Twenty-year-old right-sided player Drew Kear is one of several to have made the switch from Midland League Division One side Hinckley AFC.

The right-back, who can also operate further forward, had a successful first season in senior football with Hinckley as they finished runners-up in the UCL Division One in 2021/22 before being switched back to the Midland League this summer.

Kear started out with the Gordon Strachan Football Foundation before moving to Hinckley.

Young centre-back Ben Whitehead also moves from Hinckley.

He has signed a one-year contract with Valley after an impressive first season in senior football with Hinckley last season, winning the players' player of the season award.

Whitehead, who has just turned 20, is currently recovering from a minor operation meaning he will miss the start of the season.

The central defender also started out with the Strachan Football Foundation before moving to Hinckley.

Charlie Evans has re-joined Rugby from Hinckley, also signing a one-year deal.

The 25-year-old forward scored 40 goals in 91 games in his first spell at Butlin Road from 2018 to 2021.

He originally joined Rugby in July 2018 from Stratford Town after originally breaking through the Bards` youth ranks in 2015.

Evans quickly became an integral player in Rugby's attacking arsenal, scoring 19 goals in his first season, picking up a number of player of the season awards.

He left the club in September 2021 to join Hinckley and had a successful season scoring 30 goals in UCL Division One as they almost gained promotion.

Prior to joining Rugby originally, Evans featured 41 times for Stratford in the Southern League Premier in the 2017/18, scoring 3 goals.

Goalkeeper Matt Hill has also re-joined from Hinckley after a two-year absence.

The 24-year-old made 77 appearances in his first spell with the club between 2018 and 2020, keeping 25 clean sheets.

Since leaving Butlin Road in 2020, Hill has enjoyed a spell with Hinckley in the UCL Division One where they were eventually a whisker away from promotion to the Premier Division.

He originally joined Rugby for his first spell in 2018 and then had an impressive couple of seasons with the club after signing from Rushall Olympic before the enforced Covid suspension in March 2020.

However. he lost his place to new signing Sam Lomax at the start of the 2020/21 season and left to join Hinckley.

Hill graduated from the Solihull Moors youth team and has also had spells with Bolehall Swifts, Leamington, St Ives Town, Bedford Town and Rushall Olympic.

Another player returning to Valley is attacking midfielder Ryan Seal from Pitching In Northern Premier League Division One Midlands outfit Gresley Rovers.

The 32-year-old has agreed a one-year contract at Butlin Road where he scored 20 goals in 42 appearances in his first spell with the club.

Seal (pictured) scored 20 goals for Gresley last season as they earned promotion from the UCL Premier North.

Seal originally agreed to join Rugby in July 2019 from NPL Division One Midlands side Stamford AFC and became a fans' favourite, scoring 20 goals and providing 25 assists in his first spell for the club.

He joined Stamford near the start of the 2018/19 season after scoring 18 goals in 23 games for Quorn in the previous campaign when he featured in both games against Rugby.

Before that Seal scored 93 goals in two seasons for Hinckley AFC after netting 28 goals for Kirby Muxloe in the Midland League Premier in the 2014/15 season.

Seal joined Gresley in June 2021.