Town’s U18s are in PDL Cup action against Peterborough United at Playford Road this afternoon (KO 1pm), while the U21s travel to face Cardiff City at the Cardiff International Sports Stadium in the Premier League Cup on Saturday afternoon (KO midday).

The U18s are bottom of their PDL Cup group having failed to take a point from their opening two matches and can no longer progress with today’s fixture their final game.

The U21s are also at the foot of their Premier League Cup group having taken two points from their first three matches.

Meanwhile, former academy scholar Lewis Reed is taking part in the first episode of a new Sky Sports Football documentary, Chasing the Dream, on the highs and lows of life in an academy.

Reed, the grandson of Town's first ever international, Welsh outside-right Billy Reed, hit out at the club following his release in the summer of 2021, describing his time at the club as a “living hell”.

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