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Town’s miserable season came to a disappointing end as Sheffield United defeated Roy Keane’s 10-man Blues 3-0. The Blades were two goals up through Mark Yeates and Ched Evans when debutant Tom Eastman was harshly dismissed for a second bookable offence, Richard Cresswell adding the third soon after.
Town boss Paul Jewell says he doesn’t want the heavy defeats to Norwich and Swansea to detract too much from what has generally been a decent first three months at Portman Road. The Blues play their final home game of the season against already-relegated Preston North End on Saturday.
Midfielder Luke Hyam could find himself sent out on loan to a lower league club at the start of next season. Manager Paul Jewell feels that the 19-year-old, who signed a new one-year contract earlier in the week, would benefit from a spell playing regularly in League One or League Two.
Billy Clark scored twice and Reggie Lambe once as Town's reserves ended their season with a 3-0 win at Northampton Town. All the goals came in the first half as an experienced Blues side largely dominated a young Cobblers line-up.
Shane O’Connor, the son of Irish musician Sinéad O’Connor, had been missing since Thursday, with the Gardaí launching an appeal for his whereabouts.