Former Town academy defender Josh Meekings is at the centre of controversy in Scotland after receiving a retrospective ban for handling and denying a goal during his club Inverness Caledonian Thistle’s Scottish Cup semi-final victory over Celtic on Sunday.
Town s U18s comfortably beat Birmingham City 4-0 at Playford Road on Saturday afternoon. Three of the Blues four goals came from defenders released this week, centre-half Josh Meekings (pictured) netting twice and full-back Rory McKeown one, while first-year scholar Callum Bennett, also a defender, scored the other.
Town’s U18s got back into winning ways ahead of Thursday’s FA Youth Cup tie with a 3-2 victory at Charlton on Saturday. Defender Josh Meekings (pictured) scored the Blues’ first in the opening period before Caolan Lavery, who made his Northern Ireland U21 debut last week, netted twice in the second half.
A young Town reserve side including several trialists was denied a victory by a last minute penalty at Chelmsford on Wednesday evening. Ronan Murray put the Blues ahead in the second half before Jamie Hand netted from the spot with the final kick of the game.