ALTON THELWELL will lead Orient's reserve team in their opening fixture of the season against Watford on Tuesday afternoon.

The O's centre-half is one of six professionals in the starting line-up as Dean Smith's side look to get their Combination campaign off to a winning start.

Thelwell is joined by Jamie Jones, Andrew Cave-Brown, Aiden Palmer, Simon Dawkins and Loick Pires in Orient's team, with a mixture of first and second year scholars making up the rest of the starting XI.

The match takes place at Brisbane Road, with kick-off at 2pm.  Admission is priced at £5 adults and £3 concessions.  Orient season ticket holders are admitted free of charge.

A full match report will appear on leytonorient.com later today, while match highlights will be available on Orient World.

Team: Jamie Jones; Andrew Cave-Brown, Alton Thelwell, Chris Robson, Aiden Palmer; Brandon Martin, Harry Beautyman, Daryl Sydes, Loick Pires; Bradley Gray, Simon Dawkins

Subs: Jack Giddens (GK), Patrick O'Donnell, Adam Marsh, Adam Bolle, Jake Argent