Ronan Murray was sent off for a headbutt as Town s U21 side beat Brighton 1-0 at Playford Road this morning, Nathan Ellington scoring the goal after 31 minutes.
Trialist Bilel Mohsni was amongst the players on target as Town’s U21s thrashed Cardiff 6-0 at Playford Road this lunchtime. The Southend man slammed in the third from 30 yards in the second half, Ronan Murray, Kyle Hammond, David October, Mark Timlin and Jack Marriott netting the other goals.
Blues boss Paul Jewell says owner Marcus Evans remains as committed as ever but admits that there’s not a huge amount of money to spend at present. With the Championship moving towards a
Midfielder Cole Skuse is a doubt ahead of Saturday’s visit to Reading but all the other players who were ruled out of the Capital One Cup defeat at Crawley on Tuesday will be fit to face the Royals. The Blues were without 10 senior players at the Broadfield Stadium, largely due to minor niggles sustained in last weekend’s opening day victory over Fulham.
Town boss Paul Jewell says 15-year-old academy schoolboy Byron Lawrence will benefit from being in the Blues squad for Tuesday’s Carling Cup defeat to Northampton even if he didn’t get the chance to make his senior debut. The midfielder would have become the club’s youngest-ever player at 15 years and 150 days had he taken to the field.