Three of Workington Reds travelling players will not be back for the 2024/25 season – and you can hear new manager Mark Fell’s explanation.
Bobby Carroll, Lewis Reilly and Aidy Roxburgh are leaving as new manager Mark Fell starts putting together his squad.
Carroll was young player of the year in his first season, but suffered a few injury interruptions this time round.
Reilly, who has also been with the Reds for two years, missed most of the campaign after suffering a serious ankle injury early on.
Roxburgh was signed by Danny Grainger last summer and he, too, has missed a fair bit of the season through injuries.
Nine players have been offered new deals or are in negotiations for next season. Eight of them are county-based with Finlay Wallbank the only travelling man among them.
The nine are Jim Atkinson, Ceiran Casson, Dav Symington, Danny Eccles, Brad Hubbold, Jordan Little, Greg McCaragher, Steven Rigg and Finlay Wallbank.
Manager Fell has finally eased into the manager’s chair at Borough Park two months after being selected to replace the departing Danny Grainger.
The former Lancaster City boss has been attending Reds matches, assessing the squad he is going to inherit following Grainger’s farewell at Borough Park on Saturday.
He said: “It’s going to be a rebuilding job with players retiring and others going back to their parent clubs.
“We will obviously miss the senior players who are retiring but I’m happy enough with the players that are left. I have spoken to them all now.
“I also have a long list of players that we can try and bring into the club before next season.”
