Dean Bowditch made a goalscoring return to action as the reserves all but clinched the Pontin s Holidays Combination League East Division with a 3-1 victory over Leyton Orient at Portman Road.
Town s hopes of retaining the FA Youth Cup won last May are over after the U18s lost 2-1 at Liverpool. The young Blues were unlucky to be defeated with Liverpool keeper Dave Roberts making a number of saves and Kieran Leabon having a late goal ruled out.
Town boss Jim Magilton has included all three new signings in the squad for Saturday s trip to Rushden and Diamonds. Neil Alexander has joined the Blues on a free from Cardiff, while Tommy Miller and Pablo Couñago have returned to Portman Road after being released by Sunderland and Málaga respectively.
Stoke City are again chasing Town target Dean Whitehead, according to national newspaper reports this morning. Whitehead, who the Potters were linked with last summer, is one of two Sunderland players manager Roy Keane wants to add to his Blues squad.