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Top scorer Conor Chaplin was named the men's Players’ Player of the Year at last night’s End-of-Season Dinner at Milsoms Kesgrave Hall.

Manager Joe Sheehan and penalty shoot-out hero Sarah Quantrill were on cloud nine after Ipswich Town Women beat Southampton 4-2 on penalties following a 1-1 draw after extra-time to see the Tractor Girls through to the FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time in their history.

Ipswich Town Women secured a historic place in the quarter-finals of the Women’s FA Cup by beating fellow FA Women’s National League Southern Premier side Southampton on penalties following a tightly-contested tie at the Goldstar Ground which had ended 1-1 after extra-time, Saints goalkeeper Kayla Rendell having scored a sensational last-gasp equaliser after Anna Grey had put the Tractor Girls in front.

Ipswich Town Women return to action following the Christmas break when they face Portsmouth at Havant and Waterlooville’s Westleigh Park this afternoon (KO 2pm).

Ipswich Town Women sent out a real message of intent in their battle for promotion with Southampton, securing a dogged but deserved 1-0 win against Bridgwater United at the Goldstar Ground via Natasha Thomas’s injury-time header.