Once a player/scholar/academy player/trialist is connected to Albion I tend not to forget his name. For sure, I have multiple Albion-related spreadsheets that helped furnish the specifics of that post, but as soon as I looked at the Wycombe squad on wikipedia those four names jumped out at me.
All the matches played by the U-21 sides in the group phase will be away games, but that doesn't persist into the knockout rounds. Wolves U-21s and Everton U-21s hosted matches in last season's competition, for instance.
On this occasion, it appears that Albion didn't WANT to host the tie, for...
A few Albion connections in the Wycombe squad -
* Former loanee Sam Vokes
* David Wheeler, who was in the Albion youth system (when, unfortunately, that DIDN'T mean you were a wonderkid)
* Former Albion youngster Jasper Pattenden who spent 8 years coming through the ranks but was released...
Ruairi McConville picked up a caution yesterday which was his second of the competition. Unfortunately, therefore, I believe he will be suspended for the quarter-final match. He is one of only two players who has started each of Albion's matches in this year's competition (alongside Jack Hinchy)...