Dobra in Albania U21s Squad - Ipswich Town News
On-loan Blues forward Armando Dobra has been named in the Albania U21s squad for their European Championships qualifiers against Slovenia and Kosovo.
The Albanian youngsters face the Slovenians away on Friday 12th November and the Kosovans at home four days later.
Dobra, who is on loan with Colchester for the season, has previously won six U21s caps and scored his first goal at that level last month in a 2-0 home victory over Slovenia.
What to read next:
Youth Cup Date SetTown’s FA Youth Cup third round tie away against Sheffield United has been set for Thursday 11th December at Bramall Lane (KO 7pm).
Hirst: Childhood Dream to Go to a World CupBlues striker George Hirst says Scotland qualifying for the World Cup is a childhood dream, Steve Clarke’s side having secured their spot at next summer’s finals via a remarkable 4-2 victory over 10-man Denmark on Tuesday evening at Hampden Park, netting twice in injury time to claim the three points they needed to top the group.
Ashton: We Must Shape the RegulatorBlues CEO and chairman Mark Ashton believes football should shape the new independent regulator and revealed that the governing bodies use Town’s ownership as an example of how they would like clubs to be run.
McKenna: The Championship This Time Around is DifferentBoss Kieran McKenna has been speaking about the differences between life in the Championship this season, when the Blues were among the pre-season favourites, and two years ago when Town came up from League One as unfancied outsiders, citing the reduced ball-in-play time as symptomatic of the way teams’ approaches have changed.