Youths Knocked Out By Watford - Ipswich Town News

A Marvin Sordell hat-trick ended Town's FA Youth Cup campaign as Watford defeated the young Blues 3-2 after extra-time in this afternoon's rearranged fifth round tie. Town had been two down to the Hornets, but goals from Ronan Murray and Jack Ainsley took the game into extra-time.

The tie was originally staged last month when the game was abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch with two minutes of normal time remaining. Watford now face Birmingham away in the sixth round.

U18s: Ward, Clemo, Ainsley, Watson, Dunbar, Hyam, Cawley, Eastman, Daniels, Wickham, Murray. Subs: McLoughlin, Clark, Brandon, Griffiths. Att: 1823.

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