Former Hartlepool United star Tommy Miller has made his first moves as manager of National League North club Spennymoor Town.

Two former Hartlepool United players are looking for new clubs this summer after being released by National League North neighbours Spennymoor Town.

Former Pools midfielder Tommy Miller was confirmed as new Moors manager last week after agreeing to a second spell in charge at Brewery Field and he has wasted little time in getting to work ahead of what is expected to be a busy summer. The 2025 FA Trophy finalists announced details of their retained list within 24 hours of Miller’s appointment after the former Victoria Park favourite had spent the previous two months in interim charge of the club.

The Moors confirmed former Newcastle United academy winger Mackenzie Heaney remains under contract and they have triggered one-year options in the deals of former Middlesbrough youngster Ben Beals and winger Cam Salkeld. However, five players have been released and there are two former Poolies amongst them after Mitch Hancox, who spent time on loan at Pools during the 2023/24 season, and Luke Williams saw their time with the Moors come to an end. Williams joined Pools during the summer of 2019 as they prepared for a third season in the National League and went on to make just 19 appearances during an injury-hit two-year spell with the club.

Miller will now press on with his own recruitment plans for the summer and he has already set out what he feels is required ahead of the new National League North season.

He told Moors TV: “The priority for us now is to look after our own team and the lads we already have at the Club who we want to keep – we’ve got to get them tied down. We have got targets in mind if they weren’t to agree to the terms we’re offering so we’ll work through that list very soon because we want to try and get everything done really early. The focus is on having a strong pre-season; we’ve already got some great games lined up so hopefully we can kick on from there and hit the ground running. We need to be fit and if a player isn’t fit, he won’t play for me. We want to be on the front foot, playing attacking football and entertaining.”

The Moors have also confirmed young duo Kian Foreman and Louis Stephenson have returned to Hartlepool after promising loan spells at Brewery Field during the second half of the season.

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