Who's Who in the National League South 2023-2024

The football season is upon us and Torquay United are raring to go.
The disappointment of relegation is now well behind them as the Gulls set out for life in National League South - and, of course promotion.
Who is standing in their way? Here chief sports writer and Torquay United reporter Dave Thomas runs the rule over the competition ahead.
AVELEY (Essex): Ground - Parkside (3,500) All-Weather; Manager - Danny Scopes; In - Nana Kyei (Concord), Tommy Davis (Southend), Lionel Ainsworth (AFC Sudbury).
BATH CITY (Avon): Twerton Park (8,500); Jerry Gill; In - Ollie Wright (Southampton L), Luke Russe (Chippenham), Jordan Thomas (North Leigh).
BRAINTREE TOWN (Essex): Cressing Road (4,200); Angelo Harrop; In - Reggie Lambe, Joe Grimwood and Nwamdi Nwachuku (all AFC Sudbury), Josh Dawodu (Hendon), Toby Stevenson.
CHELMSFORD CITY (Essex): Melbourne Stadium (3,000); Robbie Simpson; In - Mohammed Dabre (Swindon).
CHIPPENHAM TOWN (Wilts): Hardenhuish Park (3,000); Gary Horgan; In - Luke Spokes (Bath).
DARTFORD (Kent): Princes Park (4,100); Alan Dowson; In - Mitchell Beeney GK (Concord), Brandon Barzey (Hampton/Richmond), Tyrell Miller-Rodney (Havant/Waterlooville).
DOVER ATHLETIC (Kent): Crabble Stadium (5,700); Mitch Brundle; In - Imran Kayani (Slough), Ade Shokunbi (S Shields), Peter Ojemen (Margate).
EASTBOURNE BOROUGH (E Sussex): Priory Lane (4,000) AW; Mark Beard; In - Alex Finney (Ebbsfleet), Archie Procter (Dorking L), Alfie Bridgman (Portsmouth).
FARNBOROUGH (Hants): Cherrywood Road (7,000) AW; Spencer Day; In - Jaden Perez (Eastbourne), Joe Partington (Aldershot).
HAMPTON & RICHMOND BOROUGH (Surrey): The Beveree (3,800); Mel Gwinnett; In - Ben Seymour (Plymouth Parkway), Adam Desbois GK (Cheshunt).
HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE (Hants): Westleigh Park (5,000) AW: Jamie Collins; In - Tom Blair (Weymouth), Brendan Willson (Eastleigh).
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN (Herts): Vauxhall Road (3,100); Brad Quinton; In - Reece Grant (Chelmsford), Joe Re (Cheshunt), George Williams (Boreham Wood), Alfie Matthews (Braintree).
MAIDSTONE UNITED (Kent): Gallagher Stadium (4,200) AW; George Elokobi; In - Levi Amantchi (Brackley), Chi Ezennolim (Welling), Lamar Reynolds (Braintree).
SLOUGH TOWN (Berks): Arbour Park (2,000) AW: Scott Davies; In - Jonny Giles (Bishop's Stortford), Munashe Sundire (St Albans).
ST ALBANS CITY (Herts): Clarence Park (5,000); David Noble; In - Andronicus Georgiou (King's Langley), Dan Bowry (Worthing), Bobby Dunn (Sheff Wed), Raul Da Silva (Cheshunt).
TAUNTON TOWN (Somerset): Wordsworth Drive (2,500); Rob Dray; In - Dan Lavercombe (FC Utd of Manchester).
TRURO CITY (Devon): Bolitho Park (3,500); Paul Wootton; In - James Melhado (Salford), Billy Palfrey and Dan Rooney (both Plymouth Parkway).
TONBRIDGE ANGELS (Kent): Longmead Stadium (3,000); Jay Saunders; In - Jordan Higgs (Dover), Joe Boachie (Hungerford), Johl Powell (Dulwich Hamlet).
TORQUAY UNITED (Devon): Plainmoor (6,300); Gary Johnson; In - Lewis Collins (Newport), Jack Stobbs (Oldham), Bradley Ash (Weymouth).
WELLING UNITED (Kent): Park View Road (4,000): Danny Bloor; In - James Vaughan (Eastbourne), Minic Odusanya (Maidstone), Ofiq Olomowewe (Ramsgate).
WESTON-SUPER-MARE (Somerset): Woodspring Stadium (3,500); Scott Bartlett; In - Jamie Soule (Alvechurch).
WEYMOUTH (Dorset): Bob Lucas Stadium (6,600); Bobby Wilkinson; In - Leo Hamblin (Woking), Tom Staff (Colchester), Tyrique Clarke (Wingate/Finchley), Charlie Rowan (Oxford C), Dan Roberts (Dartford), Anthony Cheshire (Bracknell), Chris McQueen (Stenhousemuir), Gerard Benfield GK and Calvin Brooks (both Salisbury), Norman Wabo.
WORTHING (W Sussex): Woodside Road (3,200) AW; Adam Hinshelwood; In - Roco Rees GK (Brentford), Greg Luer (Eastbourne), Michael Klass (Aldershot), Joe Felix (Dulwich Hamlet).
YEOVIL TOWN (Somerset): Huish Park (9,500); Mark Cooper; In - Jake Hyde (Wrexham), Rhys Murphy (Southend), Jake Wannell (Taunton), Alex Whittle (York), Frank Nouble, Alex Whittle (York).