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How many of last years Reserve team are now not part of this year’s Academy?
Name some players over the years who came through reserves.
Quote from: gs50 on June 09, 2021, 07:52:11 AMName some players over the years who came through reserves.Mark Howard 80s Andy Hunt 90s both went on to play football league.Defty bros would have played a lot of res football before breaking into the first team.We've also seen many reserves step up to effectively become the first team for short or not so short spells over the years when a manager has left and a large swathe of his first team have followed him!But as others have said never has the gap between first and reserves in terms of divisions been as great as it is now. How many other full time National league sides have a second string playing in a step 6 league? The times are a changing at the Walks for sure.
Quote from: gs50 on June 09, 2021, 07:52:11 AMName some players over the years who came through reserves.Dom Dwyer USA international, Mark Heath Preston and the lad Nicholls now enjoying an amazing lifestyle in the States. Just to name a few.Mark Howard 80s Andy Hunt 90s both went on to play football league.Defty bros would have played a lot of res football before breaking into the first team.We've also seen many reserves step up to effectively become the first team for short or not so short spells over the years when a manager has left and a large swathe of his first team have followed him!But as others have said never has the gap between first and reserves in terms of divisions been as great as it is now. How many other full time National league sides have a second string playing in a step 6 league? The times are a changing at the Walks for sure.