U21s and U18s Face QPR - Ipswich Town News
Town’s U21s and U18s are both in action against QPR on Saturday. The U18s face the Premier League side at Playford Road (KO 11am), while the U21 side are away at the R's Harlington training ground. (KO 10.45am).
With the first team also in action, it’ll be a young U21 side with the second years who were recently offered one-year professional contracts — David October (pictured), Tom Winter, Jack Marriott, Mark Timlin and Jonny Leddy — and first-year Byron Lawrence likely to be involved.
Tyrone Mings, Josh Carson and Cormac Burke will also probably be included, while regular U18 keeper Michael Crowe seems set to start with Arran Lee-Barrett sidelined with a cut knee.
Recent loan signing from Manchester United, Reece Brown, is also looks likely to be in the team with only five of the six domestic loanees permitted in a first team matchday squad. Trialists Ade Yusuff and Mawete Nkunga are also set to be involved.
U18s: Jacob Marsden, Rory Thompson, Cemal Ramadan, Joe Robinson, George Fowler, Omar Sowunmi, Jack Willbye, Amir Berkane, Victor Zapata-Caicedo, Sam Smith, Matt Clarke, Cory Galvin.
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