Botfield (pictured) is a tenacious 27-year-old central midfielder who was originally involved in the youth ranks at Walsall before later joining Halesowen Town.

In the summer of 2013, he signed for Evesham United whilst studying in Gloucestershire and a year later he linked up with Tividale ahead of their 2014/15 campaign in the Northern Premier Division One South before he headed to the USA in 2015 for a football scholarship.

During his time in the States, he played for Lenoir-Rhyne University and Asheville City.

Upon returning to England, he signed for Alvechurch, and he helped the Worcestershire side to win promotion from the NPL Division One South in 2017/18 and then reach the Southern Premier Division Central play-offs the following year.

He left for rivals Stourbridge before re-joining `Church in the summer of 2020.

Parsons is an experienced 33-year-old defender who joins the Scholars from new league rivals Bedworth United.

He had signed for the Greenbacks in late October 2020 from then-Southern Division One Central rivals Halesowen Town.

He had joined Halesowen in May 2019 from Southern Premier Central side Redditch United having been signed by Yeltz boss Paul Smith for the Reds in October 2018 from Alvechurch.

He helped `Church win back-to-back promotions from the Midland League to Southern Premier after joining from Tividale.