Luke Basford was a defender who came through the Rovers youth system, progressing through to the first team squad in 1997. A talented left-back, Luke was even listed by Barry Hayles in a 2006 interview with The League Paper as the best player in that position he'd played with. In spite of that he made just sixteen league appearances in his two seasons with the senior squad in the late 1990s before dropping out of the Football League when he turned down a contract offer by manager Ian Holloway in 1999.