First-half goals from James Norwood, Wes Burns and Macauley Bonne, and a Conor Chaplin penalty in the second saw brilliant Town to a 4-0 victory over 10-man Gillingham at the Priestfield Stadium.
Cameron Humphreys netted just before the break to give the Blues a 1-0 half-time lead over Rotherham United in their FA Cup third round tie at Portman Road.
Town are in the hat for the FA Cup fourth round draw for the first time since 2009/10 following a comprehensive 4-1 victory over Championship Rotherham United at Portman Road. The Blues went in front just before half-time through Cameron Humphreys, but Conor Washington levelled for the Millers two minutes after the restart, however, a Town penalty netted by Conor Chaplin, a goal against his old club from Freddie Ladapo and a third spot-kick of the match from Wes Burns saw Kieran McKenna s team to a comfortable victory.
Town go into Saturday’s FA Cup third round tie at Accrington Stanley looking to end their nine-year wait for a victory in the competition they won for the only time in 1978.
Centre-half Cameron Burgess insists there’s no need to panic despite Town taking only five points from nine over Christmas and dropping to third in League One.