An understrength Town second string fell to a 2-0 defeat against Watford at Vicarage Road. Steve McCall s side was weakened by the loss of a number of regulars who were involved in the U18 FA Youth Cup match at Stoke.
Town s reserves were beaten 4-3 by ten-man Portsmouth at Havant and Waterlooville s Westleigh Park on Wednesday night. The Blues goals came from Liam Craig, a Billy Clarke penalty and Jaime Peters.
Luciano Civelli and Damien Delaney returned to action after injury but couldn’t prevent the reserves from falling to a 2-0 defeat to Oxford United at Portman Road. The visitors were two goals up via Sam Deering and Richie Baker at the break and the Blues never seriously threatened to get back into the game.
Town s reserves lost to an experienced Crystal Palace side 1-0 at Selhurst Park on Tuesday night. Sandor Torghelle scored the goal for the Eagles, who included Town loan target Shaun Derry in their starting line-up.
Jon Stead netted twice as a strong Town reserves side lost 3-2 at Peterborough United this afternoon. The Blues second string, including a large number of first team hopefuls, were poor in the first half but improved after the break.