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Town boss Mick McCarthy thoroughly enjoyed this morning’s Open Day and training session on the main Portman Road pitch, which was attended by a record crowd of 8,040 - well up on last year's 4,700 - as well as TWTD’s camera.
Free-kicks from Nathan Broadhead and Leif Davis either side of half-time saw Town come from 2-0m behind to draw 2-2 with Sheffield Wednesday at Portman Road. Conor Chaplin missed a 19th-minute penalty for the Blues before Michael Smith and George Byers netted on 27 and 34 to give the Owls, who went into the match top of League One, a commanding lead but Broadhead’s brilliant free-kick in the 43rd minute and Davis’s deflected strike six minutes after the restart claimed a point for the Blues, who subsequently looked the more likely to grab a winner.
Like all supporters, captain Luke Chambers is hoping Town can recover from Tuesday’s setback at Doncaster and return to winning ways in what promises to be another tough assignment at Lincoln tomorrow.
Town make the relatively short trip to Cambridge United on Saturday looking to win back-to-back league matches for the first time under Paul Cook and record three victories on the trot in all competitions.
Town chief executive Simon Clegg says the Blues haven’t forgotten that Serie A side Lazio still owe them a friendly from the 2003 deal which saw keeper Matteo Sereni move to the Rome club. Two friendlies were agreed in exchange for Sereni with Lazio eventually playing the