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Will Tunnicliff
                       After spells with Birmingham City and Cheltenham Town academies as a
                       youngster, Will became a product of the Gloucester City youth set up before
                       building his reputation as a talented and strong left sided defender in two
                       spells at Cirencester either side of a season at Evesham. Will is another
                       2020 summer signing.

                       Matt Bower
                       Matt made his football league debut for Cheltenham town on August 19 th
                       2017,  later  moving  to  Weston  on  loan  and  onto  Bath  City  after  leaving
                       Cheltenham. The 6 ft 6in defender is still only 21 and has excellent ability
                       with the ball at his feet for such a tall man. Bower became one of Paul
                       Michael’s first signings in the summer.
                       Liam Angel
                       ‘Ange’ was a product of  the Cardiff City academy where he represented
                       Wales  at  all  age  groups  up  to  under  19’s  and  turned  professional  at
                       Newport County. Upon leaving Newport the left sided centre back signed
                       for Cinderford Town and moved to Yate this summer aged 21.
                       Sam Boulton
                       Defender who was  transferred from  Frome  Town  in  November 2016, so
                       now in his fifth season with us. Sam was formerly captain of Yeovil Town’s
                       Under  18’s.  A  favourite  with  the  Lodge  Road  faithful  he  received  the
                       Supporters  Player  of  the  Season  in  2017-18  and  a  key  member  of  the
                       successful 2018/19 promotion campaign.
                       Nick Rhodes
                       ‘Rhoder’ was a key member of Cinderford Town’s Southern League division
                       one title winning side in 2016 and moved to Yate this summer after spells
                       at  Evesham  and  a  further  spell  with  Cinderford  Town.  An  outstanding
                       defender who will bring some experience to the Yate the back line joining
                       this summer.
                       Sam Kamara
                       Sam  originally  signed  for  us  in  2013  following  his  release  from  Bristol
                       Rovers; he has now regained his enthusiasm for the game after playing for
                       Longwell  Green  Sports  in  2017-18,  and  joined  us  at  the  start  of  the
                       successful 2018-19 season.
                       Joe Hall
                       Joe is a product of the Bristol City academy who joined Mangotsfield after
                       leaving  the  Robins  and  after  returning  from  a  bad  knee  injury.  Joe  has
                       impressed in pre-season and forced his way into the squad demonstrating
                       his  outstanding  technical ability,  another  young player  and another  new
                       recruit for 20-21.
                       Andy Lewis
                       ‘Swans’ returns for his second spell at the club after being converted from
                       a centre back to a centre midfielder under Paul Michael at Cinderford Town.
                       Andy has an excellent range of passing and scored 12 goals from midfield
                       last season in winning Player of the Year at Cinderford.
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