Trialist Starts for U21s at Millwall - Ipswich Town News
Trialist Dan Sweeney is included in the Town U21 side taking on Millwall at the Den this afternoon (KO 2pm). The 19-year-old Kingstonian midfielder spent last week training with the Blues and is back at Playford Road again this week.
The former AFC Wimbledon man is being watched by Sky Sports commentator Martin Tyler, a coach with the Ryman League Premier Division side.
Town also include Scott Loach, Frederic Veseli, Tyrone Mings, Anthony Wordsworth and Frank Nouble from the start. Ex-Town loan keeper Stephen Bywater is between the sticks for the Lions.
U21s: Loach, Veseli, Mings, Sweeney, Sowunmi, October, Doherty, Wordsworth, Marriott, Nouble, Adekunle. Subs: Crowe, Berkane, M Clarke, Winter, Timlin.
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