Defender Aarran Racine has signed up for a fifth season at Forest Green and has been confirmed Mark Cooper's captain for next season.

The club’s longest serving player he joined Rovers in the summer of 2012 after being released by Southampton.

The 24-year-old battled back from an anterior cruciate ligament injury in 2014 and formed a solid defensive partnership with Charlie Clough last term - playing 48 games last season as Rovers finished National League runners-up to Cheltenham Town.

Scott Bartlett handed him the captaincy in the semi-final play-off first leg at Dover Athletic and the burly defender kept the band for the Wembley final.

More to follow.