Town striker Ronan Murray netted the first goal of his loan spell at Torquay as the Gulls beat Cheltenham 2-1 at Plainmoor this evening. The Irishman slotted home what proved to be the winning goal with 20 minutes remaining as he made his third start for the club he is with until the end of the season.

Murray, 19, now joins up with the Republic of Ireland U21s ahead of Friday’s friendly in Portugal, along with Town team-mates Shane O’Connor and Ian McLoughlin, who is currently on loan at Stockport.

Defender Tommy Smith missed out on his loan club Colchester‘s 1-0 home victory over Oldham as he is already away with New Zealand for their friendly in China. The All Whites have pulled out of a planned game in Japan.

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taylor15 added 22:42 - Mar 22 great news! will be a gret prospect!
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wellhungphil added 23:16 - Mar 22 Great for Irepswich! Nearly spat me teeth out saying that!
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fourth added 06:40 - Mar 23 Brilliant Mr Murray
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DiamondGezzer added 07:47 - Mar 23 Congratulations. Get all those games under your belt and come back next season raring to go for ITFC.
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Back_The_Boss added 07:50 - Mar 23 Well done Ronan, you won me a few quid on my accumalator! Cheers for popping up with the winner!
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bluelady added 08:24 - Mar 23 already got a better ratio than our strikers have, 1 in 3 :-)
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muhrensleftfoot added 09:01 - Mar 23 From the BBC match report "Murray sealed the win with a clinical finish from close range". Isn't that what we need at Portman Road? Hope he scores loads and comes back full of confidence.
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bluepeter added 12:31 - Mar 23 Well done Mirry!
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bluepeter added 12:32 - Mar 23 Oops, that wasn't what I mint!
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bluepeter added 12:33 - Mar 23 He is a breath of FRESH AIR!
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SouperJim added 12:52 - Mar 23 Still a little confused as to why the "best finisher at the club" is out on loan to Torquay while we struggle so badly to put the ball in the net game after game...
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Priskinftw added 13:46 - Mar 23 I prefer this guy to to Wickham, Murray can actually finish! its what we've been missing, although him up front with wickham would be an awesome partnership
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Lamby95 added 16:15 - Mar 23 Souper jim no way would Murray have been able to play the one up front role ATM. However would be worth recalling and playing him and wickham upfront in a 4-4-2
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