A few minutes later, Rotherham settled into the contest and began to dominate ball possession. Curtis Nelson planned his tackle on Matt Crooks carefully to extinguish an attack, while English forward Michael Smith tested goalkeeper Dillon Phillips on two occasions.
Looking like the first half would end in a no winner, no vanquished note, Ojo put the visiting team ahead in the 42nd minute thanks to an assist from Harry Wilson.
After battling splendidly at the back, Wilson picked up a loose ball and teed up the 23-year-old through from the halfway line. The English winger of Nigerian descent raced towards goal unopposed before showing first-rate composure to beat goalkeeper Viktor Johansson.
Young U23s Side Beaten at Cardiff
Tuesday, 2nd Feb 2021 14:58
A young Town U23s side fell to a 4-0 defeat away at Cardiff City this afternoon, Isaak Davies scoring twice and Kieron Evans and Roland Idowu once each for the Welshmen.
No senior players were included in the Town U23s, who also have a friendly against Brentford’s B team at Playford Road tomorrow afternoon [which has subsequently been called off]. There is also an in-house game involving first-teamers and also perhaps some of the development squad.
It’s likely regular U23s players such as Armando Dobra, Elkan Baggott, Zak Brown and Tyreece Simpson will be involved in those matches.
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Subscriber only ARMED with Australian flags, a throng of volunteers dispersed across Ipswich cemeteries early Tuesday morning to remember fallen defence and service personnel. Organisers Donna Cavanagh and Oggy Smith rounded up volunteers to place flags at the headstones of those of the Australian Defence Force, Ambulance Service and Police Service. Drawing more than 60 people, the occasion has tripled since it launched last year, an exciting sign for Donna and Oggy, who first engaged in the ritual when they lived in Sydney. Donna Cavanagh at the Australia Day Flag Planting across Ipswich Cemetery, 2021. Photo: Ebony Graveur The ADF relocated the pair to Ipswich in 2017 and, noticing there was nothing similar in Ipswich, decided to start something from the ground up.