An Ipswich Town XI defeated Ridgeons League side Hadleigh United 3-1 at their Millfield ground on Saturday afternoon. David Cawley (pictured) cancelled out Chris Dennett's opener for the home side before second half goals from Sam Brandon and Caolan Lavery secured the win for Chris Kiwomya's side.

Town included out-of-favour frontman Kevin Lisbie, who has been training with the youths, as well as Troy Brown and Jack Ainsley, who both played the second half at Histon on Friday evening. The rest of the side was made up of young professionals, scholars and schoolboys.

In a fairly quiet opening period, Jamie Griffiths had Town's best chance when he shot straight at keeper Luke Whitwell from inside the area.

However, Hadleigh took the lead on 23 minutes when Chris Dennett smashed a first-time, left-foot volley past Town keeper Ian McLoughlin following a cross from the right. The ball flew into the corner of the net and Town's keeper stood no chance of saving a strike of such quality.

After a short drinks break in the sweltering heat, Town had a great chance to equalise but having beaten the offside trap, Lisbie attempted to lob the keeper and saw his effort land miserably over the bar. It was a finish from a striker who is clearly short of confidence and one that wouldn't have impressed watching manager Roy Keane.

Ben Deacon pulled a shot just wide of McLoughlin's post as Hadleigh applied pressure to the Town goal before David Cawley grabbed an equaliser on 37. Lisbie's through ball allowed the Irish midfielder to round Whitwell and slot the ball into an empty net.

Town made two pre-planned substitutions at half-time with Josh Meekings and Callum Bennett replacing Troy Brown and Jack Ainsley in defence.

Cawley headed straight at Whitwell following a cross from sub Bennett before Town made a host of substitutions, with new academy recruit Elliott Scotcher, who was recently named in a Wales U17 squad, making his first public appearance in a Town shirt.

Within minutes of entering the action, Canadian U17 international striker Caolan Lavery should have put Town ahead but he skied his effort over the bar from six yards out.

On 74, Town did take the lead after good work on the right from Cormac Burke allowed Sam Brandon to side-foot the ball into the net.

Josh Carson's low drive was then deflected just wide of the post before the Northern Irish U17 international midfielder pulled the ball back to Lavery, who this time made no mistake from six yards out to net Town's third with two minutes left.

Lisbie showed some decent touches but his inability to find the net let the former Charlton striker down. Town were made to work hard for the win by a spirited Hadleigh side in difficult playing conditions, but David Cawley and Luke Hyam controlled the midfield before being substituted.

Town XI: McLoughlin, Ainsley (Bennett 46 (Jones 83)), Dunbar (McKeown 67), Hyam (Carson 67), Brown (Meekings 46), Eastman (Whight 67), Lambe (Burke 67), Cawley (Scotcher 67), Lisbie (Lavery 67), Clark (Murray 67) and Griffiths (Brandon 67).

Match report and photo James Ager

Photo: Action Images

IpswichElvis added 18:35 - Jul 10 Good job guys !!!!!
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TractorCam added 18:41 - Jul 10 Future stars possibly?
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generalpublic added 09:43 - Jul 11 not good enough .. fail.... a town side of any age should beat more heavily than that a team from hadleigh where ever that is !we have invested a lot of our hard earned over the years in town paraphernalia and other assorted beers and chips and have the bellies to prove our devotion and what do we get in return we beat a bunch of jockeys 9-1 and someplace called hadleigh 3-1 has anyone mentioned that the whole leadership/management structure of this club needs replacing'not to mention the the subservient devotees of the roy keane bloke who has no substance but excuses who call themselves town fans shame on you all if your happy with 3-1 against hadleigh where ever that is boooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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Harwich_Blue added 11:10 - Jul 11 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^oh dear GP - it was a Youth side virtually^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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jas0999 added 11:36 - Jul 11 A good result! This was only a friendly game. Oh dear GP - you really are so negative. A decent Norwich side only scored three at Dereham yesterday - what do you think to that???
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slowerball added 14:16 - Jul 11 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159167/ Apparently Gerald Harper was superb for them - the star of the show...
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BlueBadger added 17:38 - Jul 11 Kevin Lisbie booooooooooooooooo
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joeippy01 added 18:43 - Jul 11 very poor result against a poor team, the youth players know they wont be given a chance and just shipped off like trotter so they dont even bother trying anymore, get keane out !
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wisebluey added 23:28 - Jul 11 are most of you lot mental ? we're talking about mostly 'scholars and school boys' ..... again'st a small club, granted .. but they are a 'team' ... our young lads would have hardly played 'together' as a team .... i mean, lisbie was in the team !! and ainsley only came on in the second half !!! come on, put it in perspective for god sake !!! PLUS .. its Chris Kiwomya's side, not RK's !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! some of u lot drive me mad !!!

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SiBo added 00:39 - Jul 12 wisebluey: They do it to solicit exactly the reaction you gave them... It was a decent result from our kids, plus the odd senior player, you know that and so do I; who cares what the "mental" as you so nicely call them think.
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candyshop added 12:07 - Jul 12 Hadleigh had 7 first-teamers out and matched Town until fringe/youth players came on after 70mins. Although Town played the right way, no-one really stood out for them which is a shame.
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itfc4eva added 13:26 - Jul 13 at leat we won!
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