POSSIBLE REPRIEVE FOR RESERVES

RHYL Reserves could yet continue playing football - albeit in another league.
The reserve side has been withdrawn from the Welsh Alliance League after a 25-year stay, but Lilywhites managing director Dave Milner said joining the new Clwyd Reserves League next season could be an option.
Milner pointed out the reserves would have had to pull out of the Welsh Alliance at the end of next season anyway as the Welsh pyramid will not accept reserve sides from 2010/11 as far down as the Gwynedd League and Clwyd Premier.
Rhyl are considering running just an under-19s side in one of the North Wales Youth Leagues next season, but will now also look at the Clwyd Reserve League option.
From next season the Clwyd plan to operate two divisions and two reserves divisions.
On considering the future of the reserves, Milner said club officials had questioned whether maintaining a side which has provided so few first team players in recent years was viable.
"I can only recall Brewie (James Brewerton) stepping up from the reserves and becoming a first team regular," said Milner.
"Through creating an under-19 team we will be developing youngsters, which was really the purpose of the reserve team.
"Also, with the club cutting down on numbers in the first team squad, there would probably not be as many first teamers wanting rehabilitation in the reserves."
However, putting the Reserves into the new Clwyd division will now be looked at.