U18s Unlucky to Lose to Arsenal - Ipswich Town News
Town's U18s fell to an unlucky 1-0 defeat against Arsenal at their Hale End academy training ground on Saturday morning. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas came off the bench to net the game's only goal two minutes from time.
The young Blues deserved a draw with Ronan Murray hitting the woodwork twice and the hugely impressive Connor Wickham once.
Watching the game were former Spurs boss David Pleat and ex-Town striker Paul Goddard, who these days works for Jonathan Barnett's Stellar Management. Town's U16s lost 3-0 to their Arsenal counterparts.
U18s: Ward, Clemo (Hyam 46), Ainsley (Watson 46), Eastman, Dunbar, Lambe, Daniels, Clark (Griffiths 60), Cawley, Wickham, Murray.
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