First new signing of the summer revealed

Warrington Town can reveal the club’s first new signing ahead of the 2025/26 season is defender Scott Butler.

Butler, 22, came through the ranks at Swansea City and hometown club Wrexham, and played for Paul Carden during a loan spell at Nantwich Town in the first half of the 2023/24 season.

Comfortable at centre-back and right-back, Butler then moved on loan to Marine, where he was part of their team that secured promotion to National League North.

He made his move to Marine permanent last summer, making seven appearances, and then went on to play 21 games in the Northern Premier League for Leek Town and Prescot Cables on loan, where he finished the season strongly.

Butler said: “I’m looking forward to getting back in. I can’t wait to get going. Hopefully I can use that experience, I’m only 22 but I feel like I’m not a young lad any more, and so I want to play a big part here. The goal is to finish as high as possible and see what we can do.

“Paul didn’t have to sell it to me. I’ve been here before, I know it’s a great fanbase and it’s a big club for the level, and I have worked under Paul before at Nantwich so I know how he works and it was a big pull for me.”

Butler is the first of several new signings of the summer as Carden looks to rebuild a new squad to push for promotion from the Northern Premier League.

Carden added: “Scott’s an old head on young shoulders. He’s outstanding at reading the game, his composure on the ball and he can step out with the ball from the backline and understands when to play and when not to play.

"He’s a good age, doesn’t miss football, he’s low maintenance and someone who I think the lads will really take to because of the way he plays.

“He will come in and be a big part of where we want to go to, because of the way he does things, how he is and his hunger and drive to play all the time which is what we need.”

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