Will Snowdon was has been awarded Academy player of the year by Bryan Klug and his staff. Clacton-based Snowdon has completed his third year with the Academy but has not been offered terms and will leave Portman Road at the end of the season.
Blues caretaker-manager Bryan Klug was delighted for everybody at the club after Town’s 4-0 victory at Reading. Town scored four times in the final 19 minutes to finish their away campaign on a winning note, Martyn Waghorn, Jordan Spence, Freddie Sears and Callum Connolly the goalscorers.
Four goals in the final 19 minutes - including two in stoppage time - saw Town to an emphatic 4-0 victory in their final away game of the season at Reading. Martyn Waghorn put the Blues ahead on 71 and Jordan Spence made it 2-0 eight minutes later, before sub Freddie Sears, ending his 38-game goal drought, and Callum Connolly added the third and fourth in injury time.
Town’s academy will step up to Category One status for the 2014/15 season, joint-managing directors Ian Milne and Jonathan Symonds have confirmed. The Blues’ youth set-up is currently Category Two with clubs able to switch every two seasons.