ALBION’s under-21s head for Macclesfield on Tuesday night aiming to clinch their first Checkatrade Trophy KO stage appearance at the third time of asking.
The Baggies youngsters have so far beaten Blackpool and then lost narrowly at Accrington Stanley in Northern Group C to leave their qualification hopes on a knife edge.
Blackpool and Accrington meet at the same time but Jamie Smith and his young team know victory at Macclesfield will guarantee progress.
And U23s boss Smith is not alone in seeing Albion’s young Academy products enjoying genuine gains from their experience in this newly-formatted competition.