Accrington Stanley have received more than 80 letters from players seeking contracts with the Conference champions this week alone.

And because of the level of interest, Stanley chairman Eric Whalley has urged non-contract players who have been offered terms including Michael Welch and Leam Richardson to make a decision on their futures before it's too late.

"I haven't given them a deadline but hopefully John Coleman made it plain to them we want an answer pretty quickly then we can start planning," he said.