Stockport County goalkeeper Ben Hinchliffe is among four players to leave the club following the end of the 2025-26 League One season.
The 38-year-old joined 10 years ago and made a total of 427 appearances, keeping 157 clean sheets during that period.
He also won three promotions during that time taking them from the National League North to League One, however he was not part of the squad for Sunday’s third tier play-off final defeat at Wembley.
Odin Bailey, Callum Connolly and Max Metcalfe will also depart.
Bailey made 140 appearances for the Hatters after joining in 2023 and started in Sunday’s final while Connolly, who made 53 league appearances in two seasons, was on the bench.
“When I bought the club six years ago, we had six full-time members of staff, and a number one goalkeeper who was working part-time as a HGV driver – working long hours, yet still producing outstanding performances on the pitch,” County owner Mark Stott said., external
“Six years on, the club has just been to Wembley after finishing third again in League One, and that same guy was still wearing the number one shirt for our club.”
