Town’s U18s lost 3-1 in a friendly to Crystal Palace at a bitterly cold Playford Road on Saturday morning. Tom Winter’s first-half strike was cancelled out by three second-half Palace goals after a raft of Town substitutions at the break.
Kayden Jackson has talked about the transformation at Town between now and his first season at Portman Road, the dark days of the 2018/19 campaign that saw the club relegated to England’s third tier for the first time in 61 years.
Chief executive Derek Bowden says central defender Alex Bruce could yet be offered a contract by the Blues, despite no deal currently being on the table. The club and Bruce s agent have met on a number of occasions but so far there is no agreement on new terms.