Portuguese Trialist in Action as U18s Defeat West Ham - Ipswich Town News
Town's U18 side beat their West Ham counterparts 1-0 at the Hammers' Little Heath training ground in a pre-season friendly on Saturday morning.
The Blues fielded 16-year-old Portuguese trialist Fabio Lopes, who also played in the reserves' 2-0 victory at Debenham earlier in pre-season. Irish striker Ronan Murray scored the Blues' goal midway through the second half.
U18s: McLoughlin, Bennett, Dunbar, Hyam, Meekings, Eastman, Clark (Brandon), Cawley, Lavery (Murray), Lopes (Carson) and Griffiths (Burke). Unused: McKeown.
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