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Town’s EFL Trophy tie against Gillingham at Portman Road remains 0-0 at half-time.

Second-half goals from Armando Dobra and Ben Folami saw a very young Town side to a 2-0 victory over Gillingham in their second group game in the EFL Trophy. Dobra struck home from the edge of the box on 57, then Folami turned home the second after good work from Gibbs with 15 minutes left as the Blues deservedly and in the end comfortably defeated the Gills.

Town boss Paul Lambert has named his expected very young side for this evening’s EFL Trophy tie against Gillingham with 17-year-old central defender Elkan Baggott (pictured) handed his senior debut, midfielder Liam Gibbs and Tyreece Simpson, also both 17, their full first-team debuts and six other youngsters on the bench.

Town boss Mick McCarthy is delighted that the Blues’ U23s have made a promising start to their season, Gerard Nash’s third-placed side having beaten

Town owner Marcus Evans has hit out at the system of compensation for academy players who move on to bigger clubs, the Blues having recently