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Left-back David October turned down a loan move to a non-league side as he’d prefer to go to a Football League club, manager Mick McCarthy has revealed.

Towns U18s lost 5-1 to Tottenham on Saturday in a friendly at the Premier League clubs new training centre in Enfield. Irish winger Mark Timlin headed Towns goal.

A strong Town second string comfortably beat AFC Sudbury 6-1 at The MEL Group Stadium on Wednesday evening. Braces from Ronan Murray and Byron Lawrence, along with strikes from Nathan Ellington and Mark Timlin, secured the win for Town, after Lee Boylan had equalised early on for the hosts.

Current first teamers Tommy Smith and Luke Hyam both came through the academy, the centre-half signing at 16 when he left school in New Zealand and the midfielder joining as an 11-year-old while a pupil at Northgate High School.

Town’s U18s are off to north Suffolk for their annual friendly against Southwold Town on the Common this evening (KO 6.30pm).

Town’s U18s won their annual friendly fixture at Southwold Town 3-1 on Friday evening. A brace from Tom Winter (pictured) and one from Matt Clarke sealed the win in a game which was stopped nine minutes early because of fading light, having previously been briefly halted due to a streaker.

New goalkeeper Scott Loach will make his first appearance for Town since his days as an academy schoolboy when the Blues visit Braintree on Tuesday evening (KO 7.45pm). French pair Soualio Bakayoko, the left-back who was on trial during the Holland trip, and Cheick Kourouma, the free agent midfielder whose switch to Town has been

Towns U18s started their pre-season fixtures with a 5-3 victory over Leyton Orient at Playford Road on Tuesday afternoon with Caolan Lavery, Jack Simmons (2), Jack Marriott and Nicolay Schrøder (pictured) netting the goals.

Irish winger Mark Timlin is the latest young player to have joined up with the Town squad at their training camp at Carton House in Kildare, Ireland. The 18-year-old is one of the five second-year scholars from last year who has agreed a professional contract for the season ahead.

AFC Sudbury have announced that a Blues XI will play a pre-season friendly at the King’s Marsh Stadium on Tuesday 5th August (KO 7.45pm).