Pre-season 2025/26: Non-league notepad #1

Snippets from around Merseyside non-league football.

July is officially here which means the pre-season schedule for clubs is right around the corner.

Merseyside teams have been bolstering their squads throughout the summer but they will continue to tinker their ranks, wheeling and dealing until the first whistle at the end of July or beginning of August.

It has been a busy week across non-league, Widnes’ resignation from the English football pyramid sent shockwaves across the North West.

Meanwhile, the National League North came under the national microscope with the news that Robbie Savage is set to leave Macclesfield and take over at Forest Green Rovers, despite guiding them to the second tier of the Non-League System.

Without further ado, let’s have a look at what is currently floating around.