Town s woeful home form continued as Doncaster Rovers left Portman Road with a 3-1 win. Gareth Roberts s fluke put the visitors in front, before Owen Garvan hit back, but goals from Paul Heffernan and James Hayter won the game, while Connor Wickham became Town s youngest ever player.
Town s U18s are in FA Youth Cup third round action against Shrewsbury at Portman Road on Tuesday night (KO 7pm). Town have won the trophy three times, most recently in 2005.
Bidding on BT’s Britannia Stand executive box for the Crystal Palace game on Saturday 22nd October is up to £410 with 5pm next Monday the deadline. BT are donating their box to raise funds for the ITFC Charitable Trust’s disability football scheme, Ability Counts.
Luciano Civelli and Damien Delaney returned to action after injury but couldn’t prevent the reserves from falling to a 2-0 defeat to Oxford United at Portman Road. The visitors were two goals up via Sam Deering and Richie Baker at the break and the Blues never seriously threatened to get back into the game.
Sunderland are yet to accept an offer from Town for Trinidad and Tobago international Carlos Edwards, according to reports on Wearside. The press in the North-East also claim Town are unlikely to be successful with their reported £7 million offer for four players.