U18s at Colchester - Ipswich Town News
Town’s U18s are in action against Colchester United at their new Florence Park training ground on Saturday morning (KO 10.30am).
Russell Osman’s young Blues will be looking to bounce back from last weekend’s disappointing 3-1 defeat at Bristol City.
Included in the squad is 18-year-old Colombian-born Hackney-bred striker Victor Zapata-Caicedo, who is currently with the Tottenham youth set-up where Town’s academy director Bryan Klug worked until the start of this season.
Meanwhile, the same teams meet at U21 level at Portman Road on Monday (KO 7pm).
U18s: Michael Crowe, Jacob Marsden, Kyle Hammond, Rory Thompson, Joe Robinson, George Fowler, Omar Sowumni, Jack Willbye, Jonny Leddy, Amir Berkane, Mark Timlin, Tommy Winter, Jack Marriott, Victor Zapata-Caicedo, Cory Galvin, Cemal Ramadan.
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