Hyam Makes Comeback as U23s Draw at West Brom - Ipswich Town News
Luke Hyam played the first 65 minutes as Town’s U23s drew 0-0 at West Brom in the Premier League Cup, the midfielder’s first game back after the knee injury he sustained in pre-season.
Centre-half Tommy Smith played the full 90 minutes of his second U23s game as he continues his comeback from the back operation he underwent in September.
Town remain bottom of their Premier League Cup group and must beat Huddersfield in their final group game and hope West Brom don't win theirs against Liverpool to progress to the next stage.
U23s: Crowe, Fowler, C Smith, T Smith, Woolfenden, Hyam (Nydam 65), Blanchfield (McDonnell 65), Dozzell, McKendry (Folami 79), Morris, McLoughlin. Unused: Hayes, Robinson.
What to read next:
EFL Statement on AbandonmentThe EFL has issued a statement relating to yesterday’s abandoned Championship game between the Blackburn Rovers and the Blues at Ewood Park.
McKenna: An Inevitable DecisionTown boss Kieran McKenna says it was an ‘inevitable decision’ for referee Stephen Martin to abandon the Blues’ match at Blackburn Rovers and expects to return to Ewood Park to restage the contest.
Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Ipswich Town - Match AbandonedTown look set to face a return trip to Blackburn Rovers later in the season after this afternoon’s game was abandoned after 80 minutes due to a waterlogged pitch with the home side 1-0 up and with the Blues down to 10 men. Jacob Greaves was shown a straight red card four minutes after the break for hauling down Yuki Ohashi, then Rovers skipper Todd Cantwell netted a penalty on 59, but the heavy rain had made the game increasingly farcical the longer it progressed and in the 80th minute referee Stephen Martin took the players off and then 25 minutes later abandoned it entirely.