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Town were left rueing missed chances as Sunderland struck twice late on to claim a wholly unlikely 2-0 victory at the Stadium of Light. The Blues had a number of opportunities before the Black Cats netted via Luke O’Nien on 85 and an Aiden McGeady penalty in injury time, their only shots on target, to claim the three points.

Town boss Paul Cook has dismissed suggestions that the Blues are travelling to face Sunderland at the Stadium of Light at a good time, the Black Cats form having slipped recently after a blistering start to the campaign.

Town keeper Christian Walton has confirmed how manager Paul Cook’s new-look squad is growing together into a more robust and battle-hardened unit as they look to continue the improvement that has seen them lose just two of their last 15 games in all competitions.

Town hit the woodwork twice but their home game with Oxford remains 0-0 at half-time.

Town and Oxford drew 0-0 for the fourth time in their last five meetings at Portman Road, the Blues having come closest to scoring in the first half when Macauley Bonne and later Bersant Celina hit the same post.

Town boss Paul Cook believed his side did enough to win their 0-0 home draw with Oxford United.

Lowestoft Town have announced that they have signed Blues youngster Travis Cole on a two-and-a-half-year deal after the defender’s academy scholarship was cancelled yesterday.

Manager Paul Lambert says some of the Blues’ youngsters could be involved when Town take on Colchester United in their third and final Leasing.com Trophy group game at the JobServe Community Stadium on Tuesday evening (KO 7.30pm).

Town have named a very young U23s side featuring a number of trialists and former defender Chris Casement for this afternoon’s game against Coventry City at Playford Road (KO 1pm) with many of the regulars in the squad set to play for the first team at Crawley this evening in the Papa John’s Trophy.

Teddy Bishop played 45 minutes as the Blues’ table-topping U23s extended their unbeaten run to 11 games by drawing 2-2 at home to Cardiff City, Town finding the net via a Ciaron Brown own goal and Ben Folami.