Still, Sunderland overcame their numerical disadvantage to take the lead courtesy of Triziano Wilson during the first 15 of additional time – tapping in a rebound after Albion’s substitute, trialist goalkeeper had parried an effort into his path. 

This meant the visitors had to wait until after the restart to level things once more – Remar McNeil inviting a challenge from Geragusian, who was already on a yellow card, in the box and winning yet another chance to score from 12 yards. 

As a result, the Black Cats’ towering target man was sent off for a second booking and Parmar found the net again with his strike to send the match all the way to a shootout from the spot. 

Despite the Baggies’ No.10, skipper Alfie Maughan and striker Seven-Seven scoring their penalties, Colesby and McNeil saw theirs saved – with the hosts scoring four of their five to advance to the next round and end the Black Country academy hopefuls’ participation in 25/26 tournament. 

Albion: Moses (GK) (Trialist 68’), Maughan, DuPont, Perkins, Iddrisa (McNeil 46’), Letlat (Round 84’), Colesby, Blackshields (Gompe 119’), Parmar, French (Seven-Seven 84’), Okorodudu (Francis-Caesar 46’).

Substitutes: Abudu. 

Shootout order: Parmar – scored. Colesby – missed. Maughan – scored. Seven-Seven – scored. McNeil – missed. 

With thanks to Ian Horrocks: Sunderland AFC for photos.