NORWICH City Reserves will not compete in the Totesport.com Combination League next season.

The move will allow the management team more flexibility to choose when, where and against what opposition the City second string plays next season in a series of competitive friendlies.

Home matches will be played at the Club's Colney Training Centre on days and kick-off times to be confirmed.

City boss Paul Lambert told First News: "Reserve team football is important to us but leaving the league and arranging our own fixtures will give us a lot more choice about who we play and when we play them.

"We want reserve team games to be of maximum benefit to the squad in terms of first team players who need to get matches under their belt and youngsters coming through from the Academy."