U18s Face MK Dons - Ipswich Town News
Town's U18s take on the MK Dons away in an FA Premier Academy League game on Saturday morning (KO 11am). The Dons play their Academy matches at their Woughton Green training ground.
The U18s face Spurs in the first leg of the FA Youth Cup semi-final at Portman Road on Friday, April 8th, with the second leg at White Hart Lane on Wednesday, 13th April (both KO 7pm).
Town's senior Academy side have also been confirmed as participants in the annual youth tournament in Doetinchem, Holland. The Blues won the 2004 competition.
This summer's tournament takes place from August 12th-14th. Other sides involved are Dutch clubs Vitesse, FC Twente and De Graafschap, Germans Schalke 04 and Kaiserslautern, Czechs Slavia Prague and Nottingham Forest.
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