In the time since GTC last hit the streets, not one but two former City stars have returned to grace the hallowed turf. We contacted those involved with the fanzines/internet sites at their last clubs to see how our boys had got on whilst they were on their travels. Here’s what they had to say.....

Darran came on a free transfer from Crewe before the start of the 95/96 season. Despite having been Crewe's top scorer the previous season, they let him go.

He started last season well and became a regular in the squad, vying for the centre forward position with Steve Anthrobus and Ian Stevens. He scored a few important goals early on in the season whilst Town were going through a bad patch. Good on the ball and a good passer of the ball. He damaged knee ligaments at the start of April and was out for the rest of the season, thus missing Town’s trip to Wembley in the Auto Windscreens Shield.

He played 37 games and scored 10 goals during his time at Gay Meadow, not a bad record.

This season, he started on the bench, but came into the team playing in Town's 4-5-1 formation on the right of midfield. He took a little while to get up to match speed and looked a bit slow in the first couple of games. He seemed to fit into this position well and laid on a goal in his penultimate game against Blackpool, after some quick work in the midfield and a pinpoint cross.

He was well liked by the fans - nobody slagged off the manager when he picked him in the team so that must be a good thing.

Although it would be a blatant exaggeration to say that great sadness greeted Jason Minett’s departure from Sincil Bank, the move did come as a surprise after he had won many friends up in the north thanks to his displays since John Beck took over in October ‘95.

Minett joined on a free in close season ‘95 as a replacement for Paul Smith, a long serving consistent and popular performer at right-back. From all accounts, we were led to believe that Minett was a shrewd signing and he would therefore slot in comfortably in the back-four. He was however, an absolute disaster in this position and judging his outings under Sam Ellis and later Steve Wicks, he would win our fanzine’s `Free Transfer to Boston United` award hands down. The poor lad must have been shell-shocked.

After a turbulent and wholly unsuccessful season with you Grecians in 94/95, here he was, stuck at the bottom of the league again and being booed by home fans. After Steve Wicks was sacked in October though, we appointed our 3rd manager of the season in John Beck. Minett immediately moved in centre-midfield, his natural position apparently, and was a key figure in our climb away from the bottom of the league. The boo-boys were quickly silenced after consistently good form and he later added goalscoring to his name as he ended the season with 5 goals including a couple of crackers in the 4-0 hammering of Doncaster.

He was unlucky however to sustain an injury in pre-season that resulted in him missing all of the hard training in July and August. Having lost his place to 2 new signings and a converted full-back, Jason found it increasingly difficult to reclaim his place as the replacements were performing admirably in his absence.

He did make a few appearances from the subs bench around November and started one game against Mansfield but soon lost his place when the first-choice midfielders returned from injury/suspension. He was apparently quite unhappy at a lack of first-team football and with his contract up at the end of the season, Beck allowed him to leave for St James` Park, disappointingly on a free transfer as far worse players can be bought for £30,000+.

He will certainly receive a decent reception when playing against his old team-mates down at your place later in the season and I would hope that our fans would give him a good hand when he returns to Sincil Bank. He did an excellent job for us in our dogfight against relegation last season and we wish him all the best back at Exeter.