Leaving Bloomfields are the popular Craig Parker, fellow midfielders Jordao Diogo, Russell Short and Sam Squire and goalkeeper Finlay Shorten.

Parker (pictured), 32, re-joined the Marketmen in July 2019 – eight years after his previous spell.

The fan favourite returned to Bloomfields, where he holds the club record for the most goals in a season when he notched 40 back in 2010/11, from King`s Lynn Town.

He made over 250 appearances for the Marketmen in total, scoring 120 goals.

He joined Lynn in June 2017 from AFC Sudbury, making a total of 94 appearances and scoring 19 goals.

After leaving Needham Market in 2011, he joined Chelmsford City and, after spending the majority of the 2012/13 season on loan with Bury Town, signed for Leiston in 2014 and then spent a couple of seasons with Sudbury ahead of his switch to Lynn.

Thirty-four-year-old Diogo signed for Needham Market in September 2019 from Greek Super League side Levadiakos, where he made 23 appearances.

He was born in Lisbon but is of São Tomé and Príncipe – an island country in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa descent and he received his first international cap in October 2015 in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Ethiopia.

He started his career with Benfica is a youth and also had spells with fellow Portuguese sides Olivias Sul, Casa Pia, Alverca and Carregedo before moving to England in 2005 and turning out for Chelmsford City.

He then had a couple of seasons in the Isthmian League with Lewes and Aveley before returning on his travels with Icelandic outfit KR Reykjavik, Greek sides Panachiaki and Panthrakikos, back to Portugal with Vitoria Setubal and then back over to Greece with Kerkyra and then, from 2018, Levadiakos.

Short signed for the Marketmen in February 2019. A versatile player in both defence and midfield, he gives many options.

Was previously on the books at Bury Town, Biggleswade Town and St Neots Town.

Squire is a 20-year-old who signed for Needham Market on a permanent basis in June 2019 after being released by Cambridge United.

He spent 2018/19 on a season-long loan with the Marketmen from the League Two outfit and made 38 appearances.

He contributed towards Cambridge City’s strong run at the end of the 2017/18 season, in which they lost in the Southern League Division One East play-off final whilst on loan.

Young goalkeeper Shorten is a product of the youth academy.

He made 6 first team appearances last season.

Manager Kevin told secretary Mark Easlea: "It is never nice having to be the bearer of bad news but unfortunately this is football and the lads understood my reasons for their departure and I thanked them for their efforts for the club and wished them all the best for the future as they all left on good terms."

In addition to the list of players leaving the club, physiotherapist James Smith has also departed Bloomfields.