Chester FC Retained List 2025/26

Saturday, 9 May 2026 11:44

Chester FC has confirmed its retained list, following the conclusion of the 2025/26 season.

Players under contract:

Declan Weeks
Connor Woods

Players with contract options activated:

Jack Bainbridge
Billy Davies
Tom Peers
Nathan Woodthorpe

Players to be offered a new contract:

Tom Davies
Lewis Leigh
Dylan Mottley-Henry

Contract discussions ongoing:

Alex Brown
Iwan Murray

Players invited back for pre-season:

Henry Briscoe
Isaac Burgess
Oskar Rosenblatt

Players departing the club following the expiry of their contract:

Scott Burgess
Bobby Jones
Dion Kelly-Evans
Tom Leak
Fin Shrimpton

Loan players returning to parent club:

Hayden Carson
Phil Croker
Zak Emmerson
Michael Kelly
Fin Roberts
Jaiden White

On behalf of everyone at Chester FC, we’d like to wish all of the players leaving us the very best for the future and thank them for all of their efforts.

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