Ashford boss Steve Lovell, pictured, will assess what he has left of his squad on Saturday when his players return to pre-season training.

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He will use pre-season to put together a squad capable of making a challenge in Ryman League, Division 1 South next season.

Departing Homelands are Danny Brathwaite, Elliott Brathwaite, Jimmy Bottle and Craig Wilkins while keeper Josh Willis will be joining Kingstonian for pre-season training.

Lovell has still managed to keep hold of much of last season’s team and he doesn’t envisage having problems finding replacements.

He said: "We’ve had six or seven boys who have given us a decision that they are staying with us and one or two who are still undecided. We’ve got the nucleus of a team and we’ll start back with 10 trialists coming in.

"I’m going to use the pre-season to get a decent squad together ready for the start of the season on August 15 and I’m not going to rush into anything."

Lovell added: "I knew we would lose one or two and we can now build a team around those who are staying and they are the most important people as they want to be part of the club.

"We’ll be judging players on an individual basis and I’m not interested in where they’ve been or what they’ve done in the past. I’m only interested I what they can do for us now."