FC United of Manchester have signed up all but one of their Northern Premier League championship side for the coming season.
Only fringe player Joe Fox has left the club to seek first team football elsewhere, with his place in the squad being taken by the returning Nicky Platt.
FC United manager Karl Marginson, their only manager in their ten year history, told the press: “As always, we will look to strengthen our playing resources in areas where we can improve but I’m not in any hurry as we know that the current squad of players is more than capable of competing at the higher level.”
Among the squad signed up is 25 goal top scorer Tom Greaves, who joined the club after scoring the winning goal against them for Bradford PA in the play-off final in the summer of 2012. He has scored 72 times in 132 games for the club and is set to be named their player of the year for the second successive season.