Three Albion academy graduates earned plenty of senior minutes over the Christmas and New Year period.
Winger Akeel Higgins played three times for Exeter City in Sky Bet League One, helping them record four points in the process.
He started on Boxing Day as the Grecians suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat at high-flying Cardiff City. Akeel was replaced after 65 minutes by Reec Cole that particular afternoon.
Higgins also played the opening 65 minutes of City’s 1-0 away win at AFC Wimbledon on December 29, with Carlos Mendes coming on in his place down in London.
The 20-year-old was an unused sub on New Year’s Day when Exeter secured a 1-0 home victory over Luton Town, before playing just under an hour of the club’s 2-2 draw at Huddersfield on January 4.
Those results mean the Grecians sit 14th in the third-tier table, three points clear of danger after 24 fixtures.
Two midfielders experienced plenty of Enterprise National League football.
Harry Whitwell played the entirety of Forest Green Rovers’ trio of fixtures at Brackley Town on Boxing Day (1-0 defeat), at home to Truro City on December 30 (1-1 draw) and in front of their own supporters against Halifax on January 3 (2-1 win).
Rovers are third in the table, two points off top.
Cole Deeming, meanwhile, was an unused sub for Truro City in their 1-0 home triumph over Yeovil on Boxing Day before going on to score in the 1-1 draw against Whitwell’s Forest Green on December 30. Check out the goal below.
The 18-year-old returned to the Albion on January 3 following the conclusion of his loan deal.
