Sam Ashton has left the club following discussions with City Manager Mark Fell, as has been reported locally in Bolton, we have reached an agreement with Bolton Wanderers for the loan of Matthew Alexander, we also have another goalkeeper working currently with the squad who has recent professional experience in the Scottish Championship. Lancaster City would like to go on record with our thanks and best wishes to Sam who has been an excellent custodian of our number 1 shirt during his 57 appearances.
The current squad is confirmed below and we expect further additions to this to be announced in the coming days as final decisions are made on trialists / new signings.
1
TBC
2
Lewis Fensome
3
Liam Brockbank
4
Niall Cowperthwaite
5
Andrew Teague
6
Simon Wills
7
Christian Sloan
8
Paul Dawson
9
Matt Blinkhorn
10
Rhys Turner
11
Charlie Bailey
12
Sam Bailey
23
Matty Alexander
14
TBC
15
Ben Hudson
16
Ryan Graham
17
Tom Kilifin
18
Rob Wilson
19
David Norris
20
Glenn Steel
21
Ben Anderson
22
TBC

City Boss Mark Fell added, “we still have players with us who are not signed as yet and we need to make those decisions in the next 48 hours, we’ve arranged to play Kendal on Tuesday night with a mixed u23 / 1st team for lads who need the extra minutes due to injury or isolation. At this time of year there is always a late addition that crops up so it could be a busy week but we are very satisfied with the squad as it is and any incoming will need to improve us. I’d like to also take the opportunity to thank Sam Ashton for his service to the club, he’s an excellent player and a fantastic person who I’ve worked with for a long time, these decisions aren’t easy for either party and there are lots of factors involved, we’ve been blessed with some outstanding goalkeepers at the club this summer and sadly only 1 will be able to play come the 14th.”