Bruce Makes Full Leicester Debut But Picks Up a Knock - Ipswich Town News
Central defender Alex Bruce finally made his full debut for Leicester as the Foxes beat Cardiff 1-0 at the Walkers Stadium, but was replaced in the 35th minute having picked up an injury. The central defender is on a loan at Leicester until the end of the season.
Bruce, who can’t be recalled from his half-season spell, had previously played only a minute for his loan club after joining them close to the end of the January transfer window.
Elsewhere, Ed Upson was an unused sub for Barnet, who he joined for a month on Friday, as the Bees lost 2-1 at home to Accrington Stanley.
Liam Trotter was in the Millwall side which thrashed Charlton 4-0 at the Den, while Jon Stead was in the Coventry team which drew 1-1 at home to Plymouth but failed to score.
Tamás Priskin played the full 90 minutes as QPR drew 1-1 at Sheffield United, but was also unable to get on the scoresheet.
Tommy Smith played the whole game as Brentford drew 3-3 at home to the MK Dons and Kevin Lisbie also completed an entire 90 minutes as Colchester lost 2-1 to ten-man Carlisle at Brunton Park.
In Scotland, Colin Healy played the full game as Falkirk lost 2-1 at home to St Johnstone, former Town U18s skipper Liam Craig scoring from the penalty spot for the Saints.
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