x

Galway United 0-2 Town - Ipswich Town News

Nicky Forster scored his sixth goal in his last six games and Sito netted his first for the Blues as Town defeated Galway United 2-0 at their Terryland Park ground. Both goals came in the first half of a comfortable first win under Jim Magilton's management.

Forster got the Blues off to a great start sending a 20-yard shot into the corner of the net with an unstoppable left foot shot in only the third minute. On 16 Sito looped a volley over the Galway keeper to double Town's advantage.

In the 33rd minute Jason De Vos had a goal disallowed for pushing after he had headed a Jaime Peters into the net at the far post.

Town made their first change just before the break, Darren Currie replacing Danny Haynes and the substitutions continued at half-time and throughout the second period.

Five minutes after the break De Vos head a header cleared off the line, not long before Nicky Forster nodded a Jaime Peters cross wide.

In the 71st minute Currie crossed after a short corner and Knights saw a header from eight yards out loop off the bar, but no Town player was on hand to seize on the rebound.

Dean Bowditch had a shot saved then Currie curled a 25 yarder wide of the Galway goal, not long after manager Jim Magilton had introduced himself to the Town midfield in place of the impressive trialist Alexis Bertin.

Bertin had probably been Town's man of the match despite tiring as the game wore on. The Frenchman held the ball well, won it, was hard in the tackle, picked up bits and pieces and was always available to receive the ball. He looks very much the accomplished holding midfielder Town are looking for and it would be no surprise if he was offered a contract on this form.

Gerard Nash also looked assured after being introduced in the second half, although against generally unthreatening opposition, while Billy Clarke was lively reprising his excellent U18 partnership with Darryl Knights. Chris Casement looked more at home at centre-back than he did on the right of the defence.

Overall, a comfortable run-out, more coherent than Saturday's display at Boston, with Forster — who netted in the final four games of last season and at Boston on Saturday — looking particularly hungry. Sam Parkin held the ball up and laid it off well without looking much of a threat.

Alan Lee trained on the pitch before the game but was not involved and appeared some way from fitness, appearing to show some concern about the hamstring injury which kept him out of action at the end of last season.

Town: Price (Supple 46), Casement, Sito (Krause 46), De Vos (Nash 60), Naylor (Wilnis 60), Bertin (Magilton 72), Westlake (Skard 57), Forster (Bowditch 57), Parkin (Clarke 57), Peters (Knights 64), Haynes (Currie 40).

Thanks to Colin Kreidewolf for being our man on the spot.

What to read next:

Luongo Out For Season With Ruptured ACL
Former Town midfielder Massimo Luongo, now with Millwall, has been ruled out for the rest of the season having ruptured the ACL in his right knee.
On-Loan Boatswain Red-Carded
On-loan Town striker Ashley Boatswain was sent off as Woking beat Fulham’s U21s 2-0 in the National League Cup last night.
Ipswich Town 0-3 Charlton Athletic - Highlights
Highlights of last night’s 3-0 home defeat to Charlton Athletic.
Jones: Proud of Performance
Charlton Athletic boss Nathan Jones said he was proud of his side’s performance following their 3-0 victory over the Blues at Portman Road.
Young: Changes Will Be Talked About But It's a Squad Game
Town full-back Ashley Young has dismissed suggestions that seven changes to the Blues’ starting XI was a step too far after the 3-0 defeat to Charlton Athletic at Portman Road.
McKenna: Our Reaction Was Nowhere Near Good Enough
Boss Kieran McKenna admitted the Blues’ 3-0 home defeat to Charlton Athletic was a “terrible result” and that his team’s reaction to going behind was “nowhere near good enough”.
Palmer Set For Scans
Town boss Kieran McKenna says keeper Alex Palmer will undergo scans on the injury which forced him off in the first half of this evening’s 3-0 home defeat to Charlton.
Ipswich Town 0-3 Charlton Athletic- Player Ratings and Reports
If you saw the match, please give us your player ratings and a mini match report.
Ipswich Town 0-3 Charlton Athletic - Match Report
Town suffered their biggest home Championship loss since April 2018 as newly promoted Charlton Athletic netted three times in the second half to shock the Blues 3-0. The home side had been the better side in the first half, albeit with the visitors having two of the period’s three best chances, but the Blues fell apart in the second after Sonny Carey had given the Addicks the lead on 52 with Macaulay Gillesphey and Miles Leaburn adding goals on 55 and 64 to inflict the Town’s first Portman Road defeat of the season and their biggest Championship loss on their own turf since the 4-0 loss to Aston Villa more than seven years ago.
Ipswich Town 0-0 Charlton Athletic - Half-Time
The Blues and Charlton remain locked at 0-0 at half-time at Portman Road, Chuba Akpom having hit the bar for the home side.