(16-06-2024, 10:07 AM)bluetagagain Wrote: Genuine question , do you need an academy to have a reserve/ U21/23 team(s)?
No. But if you want to play all the other decent U21/U23 teams then you have to have a Cat 1 academy as that's a prerequisite for competing in that competition.
So match practice would be minimal or would have to be against far inferior opposition. Which is pointless.