[2] On 17 June the away game at Ashton United was cancelled as the home side's pitch would not be ready.

At the completion of the previous season the club announced that twenty players would not be offered new contracts once their present ones concluded.

These players included senior squad members Neil Danns, Stephen Dobbie, Tom Eaves, Liam Feeney, Robert Hall, Emile Heskey, Paul Rachubka, Oscar Threlkeld, David Wheater and Hayden White.

[9] These players were followed out of the club by young defender Tyler Garratt who signed for Doncaster Rovers on 28 June for an undisclosed fee.

David Wheater re-signed on a one-year deal after initially being released at the end of the previous season.