Town’s U18s were beaten 6-2 by Crystal Palace at Playford Road on Saturday morning.
Donte Martin opened the scoring for the Eagles in the 11th minute, then Remi Ahazie-Shittu doubled the lead three minutes later.
Martin bagged his second and his side’s third in only the 16th minute, before Chris Atherton (pictured) pulled one back for the Blues on 29.
A minute later, Martin completed his hat-trick, then Hugo Bull netted on 39 to make it 5-1 at half-time.
Makai Bernard-Ferguson scored Palace’s sixth in the 58th minute with Atherton grabbing his second of the afternoon for Town on 71.
As against Brighton in the Premier League Cup last week, the Blues included Folkestone Invicta forward Freddie Francis in their line-up with the 16-year-old on a two-week trial at Playford Road having already featured for the National League South side’s first team this season.
U18s: Twyman, Felicio, Adebayo, Boakye-King, Olawole (Wattley 46), Pedder, Carr (Brentnall 46), Msabah (Ness 46), Francis (Burton-Yurevich 69), Ladegbaye (Olakazim 69), Atherton. Unused: Brown, Wreford.