City open their Avon Combination reserve season with a trip to Cambridge today ko 2pm). The Bluebirds include 4 of last nights first team subs in the starting line up, Martyn Margetson, James Collins, Layton Maxwell and Des Hamilton are joined by Spencer Prior, Gethin Jones, Martyn Giles, Tony Wallis and Gavin Gordon. Also starting the game are Ryan Green, who has just signed for City on a monthly contract. The former Wolves player made more than a dozen first division appearances for Millwall last season and gets his firt chance to impress today while there is also a game for Ceri Hughes as he bids to earn a years contract.
Thanks to the official website the line up then is
Margetson, Green, Collins, Prior, Jones, Giles, C Hughes, Hamilton, Maxwell. Wallis and Gordon. Subs Heall, Dimond, Huggins, Ingram Porter (gk).
Good luck to Ian Butterworth and the reserve team this season. The full fixtures for the second XI can be found at the reserve team link in the left hand navigiation bar.