ACCRINGTON STANLEY
Goalkeeper Ian Dunbavin and the versatile Craig Lindfield have both signed new one-year contracts with Accrington Stanley. Defender Peter Murphy and youngsters Marcus Carver, Ryan Hopper and Adam Stockdale have already confirmed they will be staying at the Crown Ground next season, while it is expected midfielder Ian Craney will be leaving the League Two club.
Four players will not be offered new contracts after their current deals expire at the Crown Ground. Alan Burton, Kurtis Guthrie and Liam Willis will all be released following the expiry of their contracts while Danny Coid will also be leaving the club, though the defender has been invited back for pre-season training to prove his fitness.
Ilyas Khan has recently quit as chairman of Stanley with immediate effect. Khan, who grew up in the Lancashire town and helped save Stanley in 2009, announced his decision at the club's AGM and will be replaced by president Peter Marsden. Khan said: "I cannot adequately express in words the feeling and passion I have for the club and the town. I have been honoured to have been able to help. I am now simply pleased that I have fulfilled exactly those objectives that were set out three years ago."
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AFC WIMBLEDON
Terry Brown has announced the list of players who will be leaving the Dons. On top of Ryan Jackson, Lee Minshull, James Mulley and Max Porter, who were all told in January that they would be leaving, the boss has decided to allow nine more players to leave. They are: Jack Turner, Chris Bush, Fraser Franks, Gareth Gwillim, Brett Johnson, Jamie Stuart, Reece Jones, Ricky Wellard and Kieran Djilali.
Meanwhile midfielder Sammy Moore has signed a new contract with the club.The 24-year-old put pen to paper on an improved deal to his existing contract after a season that ended with him being voted as Wimbledon's Player of the Year.
Moore, who had spells at Ipswich Town and Brentford as a youngster, grabbed his chance of full-time football with both hands two years ago when he impressed during a trial at Wimbledon after leaving Dover Athletic.
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ALDERSHOT TOWN
Aldershot Town's Danny Hylton has been handed an eight-match ban and fined £1,000 after being found guilty of two charges of racial abuse. Both incidents took place in the club's League Two game at Barnet in October. Both clubs were fined £1,000 by the FA following a mass confrontation at the end the match at Underhill. An FA statement said a regulatory commission had proved counts of "abusive and insulting words with a reference to ethnic origin, race and nationality, towards a participant". The striker, who was Shot's top scorer last season with 16 goals in 52 appearances in all competitions, has also been warned about his future conduct. Aldershot have 14 days to lodge an appeal on the 23-year-old's behalf.
Utility player Aaron Morris has signed a new one-year contract with the League Two club. The 22-year-old, who can play either at the back or in midfield, made 44 appearances for the Hampshire side throughout 2011-12.
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BARNET
Barnet winger Mark Marshall has been given a two-year suspension, backdated to the start of his provisional ban in January, after failing a drugs test. He tested positive for the stimulant methylhexaneamine following the League Two match against Dagenham & Redbridge in December and the 25-year-old has not played since 14 January when he was given a provisional ban. A statement from the FA said: "Mark Marshall has been suspended by an Independent Regulatory Commission from all football activity for two years."
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BRISTOL ROVERS
The Pirates have signed Conor Gough from League One Charlton Athletic on a two-year deal. The 18-year-old goalkeeper has spent six years at the Valley but was released after failing to break into the first team.
Gary Sawyer has already left the Memorial Ground after the defender agreed a move to League One Leyton Orient.
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BURTON ALBION
The club announced Gary Rowett as their new permanent manager having been in caretaker charge since Paul Peschisolido's departure in March and he helped steer the club away from the threat of relegation.
Burton have released Ryan Austin, Adam Bolder, Tony James and Greg Pearson. Austin, James and Pearson were all part of the Conference title-winning squad of 2008/09 while Bolder joined in 2010.
The Brewers have agreed a one-year contract with defender Nathan Stanton, the 31-year-old centre-half joined from Rochdale in the summer of 2010 while Jack Dyer and Adi Yussuf have also signed new contracts.
Both long-serving left-back Aaron Webster and midfielder Jimmy Phillips are considering new offers and boss Rowett is hopeful they will sign on again.
Danny Blanchett, Andres Gurrieri, Kristian Ramsey-Dickson, Patrick Ada and James Wren had previously been told they will not be offered new deals.
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EXETER CITY
Exeter City manager Paul Tisdale hopes Alan Gow's decision to sign a two-year contract at the club will encourage some of his other out-of-contract players to stay at St James Park. The former Rangers and Plymouth midfielder Gow has committed to the club after joining on a short-term deal in March.
Tisdale has up to a dozen players out of contract with Daniel Nardiello having already joined Rotherham and goalkeeper Lenny Pidgeley revealing on Twitter that he is set to leave the club following talks. Midfielder Callum McNish has also left the club.
Centre-back Scot Bennett and winger Elliott Frear have already signed new deals with the Grecians.
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FLEETWOOD TOWN
The Football League newcomers, who have already lost former Ebbsfleet United striker Magno Vieira to Blue Square Premier Forest Green Rovers, look to have a fight on their hands to hold on to the highly-rated Jamie Vardy. Leicester City are believed to be heading the chase for the 25-year-old free-scoring forward, who scored 34 goals for the Cod Army this season, having had a £1m bid turned down back in January.
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NORTHAMPTON TOWN
19-year-old Lewis Wilson has signed a one-year deal with the club. The striker, who joined the club in January from United Counties League side Newport Pagnell, scored on his full debut against Gillingham.
Town striker Bayo Akinfenwa has refused to be drawn on his future plans despite a successful League Two campaign in which he scored 18 goals to help keep the club in the Football League for next season. Speaking to BBC Radio Northampton the 30-year-old said: "Football is what it is. Everyone knows my love for Northampton, I always try to give my all for the club. You never really know what's going to happen or what's just around the corner. "
However Cobblers manager Aidy Boothroyd has since stated that Town would listen to offers for the striker. Again talking to BBC Northampton, Boothroyd said: "I'd consider it. Bayo has done great but he's at an age where his next contract will be his last. Do I want to lose him? Absolutely not. But if the price is right, all our players are for sale."
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Neal Kitson, defenders Anthony Charles, John Johnson and Clarke Carlisle plus highly-rated midfielder Michael Jacobs have all received contract offers for next season.
Byron Webster, Jake Robinson and Arron Davies, who have failed to hold down a regular first-team place under Boothroyd, have all been told they are not in the managers plans while Michael Built, Jason Crowe, Ryan Gilligan, Freddy Hall, Andy Holt, Nathan Wedderburn and Lewis Youngwere also due to leave Sixfields at the end of the season.
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OXFORD UNITED
United's Asa Hall has left the Kassam Stadium for League One newcomers Shrewsbury Town. The 25-year-old midfielder who turned down a new deal at the club scored 11 times in 82 appearances for the U's after joining from Luton Town in the summer of 2010.
Oxford have confirmed they will return to the United States this summer as part of their pre-season tour. They will fly out to New Hampshire to be hosted by partner club Seacoast United in a repeat of their inaugural trip last July.
Speaking to BBC Radio Oxford U's chairman Kelvin Thomas said:"It was successful last year and it is good for us. I think it will be the same this year. It's always good to do things again if they've worked.
"Financially and economically it works for us. As crazy as it sounds it's cheaper to go there (the US) rather than Scotland or Ireland because of the partnerships we have there. We are all excited to get back over there.
"It's about doing things right and it's good for the players and it's also about the sales angle. If we are trying to attract players here I think we've got to have a reputation of being a properly run football club."
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PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
Argyle owner James Brent has stated he is keen to keep Carl Fletcher as manager, despite being approached by a number of other potential candidates. Fletcher, who has been in discussions with Brent since guiding the Pilgrims to League Two safety last month, took over as manager after Peter Reid was sacked but it is understood that his deal was only until the end of the 2011-12 season. Talking to BBC South West Brent said: "Hopefully we'll reach an agreement. We're in discussions about Carl and the management team staying, they're reasonably advanced."
Plymouth's England youth international striker Matt Lecointe has signed his first professional deal at Home Park which follows new deals for fellow youngsters Curtis Nelson, Luke Young and Jared Sims. Pilgrims skipper Simon Walton and French defender Maxime Blanchard have already put pen to paper on new deals.
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PORT VALE
Vale skipper Marc Richards is prepared to commit his future to the soon-to-be rescued League Two club - if he can agree terms on a new deal. However Preston target Richards is keen to lead a Vale assault on promotion. He told BBC Stoke & Staffordshire "I want to put on a Vale shirt again, if I can come to an agreement with the manager and the chairman."
Following money troubles this season, which cost Vale a 10-point penalty, and effectively any chance of promotion too, the club only have a handful of players still in contract on 30 June. They are midfielder Doug Loft and defenders Gareth Owen and Adam Yates.
At the end of the season first-team coach Geoff Horsfield quit both Vale and the game to run his own building business. The former Halifax Town, Fulham, Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion centre-forward was brought to Vale Park by Micky Adams in his first stint in charge in July 2009. Speaking to BBC Stoke & Staffordshire the 38-year-old said: "It's a good job opportunity for me. I've always been interested in the construction side. It's the chance to start a business and make it grow."
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ROTHERHAM UNITED
Exeter City striker Daniel Nardiello has signed a two-year deal with the Millers. The 29-year-old, who won one cap for Wales in 2007, scored 11 goals in 40 appearances for the Grecians this season as the West Country outfit were relegated from League One. Following the signing of Nardiello, boss Steve Evans has reiterated his promise there will be a number of new faces arriving at the club this summer.
Veteran defender Richard Naylor has already left the club after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.
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ROCHDALE
Out of contract Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro, Kevin Amankwaah, Simon Hackney and Joe Thompson have all been offered new deals at Spotland but Dean Holden, Dave Lucas and Joe Widdowson will all be leaving the club with Nicky Adams being made available for transfer.Boss John Coleman will continue talks with Brian Barry-Murphy.
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WYCOMBE WANDERERS
Chairboys manager Gary Waddock has begun re-shaping his squad following relegation from League One.
Ben Strevens, Anthony McNamee, Steve Arnold, Jason Mooney, John Halls and James Tunnicliffe have all been released but captain Gareth Ainsworth, Matt Bloomfield and young midfield pairing Jesse-Kewley Graham and Josh Scowen are among those offered new deals.
Highly-rated defender Anthony Stewart is still considering his offer of a new contract, while left-back Charles Dunne has been offered a one-year contract extension.
