Bury quartet Cameron Belford, David Buchanan, Brian Barry-Murphy and Glynn Hurst have all signed new deals with the club and boss Alan Knill has also lured former Mansfield midfielder Stephen Dawson to Gigg Lane.

Belford and Hurst have both penned one-year contracts, while Barry-Murphy and Buchanan have signed two-year deals.

Dawson, meanwhile, has agreed a two-year deal and becomes Knill's second summer signing following the acquisition of goalkeeper Wayne Brown.