Town have offered professional contracts to Massimo Luongo, Sone Aluko and Tawanda Chirewa, but have announced the release of Joel Coleman, Richard Keogh, Matt Penney and Kane Vincent-Young as well as 10 U21s players.
Town boss Kieran McKenna says he wants to send fans home from Saturday’s final game of the campaign against Charlton Athletic with a positive feeling but doesn’t see the match as having much significance on the start of next season.
Boss Paul Cook was delighted that Town’s U18s secured a place in the quarter-finals of the FA Youth Cup via a 1-0 fifth round victory over Middlesbrough on Saturday, their second win against a category one academy in the competition this season having beaten Fulham at home in round three.
Town’s U18s progressed to the quarter-finals of the FA Youth Cup after defender Albie Armin netted an 84th-minute winner as they defeated Middlesbrough 1-0 at Bishop Auckland s Heritage Park in round five this afternoon.