Luton opened their pre-season campaign with a 1-0 win at Hitchin Town. The Hatters trialled keeper Dean Brill in goal, ex-Leicester defender Matt Robinson, and ex-Southend striker Harry Crawford with former Bull Stuart Fleetwood deployed on the wing. Tupsley Whites co-founder James Cutler was in the Hitchin squad. Southend battering ram Bilel Mohsni has told the club he doesn't want to return and has gone on trial at a Premier League side instead. The fiery French-Tunisian netted 13 times last season but also collected 10 yellow and 2 red cards.
Yeovil are unlikely to get planning permission to redevelopment their training pitches at Huish Park until they offer the council alternate land in exchange for the public open spaces also in their plans. A local councillor also told the BBC the development was against current planning guidelines as land near the town centre had to be used first. Former Cheltenham and Woking striker Elvis Hammond has been sent to prison for 12 months after being found guilty of money laundering. He was found guilty alongside another man over a fraudulent $1.2million property deal.