Midfielder Idris El Mizouni has been reflecting on eight days in which he signed a new contract with Town and scored the winning goal in last night’s 2-1 FA Cup victory at Oldham Athletic.
Town s U18s beat Colchester United 3-1 at Maldon & Tiptree s Wallace Binder ground in a Professional Development League Two South fixture on Friday evening.
Idris El Mizouni smashed in a brilliant 80th minute winner as Town came from behind to beat League Two Oldham Athletic 2-1 in an FA Cup first-round replay at Boundary Park. The home side went in front via Harrison McGahey on 29 but six minutes later Conor Chaplin profited from an error by Latics keeper Jayson Leutwiler to level and El Mizouni won the game with a superb strike 10 minutes from time to set up a second-round tie against Barrow at home.
Town beat Colchester United 4-3 on penalties after a 0-0 draw to go through to the knockout phase of the Papa John’s Trophy. Joe Pigott came closest to scoring in the 90 minutes when he hit the bar with the Blues eventually winning the shoot-out after U’s sub Chay Cooper found the post with his side’s final spot-kick.
Shane McLoughlin, Bailey Clements, Brett McGavin and Thomas Hughes will be in the Blues U23s squad facing AFC Sudbury in a friendly marking the switching on of new LED floodlights at the Kings Marsh Stadium on Wednesday evening (KO 7.30pm).