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They are joined at the club this summer by five other new signings in centre half Matt Taylor, left back Andy Reilly, formerly with Wycombe Wanderers, and former Leigh RMI midfielder Steve Abbott, as well as midfielder Josh Llewellyn and striker Joe Arnold, both formerly with Derby County. The new season will also be former Bristol Rovers captain Andy Tillson's first as TeamBath FC's head coach. He has been on TeamBath's coaching staff for three years and succeeds Paul Tisdale as head coach following Tisdale's departure a month ago to take up the role as Exeter City manager.
Dillon made one start, and one as a substitute (as the club's youngest ever first-teamer) for Carlisle in his time with the club, the Huntingdon-born midfielder being let go after a three-year YTS stint. He spent plenty of time at Workington in the Conference North in his last season with United, playing for the Reds on loan on numerous occasions. Graham made no first-team appearances for United but was a regular in the reserves during his two-year YTS spell, the Carlisle-born right-back spending two weeks on loan at Workington last August.
TeamBath today is best remembered for its FA Cup run in the 2002-03 season in which it became the first university team to enter the competition since Gonville & Caius in 1881. Dan and Martin will be both be studying full-time at the University of Bath, the sporting facilities there being second to none after expansion in 2005, and home to the Sports Training Village and the English Institute of Sport for South West England.