Striker Nathan Ellington hit a hat-trick, Ronan Murray a brace and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, Caolan Lavery and Colin Healy one each as Town’s reserves came from behind to romp to an 8-1 victory over Gillingham at Playford Road this afternoon.

Defender Ívar Ingimarsson came through the whole 90 minutes after his thigh strain and is likely to come into contention for a place in the first team which takes on Coventry in a live Sky game at Portman Road on Monday.

Today’s match was played behind closed doors but where both clubs agree games will be open to the general public with details announced a couple of days beforehand.

Reserves: Lee-Barrett, Ainsley, Whight, Ingimarsson, Smith, Thorsteinsson, Peters, Healy, Priskin, Ellington (Lavery 77), Emmanuel-Thomas (Murray 65).

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Ryanblue4life added 15:35 - Sep 14 good to see a thrashing given out and not taken for once maybe ellington should be given a proper chance
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dubzyluvschips added 15:36 - Sep 14 the duke is on fire
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blueblood66 added 15:38 - Sep 14 good for confidence! Great news, well done the Duke
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gloucester_tractor added 15:38 - Sep 14 and we still let one in lol its a good run out
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roytheboy added 15:39 - Sep 14 We know what Nathan is capable of, let's give him a good chance to prove it in the first team.
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casanovacrow added 15:41 - Sep 14 Ellington has found his level then, Gillingham reserves.
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dad96 added 15:47 - Sep 14 good to see ellington's found his shooting boots! lets hope if/when he gets his chance in the first team he can do the same!
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BlueInTheEvening added 15:56 - Sep 14 "LifeLongTownFan"- assuming you are an Ipswich fan rather than some sad NCFC troll- grow up and start acting like one.
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cornishnick added 16:13 - Sep 14 And we quit the Combination because it wasn't competitive enough!
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ITFC4daprem added 16:37 - Sep 14 well done should be a moral boost
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Mark added 17:30 - Sep 14 Most fans have written Ellington off, so it would be great if he could surprise us all and score a few goals for the first team. It won't be easy though as it seems Scotland is ahead of him at the moment.
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Garv added 17:33 - Sep 14 Report to follow?
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jas0999 added 17:52 - Sep 14 I am sorry, but how can anyone get excited about Ellington because he scores a hat-trick in the RESERVES. Four years of first team football and just 9 goals. Priskin has a better record! Ellington is a mate of PJ's. That's why he was signed.
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1979blue added 17:58 - Sep 14 Might only be the reserves, however, hitting the back of the net at any level will give you confidence which we curretly lacking at the moment!
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JordyBeef added 18:13 - Sep 14 Well done Mr ellington, now try get us a hat trick in the first team!
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EatonBlue added 18:20 - Sep 14 Good result although I am still uneasy about the lack of a proper structure to reserve team fixtures. Also my ST gives free entry to reserve games but obviously not if they are behind closed doors.
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Mark added 18:34 - Sep 14 If you want to look at a manager who signed his "mates", look at Roy Keane. He knew Fulop, Kennedy, Colback, Edwards, Leadbitter, C.Healy, Hourihane, Martin, D.Healy and Murphy all personally. That's TEN players he knew, whereas Jewell has only bought Bullard and Ellington who he managed before hasn't he?! Ellington has scored 119 goals in English league football, he is still only 30 and was available on a free transfer with affordable wages, that's why we signed him.

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Keaneish added 18:45 - Sep 14 Wait for it... 'Ellington MUST start Monday night'....cry the fickle ones!
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Garv added 19:16 - Sep 14 Thanks Mark for saving me time typing up a rant.
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Tractamatt added 19:56 - Sep 14 Its good to get a positive result and to see not only ellington but also jet and murray score.Looking at the comments made on here I wonder if some of the players don't wanna play for such a moaning bunch of children,they wanna play for the team , they wanna play for the manager but so many of you so called supporters could find the negatives in promotion as champions.Please show the club some support during the difficult times or find something else to do you are boring the crap out of me.

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WeirdFishes added 20:24 - Sep 14 Well played everyone especialy the duke, both jasco and duke are giving PJ a though job
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Keaneish added 20:36 - Sep 14 No O'connor in the line-up!? What the funk has happened on this one? This is beginning to mystify me as much as releasing David Wright last season, who incidentally is playing blinders for Palace as a defensive midfielder so my Palace mate's reckon. Hyam? Drury?
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itfcjc added 20:43 - Sep 14 Well done
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bluetown added 20:54 - Sep 14 Keanish O`connor is injured- torn hamstring
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h32 added 21:34 - Sep 14 We have a 'squad' of players currently at this Club, that is MORE than capable of just doing well in the Championship - problem is, we DO NOT have a Manager capable of extracting the best from that 'squad', in any way, shape, or indeed form.
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