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Striker Connor Wickham has reiterated his intention to be part of Town's promotion campaign next season despite all the speculation regarding summer bids by the likes of Tottenham and Liverpool. The 18-year-old recently signed a contract aimed at keeping him at Portman Road until 2014 or making sure the Blues achieve a very significant fee if the England U21 international does move on.
Town fell to their second disastrous East Anglian derby defeat of the season as Norwich left Portman Road having beaten the Blues by a convincing 5-1 scoreline. An Arran Lee-Barrett error led to Andrew Surman’s opener, then a Gareth McAuley own goal increased the Canaries’ lead. Simeon Jackson added Norwich’s third, Jimmy Bullard pulled one back but Russell Martin and Daniel Pacheco added the fourth and fifth late on.
Midfielders Luke Hyam and Lee Martin are both expected to miss Saturday’s home game against Millwall having picked up niggles in training. Better news for Blues boss Paul Jewell, who is considering including 16-year-old Byron Lawrence as a sub, is that Richard Wright doesn’t require an operation on his knee problem, while Jimmy Bullard was back in training this morning.
Town boss Mick McCarthy says he has no new injuries ahead of Saturday’s trip to Sheffield Wednesday, although midfielder Lee Martin will remain behind to work on his fitness.
Former Town midfielder Josh Carson scored what’s being hailed as the best own goal of all-time as his current side Coleraine drew 2-2 away against Glentoran at the Oval, Belfast in the Irish Premiership last night.