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Assistant manager Chris Hutchings says it’ll take clubs of Town’s size three or four years to build a squad capable of comfortably fulfilling all their U21 and U18 fixtures. The Blues
Former Blues full-back Callum Bennett is on trial at Doncaster Rovers. Last season’s U18s captain, who has previously been offered terms by Sheffield Wednesday and Nottingham Forest, was in action as Rovers lost a pre-season friendly 4-0 at Gainsborough Trinity last night.
Town’s U18s comfortably beat Colchester United 4-1 at Playford Road on Wednesday morning. A brace from Carel Tiofack plus one each from Jidé Maduako (pictured) and Jon Leddy put the young Blues in a commanding position before a late strike from Gus Mufuta reduced the deficit.
Former Blue Titus Bramble is not ruling anything out after lining up for Town for the first time in 11 years during last night's 2-1 friendly victory at Gillingham. The 31-year-old, released by Sunderland in May, says he has a number of options having spent the last fortnight training with West Ham.
Chief executive Simon Clegg insists that the Blues' Academy is amongst manager Paul Jewell’s priorities. The Town boss has been criticised for allowing a number of youngsters to leave the club over the last year and for not giving younger players such as Luke Hyam regular first team opportunities.