New Hythe Town manager Darren Beale makes further signings as he gets to work on transforming the Cannons’ fortunes

Darren Beale has continued his rebuilding job since taking over as Hythe Town manager.

There’s work to be done with the Cannons dropping into the Southern Counties East Premier Division bottom four after losing 4-0 at home to Phoenix Sports on Saturday.

Defender Storm Glautier, who’s joined from Tooting Bec, and teenage forward Liam Tullis, on dual-registration from Ramsgate, made their debuts from the bench.

And the Cannons have also signed Henry Newcombe in a player-goalkeeper coach role.

Newcombe was part of the Ramsgate squad who won Isthmian South East last season, working with Beale, and is back in training after a knee operation.

Speaking of his new signings, Beale said: “Liam’s a promising talent from Ramsgate.

“He’s played in their reserve side for a while and got a couple of goals against Ashford for the first team in the League Cup.

“He’s seen someone I’ve seen in training first-hand while I was at Ramsgate. It probably wasn’t the right game to throw him into when we’re 3-0 down but he did OK.

“Storm’s come in from Tooting Bec.

“He’s a strong centre-half, 6ft4in, so we’ve got him in to bring a little bit of strength in the back four as well.

“You need men in there. Every game will be a battle now, a cup final, so we need those characters with that mentality who will dig in for us.

“Henry’s a great lad to have around, not just on the pitch but off the pitch as well.

“He’s been given the all-clear to train after his operation, it’s just a case of how long it’ll take before he’s up and ready to play a game.

“Hopefully I can get him some minutes over the next couple of weeks. He’ll be vying for that No.1 spot.”

Hythe made a promising start against Phoenix but ex-Cannons defender Jake Goodman made the most of a