Last season's top scorer in the first division, Alex Benjamin, has signed for league cup winners Newcastle Benfield.

Benjamin bagged 39 league goals last season for Bedlington, and the season before that, scored 30 for Ashington, Tow Law and Ryton, and now he has agreed to sign for Paul Baker's side. Benfield have been looking for a striker since John Campbell quit for Darlington in the January 2011 transfer window.

Bedlington have replaced Benjamin by signing Steve Richardson, who was top league scorer for Spennymoor last season.