Chester FC Retained List 2025/26

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.