Town have confirmed that Nathan Ellington, Cheick Kourouma, Arran Lee-Barrett, Jaime Peters, Ronan Murray and Jack Ainsley are in the squad for tonight’s reserves friendly at AFC Sudbury (KO 7.45pm). Also included is 16-year-old Byron Lawrence, while fellow first-year scholar Michael Crowe, a Norwegian who joined the club over the summer from IK Start and who played in this afternoon s U18s friendly against Leyton Orient, travels as sub keeper and may get a run out at some stage.
Town s 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.
Ex-Town striker Connor Wickham was back at Playford Road today to say his goodbyes to his former team-mates as they began their preparations for the 2011/12 campaign. The 18-year-old joined Sunderland in a deal which will ultimately rise to more than £12 million earlier this week.