Radcliffe make seventh summer signing

The 32-year-old attacking midfielder has a history of finding the back of the net in his career, including last season when he scored 11 goals for the Nash.

During his nine-year career, Hancock has lined up for the likes of Altrincham, Salford City, Nantwich Town, Witton Albion and AFC Telford United.

Whilst with Altrincham, he spent five years in the top two tiers of non-league football, making 214 appearances for the club.

In 2017/18, he was part of the Robins side that won the Northern Premier League by 13 points, as well as being promoted via the play-offsduring the 2019/20 season.

Hancock is another who has previously worked under Radcliffe's managerial duo, Anthony Johnson and Bernard Morley, during his days at Salford.

“I’m looking forward to get going with Radcliffe and start a new challenge for the upcoming season," he said.

"With Bernard and Jonno’s arrival, it was clear the club’s ambition is to keep improving, and with the players they’ve signed I’m sure we will be right up there.

I’m hoping I can continue my scoring record and chip in with a fair few for the lads. Jordan [Hulme] and I had a good partnership at Altrincham, so hopefully we can take that into the new season."

Joint-manager Anthony Johnson said: “Josh is a player we’ve admired for a number of seasons, but for one reason or another we’ve never quite got a deal over the line.

"This is another fantastic signing for the club and a player who was offered deals at a higher league. Again, it just goes to show how far our club is heading in the right direction off the pitch.

"He scored double-figure goals last season in the National League North and has been doing that now for the last 10 years, so to get a goalscoring midfielder at the absolute peak of his career shows what a major coup this is for us.”

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