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Port Vale have told four more players that their contracts will not be renewed in the summer, taking the total released up to eight. Danny Edwards, Dave Howland, Simon Richman and James Lawrie have been told their futures lie elsewhere. Lincoln's hopes of signing striker Davide Somma in the summer have been dashed after Leeds took up an option on a new contract with the player. Somma has almost single-handedly kept them up with eight goals in 12 games.
Darren Dennehy has finished his three month loan spell at Gillingham with a ringing endorsement from manager Mark Stimson: "He has been outstanding for us". Dennehy played 19 times, displacing fellow ex-Bull Josh Gowling from the team. Forest Green are expecting to go part time after relegation from the Conference unless they receive an additional financial injection.
Southend chairman Ron Martin has confirmed they will cut their wage bill for next season in League Two. However he confidently predicts that the club will bounce back quickly, responding to questions about their new stadium and the size of the opponents in League Two: "We won't be in same league as Morecambe by the time the stadium is finished." AFC Wimbledon have released 12 players after they narrowly missed the Conference play-offs. Former Bulls loanee Danny Blanchett has returned to Peterboro with no word on his future after 11 games for the club.
Cheltenham have announced that they have frozen admission prices for next season.
