Town trio Elliott Hewitt, Jack Marriott and David October will be in action for their loan clubs this afternoon.

Right-back Hewitt is set to make his debut for Gillingham as the League One side take on Sheffield United at Bramall Lane, having joined the Gills for a month earlier in the week.

Marriott will be hoping to follow-up his man of the match award-winning debut for Woking in their 3-0 victory over Dartford on Tuesday with more goals when the Cards take on Hyde in the Skrill Premier at the Kingfield Stadium.

Speaking at Wednesday’s ITFC On the Road event at Ufford Park near Woodbridge, former Blue Kieron Dyer revealed that he has been impressed by what he has seen of Marriott.

“I’ve been fortunate to train with him a few times and he’s a goalscorer,” he said. “Every time I’ve trained with him he’s scored five or six goals in five-a-side games or six-a-side games.

“Whatever level he plays, he’s going to be scoring 20 goals a season, I have no hesitation in saying that.”

October’s Histon are at Guiseley for an FA Trophy third qualifying round tie. October will be making his sixth appearance for the Stutes, having made his debut in a 1-1 draw at Guiseley last month.

Elsewhere, Christophe Berra was an unused sub as Scotland drew 0-0 with the USA at Hampden last night.

The centre-half has another chance to become Town’s first Scottish international in 30 years on Tuesday when they face Norway in a friendly in Molde with manager Gordon Strachan promising changes: "There'll be people who we didn't put on tonight because we knew they were going to have a full game on Tuesday."

Academy first-year scholar Jonny Smith is likely to be in action for Northern Ireland’s U17s against Luxembourg in the European Championships mini-tournament they are hosting at Solitude in Belfast this evening (KO 7pm).

Smith came on as a sub in the Northern Irish youngsters’ 1-0 defeat to Latvia in their opening game on Thursday.

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Greektractor added 09:13 - Nov 16 Makes this afternoon a bit more interesting
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PortmanPie78 added 10:19 - Nov 16 Prove your worth boys!!
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battyblue added 11:34 - Nov 16 Everyone can see Jacks potential so why are we letting his contract getting shorter and not securing a longer deal before its to late if a premiership club comes in with a good offer it will be bye bye Jack before we see any benefit apart from money in M Evans bank,keep up the good work Jack we want you in the first team squad sooner rather than later.
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Bluetone added 14:20 - Nov 16 Everyone can see Jacks potential perhaps that should read everyone except MM can see Jacks potential for the club. Maybe MM just wants to do a "Jordan Rhodes" and take the money but even so extending his contract seems to me to be a must whatever MM's intentions are.
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Lightningboy added 14:26 - Nov 16 3 Very good young prospects..hopefully they'll all come back better players and prove their worth to ITFC for many years to come.. This is what we should've done with Rhodes!
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Michael11 added 15:35 - Nov 16 @Bluetone Get a grip. Did you not read what McCarthy said? He said he's loaning him out to gain experience and keep him fresh as we have a busy Christmas period coming up. Marriott's still a young lad and i'm sure Mick who sees him EVERY DAY knows a bit more about him than you.
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irishtim added 16:43 - Nov 16 Jack doing the business again today. Reckon this is a great decision by Mick to send our fringe players on loan. They will hopefully come back with games under their belts, increased match fitness & confidence in abundance. Can only be a good thing for our club imo.
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martleshamitfc added 16:43 - Nov 16 Two more goals for Jack today, well done!
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Bluetone added 17:55 - Nov 16 @Michael11 - 19 is not too young to be playing in the Championship he should have been given a run here first before making a decision whether to loan him out or not. I still wonder whether the ulterior motive is to put him on show to possibly interested clubs. Time will tell but I think his "net finding" ability is needed by Town now.
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