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New loan signing Noel Hunt reflected on his dramatic Town debut and said it was a script which couldn’t have been written. The 31-year-old, who joined the Blues from Leeds on Thursday, came off the bench in the 84th minute to score his first league goal in more than two years in the fifth minute of injury time to secure Town’s 1-0 victory at Charlton and move them up to second in the Championship table.
Mick McCarthy says the search for more midfield goals was behind the switch which saw Ryan Tunnicliffe move to central midfield in place of Luke Hyam during last Saturday’s 2-1 home defeat to Leicester City.
Jonny Parr and Jay Tabb come into the Town side facing Charlton in this lunchtime’s live Sky game with the suspended Christophe Berra and injured Kevin Bru dropping out (Sky Sports 1/HD1, KO 12.15pm).
Debutant sub Noel Hunt netted an injury time winner as Town beat Charlton 1-0 at the Valley to end the Addicks' unbeaten home record and climb to second in the Championship table. Hunt, who had come off the bench in the 84th minute after signing on loan from Leeds on Thursday, shot home from the edge of the box after a David McGoldrick cross had been half-cleared.