Walsall F.C. Reserves and Youth are the reserve and youth team for League One club Walsall

Walsall F.C.

Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...

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The reserve team play in the Football Combination Central Division. Walsall Reserves play their home games at the Bescott Stadium, Walsall

Walsall

Walsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. It is located northwest of Birmingham and east of Wolverhampton. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Walsall is a component area of the West Midlands conurbation and part of the Black Country.Walsall is the administrative...

 and they also at the occasionally play at The Lamb Ground

The Lamb Ground

The Lamb Ground is a football stadium in the district of Kettlebrook, in Tamworth, England and the home of Tamworth F.C. It is approximately half a mile south of Tamworth railway station.-History:...

, home of Tamworth

Tamworth F.C.

Tamworth Football Club are an English semi-professional football club based in the town of Tamworth, Staffordshire. Nicknamed 'The Lambs', they are currently members of the Conference National, the fifth highest tier in the English league system....

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The youth team play in the Youth Alliance North West Conference

Football League Youth Alliance

The Football League Youth Alliance is the second tier of youth football competition in England, beneath the FA Premier Academy League...

 and are only for players below 18. They play their home games at academy base at the Birmingham County FA Ground, Ray Hall Lane, Great Barr.

Walsall F.C. reserve team

The Reserve team currently play in the The Football Combination Central Division. The side is used by League One

Football League One

Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....

 club Walsall

Walsall F.C.

Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...

 to take youngsters from the youth up a step closer to the first-team, however it can also be used as a team to allow first-team players to gain match fitness after an injury or suspension. The Walsall reserves enjoyed success in 2001–02 when they won the league and cup double.

Current reserve team

Other Players may have featured in the reserves to gain match fitness or on a trial, this is the main set of players whom currently play for the Walsall F.C.

Walsall F.C.

Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...

 Reserve Team.

Walsall F.C. youth team

The youth team play in the Youth Alliance North West Conference

Football League Youth Alliance

The Football League Youth Alliance is the second tier of youth football competition in England, beneath the FA Premier Academy League...

. These include Matty Fryatt

Matty Fryatt

Matthew Charles Fryatt is an English footballer currently playing as a striker for Hull City. A product of Walsall's youth system, Fryatt is a lifelong supporter of Manchester United....

, Julian Bennett, Scott Dann

Scott Dann

Scott Dann is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers as a centre back. He began his Football League career with Walsall, before moving on to Coventry City and then to Birmingham City in 2009...

, Alex Nicholls

Alex Nicholls (footballer)

Alexander Douglas Nicholls is an English footballer who can play as both a midfielder and a striker. He is currently playing for Walsall, where he started his career.-2005–06:...

, Richard Taundry

Richard Taundry

Richard Daniel Taundry is a professional footballer currently playing for League One side Walsall, where he plays as both a defender and a midfielder.-Background:...

, Troy Deeney

Troy Deeney

Troy Matthew Deeney also known as Saul Deeney by Sky Sports Football is an English footballer who currently plays for Watford as a striker...

 and many more. Before that the successful youth system also saw ex-England internationals Michael Ricketts

Michael Ricketts

Michael Barrington Ricketts is an English football player who was released by Tranmere Rovers in February 2010. He played as a striker and he has been capped once by England in a friendly against the Netherlands in 2002.-Early career:...

 and Allan Clarke

Allan Clarke (footballer)

Allan John Clarke , nicknamed "Sniffer", is a former footballer who played in the Football League for Walsall, Fulham, Leicester City, Leeds United and Barnsley, and won 19 international caps for England.-Early career:Clarke started his career at Walsall and made his debut aged 17, in 1963...

 also progress through the ranks to go on and represent their country, with the later Allan Clarke also scoring a winning goal in an FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

 final while at Leeds United

Leeds United A.F.C.

Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...

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Current youth team

Information about players in the current youth team was taken from the Walsall F.C.

Walsall F.C.

Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...

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External links

• The Official Walsall F.C. website