Town will be aiming to win back-to-back League One games for the first time since October when they visit the Abbey Stadium to take on Cambridge United on Saturday on what could prove a significant afternoon at the top of the division.
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Town boss Mick McCarthy believes it’s important to keep a watching brief on non-league football to stand a chance of discovering the next Tyrone Mings or Jamie Vardy. The Blues have invited Barwell youngster Brady Hickey to train with them for a second time, the 19-year-old midfielder having impressed in a previous spell towards the end of December.
Town have included Shilow Tracey, a 17-year-old trialist who is currently with Ebbsfleet United’s academy, in the U21s side facing Brentford at Playford Road this afternoon (KO 1pm).
Brentford’s U21s came from behind to beat their Blues counterparts 3-1 at Playford Road this afternoon, Sam Ford (pictured) having put Town in front early on.