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Academy sides are normally always the away team even though group winners are meant to be drawn at home in the last 32. Only West Ham of the academy sides won their group this season but the game was moved to be at Colchester's ground. Last season Everton, Man Utd and Chelsea won their groups...

4 of the starting XI would have been eligible Hinshelwood, Ferguson, Baleba and Buonanotte. Plus 4 subs Verbruggen, Kavanagh, Baker-Boaitey and O'Mahony. Adingra just misses out as he turned 21 a few months before the cut off.

No, we made the last 16 in 16-17. The EFL trophy has always been an under 21 tournament for academy sides (although they’ve tightened the rules around how many over aged players can be used since the first season) even when the league used the U23 age limit .