Midfielder Adnan Ahmed, who came on for Young with five minutes of Saturday's 1-1 draw at Bristol City to go, was a starter for the second team today.

So too were keeper Simon Eastwood, defenders John McCombe and Joe Skarz and striker John McAliskey, who were all on the bench at Ashton Gate.

Town skipper Jon Worthington had surgery on his groin injury yesterday while fellow 23-year-old Nathan Clarke is recovering from a knee operation.

The centre-back was expected to have the arthroscopic work on his cartilage done this week, but a space became available on Friday.

Reserves: Eastwood, Wilson, Skarz, Hudson, McCombe, McIntosh, Ahmed, Hardy, McAliskey, Brandon, Hand.