FOLLOWING the departure of manager James Perkins, the Board of Colwyn Bay FC has decided not to field a Reserve team for the 2017/18 season.

 In addition to James, a number of key players in last season’s Reserve team were also unavailable for the upcoming campaign.

  At this stage it is the Board’s intention to build senior teams in the future from within our own Academy and to this end the Club expect to field an Under 19 team for the season 18/19 and a Reserve side for the season 19/20.

 The Board would like to put on record their appreciation of the job undertaken by James Perkins last season in difficult circumstances. With the loss of a number of senior players at the beginning of the campaign it was a real achievement to win eight out of 24 competitive matches with a young team.

 The Reserves also boasted the best disciplinary record in the Welsh Alliance Reserve League.