The club has completed its signings for this season, with all required players now signed up for the forthcoming campaign.

The management team is also very pleased with the very talented group of Youth Academy players recruited so far, and will seek the chance to offer some young players from the Academy the opportunity to join the squad as the season continues.

Club secretary Adie Towers said: “Steve Kittrick and the rest of the management team are monitoring the progress of the Academy Players and will continue to look to the Academy to involve players in the first team squad.”

The Youth Academy has developed quicker than expected thanks to the efforts of Dave Currie and Stuart Gray as the Coaching team, and via the skills of Phil Rogerson and Kinnon North in terms of setting up the process.

It is the intention that over the next few weeks a closer relationship will be developed, with a view to improved integration between the Academy and the first team.