U18s Face Colchester - Ipswich Town News
Town’s U18s are in action against Colchester United’s youngsters at Playford Road on Saturday morning (KO 11am).
Named in the squad is striker Cory Galvin, who has returned from helping the Republic of Ireland U17s finish joint-top of their European Championships qualifying mini-group and progress to the elite qualifiers.
Galvin, a first-year scholar, came on as a 58th minute sub in a 2-0 victory over Romania in their final game in Macedonia yesterday having been introduced from the bench in Ireland’s previous two games.
U18s: Michael Crowe, Josh Emmanuel, David October, Amir Berkane, George Fowler, Joe Robinson, Tom Winter, Johnny Leddy, Jack Marriott, Byron Lawrence, Mark Timlin, Jack Willbye, Jacob Marsden, Taylor Hendry, Cemal Ramadan, Cory Galvin.
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