FA to look at B team plan

A new competition for B teams for the leading Premier League and Championship clubs is to be considered by the Football Association board today, but there is already considerable opposition from the clubs.

The plan, part of FA chairman Greg Dyke’s commission aimed at boosting the number of young English players at the top of club football, would see the new division placed between League Two and the Conference.

Other proposals would see the number of homegrown players required in league clubs’ 25-man squads increased from the current minimum of eight, and a shake-up of the loan system.