Defender Tom Ryan has agreed to join Rugby Town from Banbury United.

Valley manager Gary Mills has moved to strengthen his defensive options with the capture of the 22-year-old central defender having featured for the last couple of seasons for the Puritans including a spell as captain.

Ryan, who lives in Rugby, is a former youth graduate of Swindon Town and has had spells in Sweden for Gotene IF and in USA with Temecula in California.

Also joining the club is another Rugby-born player, 22-year-old versatile right sided player Tommy Glassoce.

Glasscoe had a spell last season under Rugby assistant Craig Adams and made twenty appearances scoring three goals.