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Chaplow Handed Full Debut in Derby - Ipswich Town News

Town boss Mick McCarthy has handed Richard Chaplow his full Blues debut in today’s East Anglian derby against Norwich City at Carrow Road. 
 The on-loan Millwall man, a sub in the 4-2 victory over Birmingham on Tuesday. comes into the side on the right of midfield with Jay Tabb on the left of an otherwise unchanged team.

Paul Anderson and Jonny Parr drop to the bench, while Teddy Bishop misses out with the ankle injury he suffered in training.

Striker Chris Wood, who signed on loan from Leicester on Friday, is on the bench alongside 17-year-old first-year scholar Kundai Benyu. It’s the central midfielder’s first inclusion in a matchday 18.

David McGoldrick (thigh), Darren Ambrose, Stephen Hunt (both hamstring), Noel Hunt and Luke Hyam (knee) had all previously been ruled out. Former Northgate High School pupil Hyam travelled to the game on the train along with the supporters and will watch the match from the away end.

Norwich: Ruddy, Whittaker, Martin (c), Bassong, Olsson, Tettey, Johnson, Redmond, Howson, Hoolahan, Grabban. Subs: Rudd, Turner, Jerome, Hooper, Andreu, Garrido, Dorrans.

Town: Bialkowski, Chambers (c), Mings, Berra, Smith, Skuse, Bru, Chaplow, Bru, Murphy, Sears. Subs: Gerken, Parr, Clarke, Anderson, Benyu, Varney, Wood. Referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire).

Photo: ITFC

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