker Harry McKirdy from Bromley
Bromley sign 30 YO midfielder Mitch Pinnock from Northampton
Tranmere sign 29 YO defender Patrick Brough from Northampton Town
Harrogate sign 28 YO striker Shawn McCoulsky from Maidenhead
Harrogate sign 25 YO defender Lewis Cass from Grimsby
Barnet sign 28 YO midfielder Emmanuel Osadebe from FGR
Salford sign 22 YO midfielder Kallum Cesay from Wealdstone for an undisclosed fee
Barrow sign 24 YO striker Innes Cameron from Kilmarnock
Cambridge sign 22 YO striker Ben Knight from Real Murcia
Grimsby sign 28 YO midfielder Justin Amaluzor from Altrincham
Tranmere sign 23 YO defender Ethan Bristow from Stockport
Notts C sign 23 YO striker Matthew Dennis from Carlisle

Liam Kinsella signs a new 2 year deal at Cheltenham

Patrick Brough came out with us on a stag do in Magaluf and watched the Preston play off final with us. He hated Preston. true story!

Jake Tabor 22 year old striker currently with non league Amersham about to go trial with a league 2 club.

Impressive stats and surely worth a punt if opportunity arises.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tommyfishso_170-goals-in-3-years-jake-tabor-has-activity-7336670472689905664-ISGK

Liam, perhaps!

Imagine being a professional footballer and being the third most famous person around your Christmas dinner table.

Is there a reason why Mr Cesay's age was exclusively redacted?  ;)

Innes Cameron has to be one of the most Scottish names without a ''Mc'' in it. He's also Wentworth Miller from Wish  :D

Bromley sign Mitch Pinnock from Northampton. Decent that.

Doh! yes :) Mark was a decent player, big mistake.

RHM to dongs.

Rumour is that Bolton POTY Aaron Collins looks set for an expensive transfer to MKD. He cost Bolton £750k last season.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/surprise-transfer-interest-emerges-bolton-040000575.html

Gills new boss Gareth Ainsworth admits he has to reign in spending on new signings this season.

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/sport/gillingham-to-rein-in-spending-as-ainsworth-eyes-long-term-s-325642/

Burnley looks set to sign highly-rated Salford City teenage striker Kyrell Malcolm for a large fee.

Notts County have made their second signing of the summer as 20 year old midfielder Tom Iorpenda joins The Magpies on a season-long loan from Huddersfield Town.

Wonder if Salford will be able to hang on to Kelly N'Mai who looked a class above League 2 in the second half of last season.

State of this

https://www.newport-county.co.uk/news/exiles-forced-play-carabao-cup-preliminary-round_aem_DtQebeq1_j5ErHNq8E0kCw

What a load of bullshit.

Franchise signing Aaron Collins

850k fee.

Fucking hell.

Christ on a very expensive bicycle.

Looking up L2's most expensive signings, there's two Peterborough goalkeepers- Shwan Jalal and Joe Lewis in the mid 2000s but not much else. Allegedly Kaiyne Woolery to us in fifth https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/league-two/transferrekorde/wettbewerb/GB4/plus//galerie/0?saison_id=alle&land_id=alle&ausrichtung=alle&spielerposition_id=alle&altersklasse=alle&leihe=&w_s=&zuab=zu

As was rumoured last week.

Funny how Franchise can pay that on lower attendances  than us, just saying. Must have something to do with those Admin costs.

An owner with deeper pockets.

Less admin expenses…

I think we're a bit more than admin expenses away from paying near seven figure transfer fees. That's not absolutely being well run, that's about having owners willing to invest over and above the money the club makes*

* Which, technically speaking, ours do, as we make a loss every year. But there are levels to this and we're very much not at the top end.

I don't think there's a single player that would be prepared to play in L2 that's worth a fee that size.

Oh and Franchise's cheapest season tickets last year were £386 and  the most expensive £580. So their cheapest was a whole £14 below our most expensive.

They got a % sell on clause from Matt O'Reilly, think it was around the value of £8 mil

Yeah that'll do it.

Yes but still if we had a sell on from a deal giving us £5m+ it wouldnt be invested back into the playing side you can guarantee that 100%.

They have good sponsorship deals in place, like big names and the venue is used for concerts and that plus hotel in the ground as well. Should not equate to that deal but certainly makes them more sustainable and must make up for small gates.

They have a rich owner with deep pockets and ambition. That's the important bit. The rest is meaningless. If someones willing to spunk money to get you up, happy days.

Indeed, it doesnt always work though, look at Gillingham and Carlisle last season.

Carlisle were my favourites to go up  :clap:

We had a rich owner with deep pockets, once. But not the ambition. The problem was it was someone else who was spunking his money to get us up and he got fed up with it. What might have been.....

It will work for Franchise though. Good manager with a good CV and good, experienced players. No way they won't go up.

Would still wager that if the ownership of them and us remains the same over the next 5 years both of them will be above us.

Again I agree 100% on that.

You werent alone too, they were many peoples favourites pre season, they will be back next season I am sure.

Carlisle have done a lot of work behind the scenes which will help them.

Not so sure about Gills, he's pumped a bit of money in for not much return so far. Ainsworth will probably see them shithouse enough to be pretty good next season.

This sounds exactly like something we would do.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cqxexxjd92no

Be plenty of this now Hall and Sottsy have taken over ;)

I dread the thought of that. A transfer ban will hamper the next owner hugely when it does happen.

Admin error. They were going to drive to the bank to make the payments but couldn't find the Merc

Ollie Hawkins signs for Barnet. One of the few players who would have been an adequate like for like replacement for Smith in terms of a target man. Capable at CB and ST.

Why do we need a replacement for Smith?

We don’t as far as I’m aware. Just hypothetically if you did want to bring in like for like cover for a target man, they’re a decent match in how they play.

I assume Drinan will be the Smith cover if we ever need it but they’re more far apart in their style.

We don't, need cover for injury and suspension.  Smith gets the brunt of opposing teams' dark arts every game.  

OK, cover rather than replacement, fair enough... :thumb:

Crawley set to continue buying non league players as they did fairly successfully for their promotion push 2 years ago by signing Danny Cashman a 24 year old striker from Worthing on a free. He scored 15 goals in the National South last season.

Harrogate sign 28 year old ex Derby wonderkid Mason Bennett from Millwall.

Walsall sign 22 year old defender Mason Hancock from Aidrie.

Oldham sign Cheltenhams 33 year old midfielder Tom Pett.

Chesterfield sign winger 23 year old Dilan Markanday from Blackburn Rovers.

2 of Barrows best players Kian Spence and Dean Campbell leave the club.

Fleetwood sign Suttons 28 year old striker Will Davies who scored 18 goals for Sutton last season.

Managerless Notts County have signed 32 year old midfielder Oliver Norburn from Blackpool and 27 year old Afghanistan international forward Maziar Kouhyar from York City.

Newport County have signed 25 year old Wales international midfielder Matt Smith following his exit from St Johnstone.

Barrow sign 25 year old midfielder Rekeem Harper from Port Vale.

Paul Mullin looks set to sign for MKD from Wrexham.

Would be some going if MK got Mullin but Wigan is the latest rumoured destination on X. Wonder if they still have McGoldrick int their sights.

Still don't see mullin more than a useful league 2 player tbh.

I liked him when here, would have kept him, didn't cry when he left. Nothing has changed.

McGoldrick is still number 1 target for MKD yes, link up with his old manager Paul Warne.

I agree, very overrated player, solid L2 at best.

I liked him, a horrible little fucker who seemed to be a pain in the arse to play against, but the championship definitely above his level

To be fair, in his last two L2 seasons he's played 84 and scored 56.  That's a silly amount of goals so he's definitely done something right since leaving us. 

Would I have predicted how prolific he'd become?  Not a chance, I thought he'd trundle along at 10 - 15 goals a season, but to say he's overrated at this level given those numbers seems a bit harsh now.

Without having seen a player at close quaters join us, with similar numbers in our division, we'd be calling it a coup, no question about that.

Probably a great signing from a merch point of view too with him being a star in the US.

Paul Mullin. Faultless in Deadpool & Wolverine.

Stats would indicate that upper end of L1 might be the ceiling.
Excellent signing at L2 level.

I can’t see him dropping down to league 2 with his impressive scoring record.

Mullin reminds me a bit of Glatzel - in the sense he’s a central striker we played wider.

Always thought we’d have got more out of him if we’d played him centrally.

No idea where he has operated post Swindon mind you.

I reckon he would be good alongside Smith in a 442

Could be mistaken but his (Glatzels) best efforts in the "we all love Glatzel" end of first season extended cameo appeared to come from a wide striking position?

In the cold light of sobriety he seems much better suited to anything other than a central striking position.
The stats would appear to support a very promising role as an assistor.

I'm delighted to have him back on board.

A lack of sobriety may have put this in the wrong thread.
If in doubt blame DV.

"We all agreeee ahh that Glatzel is better than Mullin."

I concur but not something we could do last season with the players we had.
No wingers - plus no one really plays 442 anymore but think a Smith / Glatzel partnership would prove fruitful

Spot on with your comments and with Ollie saying towards the end of last season that he likes wide players and seemingly in the market for one I reckon we could see a Smith / Glatzel partnership even if it’s only a plan B when he needs to change things.

Franchise sign Aaron Collins from Bolton

we also have Drinan coming back who (if fit) is a huge boost imo

Agreed, imagine Ollie will still want another one to change things off the bench when things aren’t going to plan.

definitely. But isn't this an exiting time to be a Swindon fan.

For once over the last 10 years I'm actually confident in what we could achieve next season.

Olly has seriously transformed this team

Definitely optimistic for the coming season and what a difference a decent manager makes and one who understands tactics and what type of players are needed.

I am pretty certain we will carry on playing 343/352 this season. Even thought Ollie played 442 a couple of times it seems to be to counter opposition tactics early in his reign.

We need to dictate the formation rather than let the opposition dictate what we play, let them worry about us not the other way round.

Concur but still think if you have Harry Smith as your main striker you’d be a bit daft not to employ some dangerous wingers to whip crosses into him…

Agree 100% he needs a good supply chain.

Crawley set to sign 21 year old goalkeeper Harvey Davies on loan from Liverpool.

especially if we play 343. Two pacey wingers who can cross a ball would be exciting to watch and Smith would really bennefit

Did you miss the Wellens season?

Michael Cheek puts in a transfer request at Bromley

34 in August but done well at Bromley

Not sure he will get much higher than a decent L2 club, hes too old for any longer term contract, he has no pace as it is and only scored 16 goals last season from open play as 9 of his goals were penalties and according to the Tshimanga rule they don't count as goals by some posters.

If Tshimanga scored 16 + 9 pens we'd all want him back.

7 years younger though.

I fully get that but...
Tshimanga scored 12 of his 13 goals in the 37 games under Holloway.

Tshimanga played a total of 2,651 mins football for 13 goals all season = 203 mins per goal
Tshimanga played a total of 2,101 mins football for 12 goals under Ollie = 175 mins per goal

Cheek played a total of 4,077 mins football for 26 goals = 157 mins per goal

Not massively different, I just do't think that Tshimanga (under Holloway) was as bad as many make out.

FWIW I dont think he will come back here anyway and not aware that he is an actual target for us.

I don't think he was bad.
I just don't think he's worth paying a premium wage for.

Oh, and he still falls down too often 😁

Walsall set to sign Stevenages 23 year old big target man Aaron Pressley and look favourites to sign 19 year old striker Jonny Stuttle on loan from Bournemouth, he was on loan in the National league South last season where he got 10 goals in 19 games.

Bromley sign 28 year old defender Kyle Cameron from Notts County.

Bristol Rovers about to sign Mansfield defender Alfie Kilgour on a free.

Gillingham look likely to miss out on a deal for Wrexham defender Will Boyle, with Shrewsbury Town favourites to sign him.

Tranmere Rovers have signed 21 year old midfielder Charlie Whitaker from Everton.

Not league 2 but Hudderfield have released 6 foot eleventynine inch striker Kyle Hudlin, he was on loan at Newport last season where he scored just 6 goals in 30 games.

Bristol rovers linked with Bolton keeper Luke Southwood. Would be a pretty impressive signing if true

Remember that Smith and him came to blows in the Newport game last season, battle of the giants.

Hudlin

https://www.tiktok.com/@thedodo/video/7194260977246850347

Sam Vokes has signed for Gillingham

Hopefully, has slowed up a bit at 35.

He never had much pace to start with! but as McGoldrick showed us last season, quality is permanant.

I see what you did there 😉

Hudlin will do well to get another league club TBH. He has the touch of baby elephant and about as graceful.

I saw him a few times for Wycombe when I watched on Sky and I didn't really think that much of him. He's a good experienced head and will probably do well under Ainsworth in L2 though.

If you play to the strengths of an experienced forward as County have done with McGoldrick then the chances are they will still score a lot of goals.

If you reluctantly play an ageing striker in a role he doesnt suit as we did with Charlie Austin and make him run a lot and press and chase the ball then that is far less likely to succeed.

Also Ainsworth obviously knows Vokes game having managed him at Wycombe so knows what to expect from him.

The fake STFC have signed 26 year old CB Sam Stubbs from Bradford, he spent the season at Cheltenham on loan last year.

A lot of Bristol Rovers chat on my X timeline for some reason:

Rumours with some repetition or reputable source:
- Luke Southwood joining from Bolton for a nominal fee
- Bid submitted for Macauley Langstaff
- Linked with Johnson Clarke Harris

Have to say any of them 3 would be fine business in this division if there’s any substance to the chatter

See Hume has gone Fleetwood. They must have a bit of cash with his assists last season he wouldn't be cheap!

.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFbxaVc58Y4&pp=ygUaV2hhdHMgbmV4dCBmb3IgamFrZSB0YWJvciA%3D

They’ve signed Alfie Kilgour, who someone linked to us previously

Crawley re-sign Jay Williams from Franchise

6k a week by all accounts for Hume we could only offer half and he turned down league 1 clubs for them - hopefully the money and playing in front of 2k every week does it for him like .

Town will counter your 3k a week with a large pack of croutons, a monthly pint in Walkabout with the ASC and free entry to AFH's Lottery. Oh and the Belushi is good too {allegedly} :girlgiggle:

The sad reality is, that Fleetwood have spent more time in League One {ten seasons} than both Grimsby {zero years} and Town {four seasons} have in at the last 10-11yrs. Although Fleetwood are down in League Two with us again, they'd ultimately be seen by outsiders and people in football as an underperforming club that should be in low to mid League One. From a player perspective that might be a good proposition as a stepping stone club, they'll feel there could be a good chance of playing in League One, and if they're also matching wages, it's probably a no brainer.

In regards league status, similarly I personally believe STFC should be a team challenging at the top end of League One - reality is different though. Like the fact your lot haven't been higher than the fourth tier for about twenty years {I think}...which is also quite sad too, on reflection.

I now await Tails to come and do a tl;dr, as they struggle with more than five words in a sentence :girlgiggle:

#LoveYouTails

A left back is not on 6k a week in league 2.

That's mental if true.

Thing is despite their rather murky ownership in recent times Fleetwood remain a wealthy club.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cyjjed4l0p9o

Fleetwood have been heavily backed in recent years by some deep pockets, since before Joey the dickhead was even manager there.

Barrow sign Tyler Walker

He used to be decent, only had 2 good seasons though so far the last one in 2020 and only got 5 goals in 4 seasons.

So Fleetwood are "wealthy" because their owner financially supports their losses with interest free loans (£17m by 2020), but our owner is bankrupting the club by loading it with debt according to most on here.

And their owner genuinely is a convicted, jailed fraudster unable to serve as a director.

You people are mental

Fleetwood have a modern (granted on the smaller side), clean, well functioning stadium with executive boxes, an impressive , modern training facility that they own and a category 2 academy (one of the best in the bottom 2 divisions) to show for it.

1. Highbury is owned by Wyre Borough Council, the club rent it
2. It was a complete wreck that had seen no development since the 1950s until a 2 stage development plan the started in 2008 and ended in 2011
3. It has a capacity of 5500 much of which is still terraced  which limits the Leagues they can play in.

It is amazing considering where they came from. But they were a Phoenix club with no debt when Pulley took over. AND HE TOOK OVER IN 2003 MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO.

Four years after he took over the club were in the Northern Premier League, the academy was non existent and the ground was entirely undeveloped.

He lent the club millions to build all that and it's taken 22 years.

I wonder what their admin expenses are?

Even though they have fraudsters in charge they are way more open and honest about their finances than we have been under Clem. Fact. As are (roughly) 95% of ALL football league clubs owners.

Its Pilley isn't it?

In thread related news, Bristol Rovers have signed Josh McEachran from Oxford, the older brother of George.

Fair points but:
1. I didn’t say they owned the stadium
2. Whilst their stadium is on the smaller side, it’s in much better knick than ours right now and as you say, the situation is much different considering where they came from and where they are now.
3. The academy and training facility is light years above ours right now and the fact they own it as well is another asset. This is the real impressive part about the club, coming from where they are to where they are today and having that impressive of a youth setup takes smart investment.  

Is it optimal? That’s debatable but the debate was peoples opinions on that vs our situation here and I would say that they have  some sort of return on that investment, they’ve climbed the leagues and have setup some long term benefitting assets. As opposed to our downward trajectory with very little to show for it.

There are other threads for discussing owners of other clubs please use that and keep this thread on topic, thank you all.

Tishmanga joins Crawley on  2 year deal - that's potentially a good move for him - although as per most seasons Crawley seem to be losing a lot of players

Says the man that posts a snide comment about his disdain for the owner in every thread he contributes to.

I think someone needs a mellow birds coffee break.

I think the monkey might have had a midweek shandy last night

Hardly.

See. This is exactly what he's on about.

You cheeky little scamp....off you fuck ;)

And it's Wallabies, not Goats..  if you are going to post spurious rumours, at least make them credible..

Don't ban me. I have so much to give.

None of it interesting

Fair enough.

That's a very impressive signing for this level.

Wow thats about THE biggest insult for a Bogan.

David McGoldrick now a target for Chesterfield after a move to MKD looks to have fallen through.

McGoldrick signs for Barnsley

Good move if his legs can take it

Thank fuck we don't have to face him again next season (in the league at least)...Notts fans must be gutted to lose him...

Yeah cya later.

A rare good performance from a Mark Kennedy side last season robbed of a result because this muppet who should still be in the championship decided to bend 2 into the top corner from 25 yards.

Colchester sign Will Goodwin on season long loan from Oxford

At least we dont have to face him this coming season (in the league).

Edit. Sorry OST posted almost exactly the same thing before I read your comment! :)

Is he any good? I havent heard of him.

Well he's better for morale than Will Disappointingloss

A very good point, better than having Danny Shittu. Who is mates with the Welsh-Irish player Dai O'Reah.

That's awful but still got a smile from me. Good work.

Horrifically fantastic work.

Grimsby sign experienced goalkeeper Christy Pym from Mansfield.

34 year old ex Ipswich striker James Norwood set to sign for Fleetwood after being freed by Oldham after scoring 29 goals in 75 games for them.

https://dn721805.ca.archive.org/0/items/tvtunes_5293/Captain%20Pugwash.mp3

My Oldham supporting colleague described him as fat and lazy but knew where the goal was!

Was he describing Brett Pitman? :)

Not STFC but Dagenham have signed Andy Carroll after being taken over by Qatari owners

No one wants to buy football clubs though

Apparently not. Why would you? Financial black holes for multi millionaires.

Fair fucks to them, I think we are all aware that there are many multi millionaire buyers out there who will all be willing to invest money into their newly purchased clubs, but for that to happen a club must be up for sale.

If say a club in say L2 was said to have an owner who is "willing to listen to offers" and that club has a value of say £12m at most, and the prospective millionaire was willing to pay a little over that figure to make sure he aquired the club.

But then the owner then says "oh my club isnt for sale unless you pay me way more than what the club is valued at" so he puts a stupidly inflated price on a sale because the club isnt officially up for sale and then becomes unwilling to budge from that inflated price and then becomes very difficult to deal with.

Then any possible negotiations slow down with the prospective buyer not willing to pay more than he can see the club is worth and the current owner is not willing to drop his asking price at all because "the club isnt actually up for sale".

Imagine that scenario, that would be a nightmare. I cant imagine any club owner except for an unscrupulous one or one with a massive ego would do such a thing depriving a club of adequate funding for staff and players despite having a decent manager and squad that only needs a few additions to make it a viable promotion candidate.

I would hate to support a club with a selfish owner like that.

:D

Well summed up!

Salford sign experienced 30 year old midfielder Jorge Grant from Hearts on a free, a good signing for L2 that.

Flint Town have accepted bids from "a few" EFL clubs for their very highly rated Centre Back Isaac Lee.

The 20 year old Korean/British 6 foot 5 centre back has been a target for several EFL clubs in the last year, Newport and Tranmere known to be interested parties. All interested clubs have been allowed to discuss contracts with him. Also Cardiff City, Crawley Town and Walsall interested.

,
Well Andy Carroll, a notoriously injury prone and massively over-rated "striker" that doesn't really score much and is now 36, is quite keen to buy the football club up the road from where his kids live and immediately sign himself to a 3 year contract at least. And has managed to persuade some anonymous Qatari money to back him.

I'm not sure you can generalise much from that to be honest. I am pretty sure though that if our club had signed him on that length of deal at the same time he bought into the club's ownership structure you'd all be calling for the chairman's head. But you seem to do that anyway....

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Not sure I would call Andy Carroll overrated, he is better than anything we have

At 36 I’m surprised he hasn’t gone down the player manager route.

Not even he's injured he isn't 😁

They have also taken on someone who was quite high up within the City Group as their new CEO, it seems that the change in ownership is going to lead to a greater degree of cash spaffing?


As part of the deal seems to be giving him a minor stake in the club its more of a player owner role....

They are already on a "money is no object" road, I hope they crash and burn, no love lost for Salford City FC from me.

As for Andy Carroll, yes he seems to be in a shareholder position to some degree, its rare a player does that but has been done before with managers holding shares.

His debut last night vs Crawley was a bit of an anti climax!

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/35864759/andy-carroll-debut-dagenham-redbridge-defeat-triallist/

Harry Mc scored his first Creepy goal for them too.

Wrong thread but wtf.

Crawley crypto man Preston Johnson has left the club after new 'lead investors' have moved away from the data driven recruitment approach.

Mildly interesting.

From the Creepy forum.
Apparently they have been shareholders at Creepy since January and basically swapped ownership over to them.

Salforf set to sign Sunderland keeper Matty Young on loan for the season.

Shrewsbury Town are set to sign Manchester United keeper Elyh Harrison on loan.

Barnet sign striker Joe Hugill on loan from Manchester United.


 

Surprised at his goal return being low over his career so far.  Looked decent for Carlisle scoring the goal for the home team in the 5 : 1 home defeat at the hands of the Town last season.  Expect Barnet  to do well this season.

He has got some promise but never seems to step up.

Apparently Barnet play in a way he is used to playing and thats why he chose them above other teams.

9 goals in 62 games at league level is not a great return so far in his career.

Unashamedly copied from another forum so I do not take credit for the list or for any errors in the list. For instance they dont have Fil Mabete transfer to us int he list so it may not be 100%.

Accrington Stanley
In
Isaac Sinclair [Curzon Ashton - Free]
Freddie Sass [King's Lynn Town - Free]
Ollie Wright [Southampton - Loan]

Barnet
In
Adam Senior [Halifax - Free]
Ryan Galvin [Halifax - Free]
Ollie Kensdale [Eastbourne - Free]
Oliver Hawkins [Gillingham - Free]
Romoney Crichlow [Bradford - Free]
Scott High [Huddersfield - Free]
Owen Evans [Cheltenham - Free]
Kane Smith [Stevenage - Free]
Dennis Adeniran [St Mirren - Free]
Out
Adebola Oluwo [Salford - Free]

Barrow
In
Scott Smith [Wigan - Free]
Innes Cameron [Kilmarnock - Free]
Jack Earing [Walsall - Free]
Rekeem Harper [Port Vale - Free]
Ben Winterbottom [Brentford - Free]
Lewis Shipley [Norwich - Undisclosed]
Charlie Raglan [Oldham - Undisclosed]
Michael Adu-Poku [Watford - Loan]
Tyler Walker [Lincoln - Free]
Regan Booty [Gateshead - Undisclosed]
Kane Hemmings [Crewe - Free]
Out
Robbie Gotts [Doncaster - Free]
Kian Spence [Rotherham - Free]
Ged Garner [Newport County - Free]
Dean Campbell [Northampton -Free]

Bristol Rovers
In
Jack Sparkes [Peterborough - Free]
Macauley Southam-Hales [Stockport - Free]
Alfie Kilgour [Mansfield - Free]
Brad Young [Leicester - Free]
Josh McEachran [Oxford – Free]
Luke Southwood [Bolton - Undisclosed]
Ryan Howley [Coventry - Free]

Bromley
In
Mitch Pinnock [Northampton - Free]
Kyle Cameron [Notts County - Free]
Will Hondermarck [Northampton - Free]
Ben Krauhaus [Brentford - Loan]
Out
Harry McKirdy [Crawley - Free]

Cambridge United
In
Ben Knight [Unattached]
Ben Hughes [Swansea - Free]
Ben Purrington [Exeter - Free]
Dominic Ball [Leyton Orient - Free]
Zak Bradshaw [Lincoln - Free]
Jake Eastwood [Grimsby - Free]
Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu [Luton - Free]
Out
Jack Stevens [Reading - Free]
Marko Marosi [Port Vale - Free]

Cheltenham Town
In
Robbie Cundy [Notts County - Free]
Lee Angol [Morecambe - Free]
Taine Anderson [Bristol City - Loan]
James Wilson [Bristol Rovers - Free]
Out
Tom Bradbury [Harrogate - Free]
Tom Pett [Oldham - Free]
Owen Evans [Barnet - Free]

Chesterfield
In
Dilan Markanday [Blackburn - Free]
Ryan Stirk [Walsall - Free]
Adam Lewis [Morecambe - Free]
Zach Hemming [Middlesbrough - Undisclosed]
Lee Bonis [Den Haag - Undisclosed]
Matt Dibley-Dias [Fulham - Loan]
Devan Tanton [Fulham - Loan]
Luke Butterfield [Everton - Free]
Out
Darren Oldaker [Swindon -Free]
Michael Jacobs [Northampton - Free]
Kane Drummond [Oldham - Free]

Colchester United
In
Jaden Williams [Tottenham - Free]
Dominic Gape [Shrewsbury - Free]
Jack Tucker [Franchise - Free]
Ben Perry [Nottingham Forest - Undisclosed]
Will Goodwin [Oxford - Loan]
Out
Fiacre Kelleher [Cork - Free]

Crawley Town
In
Reece Brown [Unattached - Free]
Danny Cashman [Worthing - Free]
Harvey Davies [Liverpool - Loan]
Jay Williams [Franchise - Undisclosed]
Kabongo Tshimanga [Peterborough - Free]
Dion Pereira [Luton - Free]
Louis Flower [Brighton - Free]
Kyle Scott [Orange County SC - Undisclosed]
Out
Toby Mullarkey [Fleetwood - Undisclosed]
Rushian Hepburn-Murphy [Franchise - Undisclosed]
Armando Junior Quitirna [Wycombe - Undisclosed]
Panutche Camara [Dundee United - Free]
Will Swan [Bradford - Undisclosed]
Benjamin Tanimu [Maghreb Association Sportive de Fès - Undisclosed]
Liam Fraser [Reading - Free]

Crewe Alexandra
In
Josh March [Harrogate - Free]
Reece Hutchinson [Sligo - Undisclosed]
Sam Waller [Burnley - Loan]
Tommi O'Reilly [Aston Villa - Loan]

Fleetwood Town
In
Toby Mullarkey [Crawley - Undisclosed]
Will Davies [Sutton - Undisclosed]
Denver Hume [Grimsby - Undisclosed]
James Norwood [Oldham - Free]
Ched Evans [Preston - Free]
Out
Phoenix Patterson [Stevenage - Undisclosed]
Brendan Wiredu [Plymouth -Undisclosed]

Gillingham
In
Seb Palmer-Houlden [Bristol City -Undisclosed]
Sam Vokes [Wycombe - Free]
Andy Smith [Hull - Undisclosed]
Out
Oliver Hawkins [Barnet - Free]

Grimsby Town
In
Justin Amaluzor [Altrincham - Free]
Reece Staunton [Spennymoor - Free]
Jamie Walker [Bradford - Free]
Jayden Sweeney [Leyton Orient - Free]
Jaze Kabia [Truro City - Undisclosed]
Zak Gilsenan [Blackburn - Free]
Christy Pym [Mansfield - Free]
Sam Lavelle [Carlisle - Free]
Out
Lewis Cass [Harrogate - Free]
Denver Hume [Fleetwood - Undisclosed]
Jordan Wright [Newport -Free]
Jake Eastwood [Cambridge - Free]

Harrogate Town
In
Jack Evans [Halifax - Free]
Lewis Cass [Grimsby - Free]
Shawn McCoulsky [Maidenhead - Free]
Tom Bradbury [Cheltenham - Free]
Mason Bennett [Burton - Free]
Reece Smith [Maidenhead - Free]
Out
Josh March [Crewe - Free]
Jack Bray [West Brom - Undisclosed]

MK (Franchise) Dongs
In
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing [Derby - Free]
Rushian Hepburn-Murphy [Crawley - Undisclosed]
Gethin Jones [Bolton - Free]
Aaron Collins [Bolton - Undisclosed]
Will Collar [Stockport - Free]
Out
Jay Williams [Crawley -Undisclosed]
Jack Tucker [Colchester - Free]

Newport County
In
Matt Smith [St Johnstone - Free]
Nik Tzanev [Northampton Town - Free]
Ged Garner [Barrow - Free]
Lee Jenkins [Haverfordest - Undisclosed]
Michael Reindorf [Cardiff - Loan]
Jordan Wright [Grimsby - Free]

Notts County
In
Matthew Dennis [Carlisle - Free]
Tom Iorpenda [Huddersfield - Loan]
Oliver Norburn [Blackpool - Free]
Maziar Kouhyar [York - Free]
Barry Cotter [Barnsley - Loan]
Sonny Aljofree [Manchester United - Loan]
Kelle Roos [Triestina - Free]
Out
Charlie Whitaker [Tranmere - Free]
Kyle Cameron [Bromley - Free]
Robbie Cundy [Cheltenham - Free]
Alex Bass [Peterborough - Undisclosed]
David McGoldrick [Barnsley - Free]

Oldham Athletic
In
Tom Pett [Cheltenham - Free]
Kane Drummond [Chesterfield - Free]
Kieron Morris [Tranmere - Free]
Luke Hannant [Gateshead - Free]
Donervon Daniels [Walsall - Free]
Jake Leake [Hull - Loan]
Josh Hawkes [Tranmere - Free]
Ryan Woods [Exeter - Undisclosed]
Jack Stevens [Solihull Moors - Undisclosed]
Kai Payne [Wigan - Loan]
Out
Charlie Raglan [Barrow - Undisclosed]
James Norwood [Fleetwood - Free]

Salford City
In
Matty Young [Sunderland - Loan]
Kallum Cesay [Wealdstone - Undisclosed]
Adebola Oluwo [Barnet - Free]
Jay Bird [Exeter - Undisclosed]
Loick Ayina [Huddersfield - Undisclosed]
Jorge Grant [Hearts - Free]
Mark Howard [Wrexham - Free]
Out
Curtis Tilt [Bradord - Free]

Shrewsbury Town
In
Tom Anderson [Doncaster - Free]
Sam Clucas [Lincoln - Free]
Sam Stubbs [Bradford - Free]
Will Boyle [Wrexham - Undisclosed]
Tom Sang [Port Vale - Undisclosed]
Elyh Harrison [Manchester United - Loan]
Out
Jordan Shipley [Port Vale - Free]
Dominic Gape [Colchester - Free]

Swindon Town
In
Tom Nicholls [Mansfield - Free]
Darren Oldaker [Chesterfield - Free]
James Ball [AFC Wimbledon - Free]
Joe Snowdon [Leeds - Free]
Jake Tabor [Amersham - Undisclosed]
Lewis Ward [AFC Wimbledon - Free]
Finley Monroe [Aston Villa - Loan]
Billy Bodin [Burton - Free]
Fil Mabete [Wolves - Free]
Thomas Wilson-Brown [Leicester C - Loan]
Out
Tun Sobowale [St Mirren - Free]

Tranmere Rovers
In
Nathan Smith [Port Vale - Free]
Ethan Bristow [Minnesota United - Free]
Patrick Brough [Northampton - Free]
Charlie Whitaker [Notts County - Free]
Jason Lowe [Port Vale - Free]
Nohan Kenneh [Hibernian - Free]
Richie Smallwood [Bradford City - Free]
Billy Blacker [Sheffield United - Loan]
Taylan Harris [Luton - Loan]
Out
Regan Hendry [Mansfield - Undisclosed]
Kieron Morris [Oldham - Free]
Josh Hawkes [Oldham - Free]

Walsall
In
Courtney Clarke [Eastbourne - Undisclosed]
Harrison Burke [Chester - Undisclosed]
Mason Hancock [Airdrie - Free]
Aaron Pressley [Stevenage - Undisclosed]
Vincent Harper [Exeter - Free]
Myles Roberts [Watford - Loan]
Jonny Stuttle [Bournemouth - Loan]
Daniel Cox [Derby - Loan]
Aden Flint [Mansfield Town - Undisclosed]
Out
Oisin McEntee [Hearts - Free]
Jack Earing [Barrow - Free]
Liam Gordon [Port Vale - Free]
Ryan Stirk [Chesterfield - Free]
Taylor Allen [Walsall - Undisclosed]
David Okagbue [Peterborough United - Undisclosed]
Donervon Daniels [Oldham - Free]
Levi Amantchi's [Rochdale - loan]

Kane Hemmings signs for Barrow
Ched Evans signs for Fleetwood

Franchise sign Callum Paterson from Sheffield Wednesday

Yeah if they don't go up it'll be quite the thing.

Maybe, Dongs will do a Carlisle, splash the cash and dash to the National League.  Unfortunately, unless bubonic plague takes over Buckinghamshire, it looks like they will get auto at a canter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLNCHb-5g4Y

I see he turned down Oxford to sign for MKD.

Newport County sign midfielder Ben Lloyd from Swansea City on loan until January.

Crewe sign striker Emre Tezgel on a season-long loan from Stoke City.

Gillingham sign Clitheroe defender Lenni Cirino on a short-term deal.

Crewe sign 33 year old striker Lewis Moult from Dundee.

Cambridge sign midfielder Shane McLoughlin on a free from Newport.

Barrow sign 32 year old attacker Tom Barkhuizen from Derby.

Wycombe have put in a bid for highly rated 23 year old Bristol Rovers defender Connor Taylor.

Bradford said to have put in a bid for Notts County striker Alassana Jatta.

Hmm. I worry for Notts County a bit this season.

Well I don't, I hope they are crap, but I'd be worried if I was them.

Ellis Harrison signs for Rovers

Eastleigh have accepted a ‘record breaking’ offer from a L1 team for Shade.

He used to be decent, will be 32 this season though. There seems to be a lot of older strikers dropping to our league this season looking at those transfers so far.

Yeah not bothered about that one.

Is it just me, MK aside, I don't really look at any transfers and think *wow* we are really up against it this year.

Seen quite a few online predictions for the coming season and not too many neutrals fancy us.

Nope I agree, its basically MKD and maybe Bristol Rovers are the only 2 teams who have brought in anyone decent, and the Rovers fans dont seem over confident at the moment themselves.

I have looked at many forums, pretty much every one in L2 and I have found a very different reaction, I would say that 75% seem to think we will at least be in the play offs come the end of the season.

Agreed there are some very different views out there.