Town have confirmed that striker Paul Taylor has been included in the squad for tonight’s pre-season friendly at Colchester United (KO 7.45pm), as revealed by TWTD at the weekend. The 25-year-old has been out of action since September when he suffered a serious foot injury in only his third game after making a £1.5 million move from Peterborough United the previous month.

Boss Mick McCarthy told the club site: “Paul has trained really well. His injury is fine. He’s been pushing more than anyone else to play but it’s just been a case of making sure his rehabilitation is right and he’s ready to come back."

New central defender Christophe Berra is also in the party travelling to North Essex having trained with his new team-mates for the first time yesterday after signing a two-year deal at the end of last week.

Skipper Carlos Edwards and Trinidad and Tobago are now out of the CONCACAF Gold Cup but the 34-year-old won’t be involved this evening.

Meanwhile, Waterford United winger Jack Doherty, 18, is understood to be at the club with the formalities regarding his switch from the Irish side likely to be completed in the next day or so.

Town have sold out of their initial allocation of almost 1,500 tickets for the season opener at Reading on Saturday 3rd August. More seats will be on sale soon.

Elsewhere, Wolves midfielder Karl Henry, who is understood to be a player Mick McCarthy would have liked at Town, is on the verge of joining QPR in a £1 million deal.

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AlexGreen added 14:24 - Jul 23 I wonder what position he's being considered to play this season, maybe like Murphy with switching between the left wing and upfront?
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Britton1996 added 14:26 - Jul 23 He's got to be better than chopra
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cyprustractorboy added 14:35 - Jul 23 looks like a good away crew for reading COYB
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cyprustractorboy added 14:37 - Jul 23 good luck to paul taylor its been a long wait hope he doesnt get crocked. COYB CTB
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mannos6 added 14:43 - Jul 23 Be Good to see the boy back in a town shirt seriously unlucky after a promising start I think the remark about his personal life are totally uncalled for and especially from a town fan! You would expect that from the budgies up the road!
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Chicago_Blue added 14:45 - Jul 23 I am in the strange situation again of being able to walk 10 mins up the road to attend a Town away game! (The Chicago reference was a few years back!).
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Michael11 added 14:46 - Jul 23 Would be nice to see him get 10-15 minutes under his belt and give him the taste of action. 1,500 tickets for Reading is brilliant support. Wish i could be there to cheer us on!
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IpswichLewis added 15:32 - Jul 23 Gutted about the Reading tickets, it's only an hour from me in Portsmouth...anyone know how many more will go on sale? Or when? I'd love to be @ this game...Blooooo Aaaarmyyy
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roytheboy added 15:42 - Jul 23 Very best wishes and good luck Paul.
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ManningtreeBlue99 added 15:55 - Jul 23 Gutted about Reading game, I'm on holiday. COYB from Marseille, France
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kerryblue added 16:12 - Jul 23 Good luck Paul,lookingforward so much to the new season,Carlos will be lucky to get into the team when he comes back COYB
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roytheboy added 16:18 - Jul 23 Mick and Terry have brought back the "Feel good factor" to our Club.
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IITFC1948 added 16:19 - Jul 23 Reading tickets sold out already , only went on general sale to-day , so glad I got my season ticket
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mparkyn added 16:21 - Jul 23 I bought tickets on-line for Reading this morning. Check out http://www.awaysupporters.co.uk/reading which seems to indicate the normal allocation can be 2,100.
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Vizslaraner added 16:35 - Jul 23 Guys - We have just been allocated a few more tickets for Reading. They sold out this am but now have sum more. I just brought two on ITFCDIRECT.COM
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TractorCam added 17:27 - Jul 23 There will most certainly be 2,000+ ITFC fans there, possibly even 2,500, how awesome that would be!
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Tractor_Bhoy added 17:56 - Jul 23 Brother in law is a season ticket holder at Posh so saw this lad play a few times for them before [briefly] seeing him in action for us. The benefit in my mind is having a player who can take on other players in the final third, take players out the game and then, importantly, do something constructive with the ball. Welcome back Paul!
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IpswichLewis added 18:23 - Jul 23 1500 tickets sold out this morning but we have just been allocated 700 more..the away end @ the Madjeski holds a start allocation of 1500 which then rises to 2100 if there is alot of interest. The away end can hold a maximum of 4100 tho...I just bought mine @ ITFCDIRECT...selling quick apparently...get on it quick if u want to see an awesome game :-)
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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 18:24 - Jul 23 I once again salute the ITFC away support! COYB!
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BlueMachines added 19:09 - Jul 23 As good as a brand new signing!! Looking forward to going to the Reading game!! COYB!
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alfromcol added 21:11 - Jul 23 Got the Reading and coach tickets yesterday. Looks like a good day out, hopefully with some points in the bag.
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RegencyBlue added 22:03 - Jul 23 I would hope we could take 3000 fans as its the first meaningful game for three months and pretty easy trip to make from Suffolk. Can't wait to get going! COYB!!
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