Winger Ryan Jennings and defender Billy Priestley have moved into Silverlands.

Jennings began his career with his hometown club Stockport County and joined Wigan Athletic in 2012.

He went on loan at Accrington Stanley in March 2015 but failed to make an appearance through injury.

He made his League debut in August 2015 in a Carling Cup defeat against Bury and three months later joined then-National League side Cheltenham Town on an initial one-month loan deal.

In February 2016, he joined Cheltenham`s rivals Grimsby Town on loan until the end of the season and he was part of the team that eventually went on to beat Forest Green Rovers 3–1 in the 2016 National League Promotion Final at Wembley, seeing Grimsby promoted to League Two after a six-year absence from the Football League.

In September 2016 Jennings joined then-National League North side AFC Fylde, but by December he had joined league rivals Curzon Ashton.

In the summer of 2017, he signed for Alfreton Town before switching to Nuneaton Borough the following November and onto Ashton United in February 2019.

However, Buxton have been dealt a blow with injury news to defender Josh Meade needs an ACL operation following an injury picked up in a recent friendly against Leek Town.

The club has moved quickly to bring in former Southport centre-back Billy Priestley.

Born in Burnley, the central defender starting his career at Accrington Stanley and has also gone on to play for Colne, Ramsbottom United, Bradford Park Avenue, where he made 61 appearances, Salford City and Alfreton Town.

He signed for Southport in December 2017 and the 30-year-old made 22 appearances for the Port and spent a large part of last season on loan with FC United of Manchester.