DROITWICH Spa have confirmed 12 players from last season’s squad have departed the club ahead of the start of the 2026/27 campaign.
Spa suffered defeat in the Hellenic League Premier Division play-off final last season with Droitwich boss Andy Crowther leaving his role at the end of the season.
The Saltmen replaced Crowther with Quentin Townsend who has signed a number of players, including several teenagers, as he looks to put his stamp on the squad.
And the club have now confirmed a dozen players will not return for the 2026/27 season.
The list includes Charlie Tilley, Jack Brighton, Jay Sauntson, Sam Hurdman, Josh Hurdman, Matt Jackson, Ben Tilbury, Reiss Taylor-Randle, James Baldwin, Soms Sibanda, Will Dallaway and Liam Livesey.
Midfielder Tilley had already left the club to join fellow Step Five side Rugby Town after scoring 45 goals in more than 200 appearances for Spa.
Full-back Brighton enjoyed two spells with Spa and departs to Sporting Club Inkberrow at Step Four after scoring eight goals in 222 games for the Saltmen.
Defender Sauntson acted as vice-captain at the King George Playing Fields last season and is one five players to leave Spa for Hellenic League Premier rivals Westfields.
Brothers Sam and Josh Hurdman have also left the club. Sam scored 13 goals in 68 appearances while Josh netted 51 goals in 116 appearances.
Both players came through the club’s youth system while Josh made his first-team debut as a 16-year-old and joins former teammate Brighton at Inkberrow.
Full-back Jackson struggled with injuries throughout his time at Spa as he made 44 appearances in three seasons and departs for Sutton Coldfield Town at Step Four.
Tilbury joins Sauntson in making the move to Westfields and scored 41 goals in 114 games for Spa across two separate spells.
Taylor-Randle only joined the club last summer and netted 15 goals in 49 games in all competitions but has departed to work under former boss Danny Janes at Westfields.
Baldwin returned to Spa in January, after beginning his career with the club, and scored three goals in 15 appearances but has now departed for Westfields.
Sibanda made just nine appearances for Spa and scored two goals with the forward dropping down to Step Six next season following a loan spell at Wednesfield.
Dallaway also moves to Westfields after coming through Spa’s academy and scored three goals in 25 games for the Saltmen.
Livesey made 14 appearances for Spa over the last two seasons after the forward scored a hatful of goals for the club’s under-18 and development teams.
