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U21s Fortunate to Claim Draw
Thursday, 2nd Oct 2014 09:32 by Sean Dyer

Town’s U21s were lucky to leave Gresty Road with a point on Wednesday night thanks to two second-half penalties from Darren McQueen and Stephen Hunt.

Crewe took the lead early on when returning defender Harry Davis who was unmarked head home on 14 minutes. Michael Crowe who was in goal for Town failed to make a basic save which gifted the Alex the best start imaginable.

Davis, who had been absent since March due to a knee injury, was causing problems for Town at both ends of the field.

A couple of minutes after his first, Davis almost added to his account with a low shot which was well saved by Crowe.

Crewe looked strong throughout the first half and with 17 minutes on the clock the Railwaymen doubled their lead through another defender, James Baillie.

A nice one-two on the right side granted Baillie access to the 18-yard box where his deflected shot found his way into the back of the net.

Ipswich, who were watched by manager Mick McCarthy, went into the second half two goals behind, however they pulled one back immediately on 46 minutes when the referee in charge awarded a penalty for Joe Kearne’s challenge on veteran Stephen Hunt.

Striker Darren McQueen, 19, coolly converted the spot kick sending Alex keeper Scott Shearer the wrong way.

The Blues were doing their best to get back into the fixture spending the majority of the last 20 minutes in the Alex half.

Ipswich were passing the ball well given the amount of possession they had, however Crewe were soaking up the pressure well.

Both teams were creating chances for themselves however no side made a definitive footprint in the second half.

Crewe came close to a third and potential match-winning goal after Callum Saunders picked out John Johnston from a left-sided cross but fired his promising 12-yard shot surprisingly over the bar and into the empty Gresty Road End.

Crewe continued to apply pressure with an attractive attacking brand of football but Ipswich had learnt from their mistakes from the first half and was dealing with the danger well.

Town were a better overall XI throughout the second half and were rewarded in the 89th minute when Blues striker Balint Bajner was fouled in the area and they were awarded a second penalty.

Stephen Hunt this time sent the keeper the wrong way to level for Ipswich in the closing stages of the match.

The 2-2 draw is a result with which the Railwaymen will be disappointed.
Ipswich however will be happy with a gutsy yet fortunate performance which sees them mid-table in the South Division of the U21 Development League.

Town’s next U21 fixture is against Swansea City in the U21 Premier Cup at Portman Road on Monday October 6th (KO 7pm).

U21s: Crowe, Hewitt, Kenlock, Sowunmi, Clarke, Stewart, Henshall, Benyu, Hunt, McQueen, Bajner.

Thanks to Crewe Tweeter Sean Dyer for the report


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4-4-2 added 21:17 - Oct 1
anyone know how well stewart played during the game?
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wychyblue added 22:22 - Oct 1
Stewart did ok but legs tired. He shall was very good second half . Town were considerably better in the second half . Hunt looked out of sorts playing in the middle, maybe up all night feeding the baby and don't think Bajner will be prolific . He shall and Stewart are both very , very quick and especially Henshall when he runs at players with the ball at his feet causes real trouble. No Collinson or Ambrose there though
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itfcjoe added 22:27 - Oct 1
Cheers for that report wychyblue, did any of the subs other than Galvin get on?
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Michael11 added 23:10 - Oct 1
Looking forward to seeing a fully fit Cameron Stewart. He could inject that bit of pace on the wings that we seem to currently lack. We're really starting to look like we have a good squad with plenty of depth too!
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Daleyitfc added 09:35 - Oct 2
Like McCarthy himself often says, it's not as if any of the fringe players ever show that they REALLY want to play for the first team : with all those potential 1st-teamers in the U21s, we should be sticking at least 6 goals past teams like Crewe every time.
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rugbytomc added 10:12 - Oct 2
Crewe are renowned for having a great youth team so sounds like we did well to learn lessons in the second half. Cheers for the report wychyblue - like everyone else i'm hoping stewart and henshall can get some first team games - and hewitt
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itfc1981 added 17:03 - Oct 3
I wondered why the report was lets say less blue tinted than normal.
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