Nine months on and the latest crop of Fratton Park youngsters did their futures no harm with an impressive victory over AFC Stoneham in the third round of the Hampshire Senior Cup on Wednesday evening.
But how exactly have those who now call PO4 their former home been getting on?
We took a quick look to find out.
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We took a quick look to find out.