The first man to put pen to paper was former Queens Park Rangers full back Lee Brown, the six foot defender setting himself up for two years at the Memorial Stadium. The second announcement came close to five o'clock, pacy winger Mustapha Carayol the name to sign, once again for two seasons, that despite reported interest from newly promoted Stevenage.
Full back Brown started his youth career with QPR and held a permanent contract with the club until his release this summer. He had previously spent loan spells out at Conference Premier club Salisbury City before another year in non-leagues top flight with Hayes & Yeading even though Leyton Orient had made an offer for his services on transfer deadline day in January. Brown made just a single Football League appearance for QPR, back in 2010 when he came on as a substitute against Barnsley.
The youngster spoke at great length with his new manager Paul Buckle yesterday and is comfortable with the coming seasons aims."I had a couple of clubs call me over the last couple of weeks, but had a long conversation with Paul Buckle who persuaded me to come here, play some games and push on with my career.
"Rovers is a massive club and I have had friends here over the years, so as soon as the manager came knocking I was sure to take it.
"Promotion has to be the aim, you can feel it as soon as you come in, everyone has the same aim."
Carayol's move from Lincoln is subject to a small fee that will remain undisclosed. Born in Gambia the 21 year old started out as a youth team player at Swindon Town before joining up with Paul Ince, firstly at Macclesfield Town before the pair were on the move again, this time to MK Dons where he was handed his first team debut in a League Cup tie against Sheffield United. He also spent time out on loan to Crawley but his next move would be to Torquay where Paul Buckle became his new manager where, during two seasons with the Gulls, he notched up 54 first team appearances, scoring six goals in the process.
A move to Lincoln followed after Carayol turned down a new contract from Torquay, a £35,000 fee eventually set between both clubs. Even though he scored three goals in 33 League games for Lincoln last term he was unable to save the Imps from relegation and ended up on the transfer list before teaming up once again with Paul Buckle, the manager later sharing his pleasure at his latest signing.
"I am really delighted to be working with Mustapha again. I rather reluctantly sold him to Lincoln when I was at Torquay, but it will be fantastic to link up with him again.
"He has a lot of pace and trickery and is a very exciting player. He is still young, and I am sure the Rovers fans will love watching him."
Both signings will be confirmed upon the successful completion of a medical. The pair become the sixth and seventh signings of Buckle's reign following Matt Gill, Scott Bevan, Craig Stanley, Adam Virgo and Matt Harrold into the Memorial Stadium.
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