Town s U16s drew 3-3 with Manchester United in an entertaining friendly at Portman Road on Friday evening, but lost a penalty shoot-out 5-3 to the Premier League club s academy side.
Town s U18s are in the spotlight this Saturday when they take on Watford in the rescheduled FA Youth Cup fifth round tie against Watford at Portman Road (KO 3pm). The first team match against Burnley is off as the Clarets are facing Arsenal in the FA Cup.
Richard Wright returned to action after his knee ligament injury but couldn’t prevent the reserves from losing 2-1 to Wycombe Wanderers at Playford Road on Wednesday afternoon. Man mountain defender Luke Oliver put the Chairboys in front with Ed Upson equalising just before the break, but Jerome Federico’s 25-yard shot in the final moments won it for the visitors.
Town were dumped out of this season s Endeavour Automotive Suffolk Premier Cup on Tuesday evening after a 2-1 stoppage-time defeat at Leiston. Rossi Jarvis put through his own net to put the Town XI ahead but the hosts hit back and progressed to the quarter-finals thanks to goals from Adam Mills and Finlay Barnes.