Kian Bell is flying one Linnets nest for another with a summer move from Burscough to Runcorn! The 22-year-old left back was a regular for the North West Counties League club last season. All but two of his 49 appearances for West Lancashire's Linnets in all competitions were starts. He scored six goals and bagged five Man-of-the-Match awards, also landing Burscough's Player of the Month accolade in August, after standing in as captain. Kian had won the club's equivalent mont

Runcorn Linnets have snapped up versatile defender Scott Holding from Warrington Rylanrds. The 23-year-old has experience of playing at higher levels in the National Leagues System, appearing all across the back line but mostly as a right back or centre back. He also spent two years with Watford. The Manchester-born player began his career in the academies at Manchester United and Stockport County. He signed his first professional deal at Edgeley Park, where he captained the

Michael Ellison has continued his summer rebuild with the capture of former Everton Under 21s defender Ed Jones. Centre back Ed spent the second half of last season at Atherton Laburnum Rovers. This followed a long absence from the game due to a serious knee injury. Ed made his LR debut on January 24th in victory over Cheadle Town and went on to complete 17 appearances, including 10 starts. Ed also contributed one goal and an ssist while helping LR into the North West Countie