Recap Burton Albion's 9-0 win over Arnold Town as the Brewers continued their pre-season preparations on Thursday night.
Albion included the likes of first-team squad members Tom Naylor, Matty Palmer, Ben Fox and Damien McCrory are all expected to be in contention for tonight's match - with academy players making up the rest of the squad.
The squad was largely different to the one that faced West Bromwich Albion and lost 1-0 last night, with all six of the Brewers ' new signings this summer making their home debuts.
With Shrewsbury Town and Leicester City still left to play - on Saturday and Tuesday night respectively, there's still plenty of time for players to stake a claim for a particular spot in Nigel Clough's starting line-up ahead of the season opener against Cardiff City on Saturday week (August 5).
Transfer talk
Relive exactly how Albion hammered Arnold below, with the help of a Marcus Dinanga and Jake Davies double, and efforts each from Joe Sbarra, Ben Fox, Tom Naylor, Matty Palmer and Jack Hallahan.
Read Joshua Murray's verdict here
It was a busy night for Albion’s attackers, and you can find out how it all went down at Eagle Valley here...
Check out the top of the blog to see how it all went down tonight.
Albion romped to victory tonight, thrashing Arnold 9-0.
Stay tuned for Joshua Murray's post-match verdict
On an evening where the Brewers youngsters - helped by some older heads - romped to victory.
Full-time!
That’s all she wrote from Eagle Valley where the Brewers follow up last night’s 1-0 defeat to West Bromwich Albion with a 9-0 victory over Aronold Town of the East MIdlands Counties league.
89: Another cross flashed across from McCrory
But nobody is on the end of an inviting cross from the Irishman.
84: Young Brewers have added some fresh legs
Albion have certainly looked more up for it since the introduction of the academy trio - and they’re in search of an eighth now.
80: GOAL
Really lovely stuff from the Brewers - Jake Davies slots home after McCrory’s searching ball picks him out on the counter.
Two touches was all it took for the academy youngster to grab his first goal of the evening.
7-0 Brewers.
74: GOAL
6-0 Albion - Fox’s shot from the edge of the box has too much on it and beats the Arnold ‘keeper.
73: Dowd's first intervention
Dowd’s inviting cross flashes across the face of goal. Good effort.
72: Davies gets his first glimpse of goal
But his efforts to pull the trigger in the box are thwarted by the oncoming Arnold defender after Dinanga’s cross.
69: Nothing comes of that corner
The balle ends up out wide with Fox, who flashes a cross through the Arnold box - but nobody gets n the end of it.
60: Brewers subs
Tom Naylor and Matty Palmer make way. Charlie Dowd and Daniel Cooke take their places - with Cotterill taking up the armband.
58: GOAL!
5-0 Brewers - this time it’s Palmer who lashes home following the latest Arnold defensive mistake.
56: Fenton blazes over
It’s sprayed across the edge of the Arnold box, Fox dummies and leaves it for Fenton - but his shot is wayward.
53: Sbarra can't quite reach Fox's flick
Neat work from Fox and Palmer - but Sbarra just can’t get on the end of it.
50: The weather can't decide what it wants to do tonight - that's about the fourth rainbow we've had so far
48: It's all going off in the second-half
Dinanga races away to the byline and pulls back for Sbarra - whose goal-bound shot is blocked by an Arnold defender.
47: Good effort from the Arnold man
His free-kick looked like it was about to loop over Jack Livesey, but the Albion ‘keeper gathers.
46: The Brewers get us underway
And Arnold attack and win a free-kick almost straight away.
Both sets of players are making their way out
Closely followed by the officials, as the second-half is about to start.
