Aris is a versatile, no-nonsense player, capable of playing anywhere down the right or also in the centre of defence. He has the pace and trickery to get forward and trouble opposition defenders.

Aris progressed through the youth ranks and into the reserve side at Walsall before being released in the summer of 2014. He had previously on the radar of the Cypriot international youth set-up.

Aris duly signed for Rushall for the start of the 2014-15 campaign and has since chalked up over 150 appearances in his three seasons at Dales Lane.

Striker Ryan Rowe will be a familiar face to many of our supporters as he prepares to embark on what amounts to his 4th spell with the Glassboys!

Ryan, who has just turned 29, ended last season with Lye Town after notching 15 goals in 34 appearances for Leamington earlier in the 2016-17 campaign and Stourbridge boss Gary Hackett is looking for the front-man to show that he is still a force to be reckoned with in the higher levels of the non-league game.

He made his Stourbridge debut early in the 2007-08 season before moving on briefly to Bewdley Town. A switch to Cradley Town saw him develop his all-round game and a prolific 2008-09 season saw him win the Midland Alliance Golden Boot award for his goalscoring exploits with Cradley. Ryan returned to us for the 2009-10 campaign and enjoyed tremendous success leading the line as he netted 73 goals in 146 appearances before joining Kidderminster Harriers for a five-figure fee in February 2012. The start of the 2013-14 season saw Ryan return to the War Memorial Ground on loan and this time, although his form fluctuated, he notched 17 goals in 36 appearances, which included a 5-goal haul in a 9-0 win away at Chippenham, four goals in a 6-1 win at Redditch and ,perhaps most famously, a brace of goals in the 4-1 win over Biggleswade Town in the F A Cup 1st Round Proper that earned the club a trip to Stevenage in the following round.

After returning to Kidderminster in January 2014, he subsequently linked up with Brackley Town two months later, initially on loan, before making the move more permanent that summer. He then joined Worcester for the start of the 2015-16 season before soon transferring to AFC Telford, however he spent the final two months of that season with Lye Town before signing for Leamington last summer.

We offer Aris a warm welcome to the club - and likewise to Ryan, it's a big 'welcome back' from all of us!