Town Trio Unused Subs - Ipswich Town News

Town trio Christophe Berra, Daryl Murphy and David McGoldrick were all unused subs as Scotland beat the Republic of Ireland 1-0 in their Euro 2016 qualifier at Celtic Park.

Wigan’s Shaun Maloney netted the only goal of the game on 74 as Berra’s Scotland claimed the three points and climbed into third place in Group D ahead of Murphy and McGoldrick’s Ireland with both sides now on seven points. Poland lead on 10 with Germany second, also on seven.

Berra will hope to win his 29th cap when Scotland take on England in a friendly at Celtic Park on Tuesday, while Murphy will be after his 14th and McGoldrick his first when Ireland face the USA, also in a friendly, at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on the same night.

Meanwhile, Elliott Hewitt was in the Colchester side which lost 3-2 at Barnsley in League One this evening, having returned to the U’s for a second month on loan yesterday.

Elsewhere, 17-year-old midfielder Adam McDonnell will be looking to win his first Republic of Ireland U19 cap when they play Gibraltar in the second game of their European Championships qualification mini-group in Wexford on Saturday evening.

McDonnell, who joined Town from Shelbourne in August, was an unused sub as the Irish youngsters beat Malta 1-0 in their opening game on Thursday.

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