AZ Gull
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2013-14 has been a pretty remarkable season for Albion in terms of players being capped by their country. Ignoring players on loan, we had 4 players (Greer, El-Abd, Maksimenko and Crofts) win a total of 16 full international caps. This number would surely have been higher if it wasn't for injuries during the season to Crofts and Bridcutt (and maybe CMS). The only previous seasons when we have had fully-contracted players earn more senior international caps have been 1980-81 and 1981-82 (when we were, of course, in Division One).
If you wish to include players on loan, we had Stephen Ward and Craig Conway win a further 5 caps during the season.
It is an even more successful story at younger age groups, with an incredible total of 41 caps being earned by our youngsters. The full details (if my research is accurate) are as follows:-
Notes: 1 Maksimenko's stats do not include a start he made for Latvia against Yeovil in a friendly in November 2013.
Notes: 2 Ovenden earned further caps for Wales, but after he had been released by the Albion.
Congratulations to each of the players involved, and also to our recruitment department. Long may it continue.
If you wish to include players on loan, we had Stephen Ward and Craig Conway win a further 5 caps during the season.
It is an even more successful story at younger age groups, with an incredible total of 41 caps being earned by our youngsters. The full details (if my research is accurate) are as follows:-
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | LEVEL | STARTED | PLAYING SUB | UNUSED SUB | GOALS | YC |
| Gordon Greer | Scotland | Full | 4 | 4 | |||
| Adam El-Abd | Egypt | Full | 2 | ||||
| 1Vitalijs Maksimenko | Latvia | Full | 7 | 2 | |||
| Andrew Crofts | Wales | Full | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| TOTALS | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jake Forster-Caskey | England | U-21 | 1 | ||||
| England | U-20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Solly March | England | U-21 | 1 | ||||
| England | U-20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Emil Asmundsson | Iceand | U-19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Christian Walton | England | U-19 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Dylan Barnett | ROI | U-19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| ROI | U-18 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ragnar Mar Larusson | Iceland | U-17 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2Rhyle Ovenden | Wales | U-16 | 2 | ||||
| TOTALS | 29 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 5 | ||
| LOAN PLAYER | |||||||
| Stephen Ward | ROI | Full | 3 | ||||
| Craig Conway | Scotland | Full | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jesse Lingard | England | U-21 | 1 |
Notes: 1 Maksimenko's stats do not include a start he made for Latvia against Yeovil in a friendly in November 2013.
Notes: 2 Ovenden earned further caps for Wales, but after he had been released by the Albion.
Congratulations to each of the players involved, and also to our recruitment department. Long may it continue.
