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Squad for U18 Tournament - Ipswich Town News

The Blues have announced their squad for the U18 Doetinchem tournament in Holland in August. The party includes Kurt Robinson, who has also been called up to the England U17 squad for the Nordic tournament in Iceland at the beginning of the month, and FA Youth Cup-winning goalscorer Edward Upson.

Town's academy side will play Slavia Prague,Kaiserslautern and FC Twente in the group stages as they seek to win the Doetinchem tournament for the third year in succession.

Also in the squad is Jordan Rhodes, son of goalkeeper coach Andy Rhodes, who joined the Blues youth set-up from Barnsley at the end of last season.

Robinson and the England U17 side take on Finland, the Faroe Islands and Sweden at the beginning of August.

Town U18s: Stuart Ainsley, Chris Casement, Liam Trotter, Danny Haynes, Allan Storie, Liam Barrett, Tony Boto, Oliver Fenn, Keiran Leabon, Luke Webster, Ian Nimmo, Andrew Plummer, Kurt Robinson, Edward Upson, Jonathan Houghton, Jai Reason, Curtley Williams, Jordan Rhodes.

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