TWTD understands that Town have offered striker Caolan Lavery a professional contract until the end of the season. The 18-year-old’s academy scholarship is due to end this month having been extended after he missed much of last season with a knee injury.
Town s Dutch legends Arnold Mühren and Frans Thijssen are the guests of honour on Saturday’s Life’s a Pitch, which comes live from Portman Road (Radio Suffolk, midday to 2pm). Host Mark Murphy is also joined by legend-in-residence Kevin Beattie, football’s youngest pundit Tractorboy and TWTD’s Phil Ham.
Centre-half Cameron Burgess admitted that last night’s 1-0 Carabao Cup defeat to Colchester United was a frustrating one to take but felt it was a game the Blues hadn’t deserved to lose.
The pillars in the Sir Alf Ramsey Stand’s lower concourse will bear tributes to 12 Blues legends for the first time at Saturday’s season opener against Morecambe.
Academy director Bryan Klug, who returned to Playford Road last year after two years at Tottenham as their assistant academy manager and head of player development, told TWTD what needs to be done to bring Playford Road up to Category One standard ahead of an audit during the season ahead.