After missing out on what would have been a second trip to Wembley, Plymouth Argyle have started looking towards the 2015-16 season after releasing their retained list.
The Pilgrims failed to overturn their 3-2 first leg deficit, eventually losing 5-3 on aggregate to Wycombe Wanderers with former Argyle loanee Paul Hayes once again opening the scoring for the Chairboys.
Seven out of contract players have been informed by manager John Sheridan that their services are no longer rerquired at Home Park - just like last season - including Jason Banton, Dominic Blizzard, Marvin Morgan, Ollie Norburn and the homegrown trio of Jamie Richards, Matt Lecointe and River Allen.
Banton - scorer of the Pilgrims' second goal against Wycombe in their first leg at Home Park- is arguably the most notably of the departees, whilst Morgan, who has spent much of the second half of the season on loan at Hartlepool United, is probably the least surprising.
Perhaps even less surprisingly, player-coach Paul Wotton has officially announced his retirement from playing, after not featuring this season.
New deals have been offered to Lewis Alessandra, Tyler Harvey, Anthony O'Connor and James Bittner, whilst the club are also taking up the option of extending the contracts of Aaron Bentley and Peter Hartley.
Loan signings Tareiq Holmes-Dennis, Bobby Reid, Gethin Jones and Zak Ansah have returned to their parent clubs.
