Just to return to the Maidstone game a couple of season ago, the youngsters who played that day were as follows:
Pilling
Solomon-Davies
Lucy
Ilesanmi
Croughan
Gumbs
Drysdale
Devine
Fleming
Clarke
The players highlighted are either still under contract at Rovers, or were offered deals and have chosen to leave.
That leaves the following:
Solomon-Davies - released this summer, probably correctly based on the performances I have seen.
Lucy - now at Runcorn Linnets in the Evostick League. Last season Linnets were North West Counties League champions, though I am unsure how many games Lucy played.
Ilesanmi - at Llandudno in the Welsh Premier League.
Croughan - unable to trace where he is now.
Drysdale - still with us and apparently offered another contract.
Fleming - at Skelmersdale United in the Evostick League, where he was voted young player of the year last season.
In short, none of the released players give any indications yet that they are good enough for the step up to the Football League, although Fleming in particular seems to have made some progress since leaving Rovers. The outstanding youngsters - Clarke, Gumbs, Pilling - are either still here or have chosen to leave for a club higher up the pyramid.