Strong Reserves Side Travels to Peterborough - Ipswich Town News
Tamás Priskin, Jon Stead, Alex Bruce, Pim Balkestein, Jack Colback, Owen Garvan, Damien Delaney and Colin Healy are all set to play for an unusually strong reserves side at Peterborough United this afternoon (London Road, KO 2pm).
A victory would take the Blues back to the top of the Totesport.com Football Combination East Division ahead of Posh, despite the Cambridgeshire side having played two more games.
Earlier in the season, a header from Tommy Smith game the Town second string a 1-0 victory over Posh at Portman Road.
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