Dover Athletic manager Andy Hessenthaler has announced his retained and released list with fifteen players having left the club.

After electing to go part time for next season, Dover Athletic have made wholesale changes to their squad with just five players offered new deals.

Just Sam Wood and Travis Gregory have been offered new contracts, whilst Josh Bexon, TJ Bramble and Marshall Wratten have been given the option to extend their current deals.

Having made the decision on who will be staying and leaving Crabble, Andy Hessenthaler admitted deciding on who stays and who goes is always a tough job, but a necessary one.

He told the club’s official website:

“First and foremost I would like to thank each and every one of the players leaving the club for their efforts in what was an unprecedented season.”

“I cannot speak highly enough of their attitudes and their commitment during what was an extremely difficult time for us a club.”

“It is never an easy time for any manager, informing players they are being let go – it’s tough, but my job is to make these decisions however hard they might be.”

Hessenthaler must now begin the process of deciding who he looks to bring in over the coming weeks and months.

The following first-team players are out of contract and have left the club:

Yusif Mersin, Josh Passley, Will De Havilland, Jack Munns, Kurtis Cumberbatch, Paul Rooney, Joe Bedford, Oscar Gobern, Steven Rigg, Bilel Hinchiri, Ahkeem Rose, Omar Mussa, Marvel Expiteta, Louis Collins, Ade Azeez.

The following out-of-contract players have been offered new deals: 

Sam Wood, Travis Gregory

The club has exercised an option to extend the following players contracts:

Josh Bexon, TJ Bramble, Marshall Wratten