A young Town development side drew 3-3 with Hampton and Richmond in an entertaining friendly at their Beveree Stadium on Tuesday evening with Darren McQueen netting a brace and Monty Patterson once.

The Blues started well and Patterson opened the scoring after seven minutes when he latched onto a long ball, looped it over keeper Jack Norton and rolled into an empty net.

Luis Morrison headed a corner just over Michael Crowe's bar, before Brendan Kiernan - a former AFC Wimbledon winger on trial with the Ryman Premier League side - broke on the left and crossed for Tashan Adeyinko to equalise from six yards, with the ball deflecting off Joe Robinson before crossing the line.

Mark Kennedy's side regained the lead shortly after the half-hour mark when Darren McQueen cut in from the left and hit a weak right-footed effort under Norton, who should really have kept it out.

Hampton's wide men Luke Wanadio and Kiernan were causing all sorts of problems with their pace and after Kundai Benyu conceded possession, Wanadio's cross from the right was met by Kieran who slid the ball inside the far post to equalise for a second time.

Skipper Matt Clarke did well to recover and prevent Kiernan having another clear sight of goal, before Patterson curled an effort inches wide of the far post at the other end before the half-time whistle.

Various substitutions disrupted the flow of the second half, and Adam McDonnell was given a five minute 'sin-bin' midway through the half, presumably for something he'd said to referee Thomas Harkin.

McQueen capitalised on a poor back header on 72 and nipped in to produce a good finish over sub keeper Dylan Barnes.

The home side continued to press and were rewarded with another equaliser with six minutes remaining - sub Charlie Moone finishing well after a mix-up at the back.

A draw was probably a fair result, although it was a pretty average performance from Town but with McQueen again demonstrating his fine finishing.

George Wells, who was recently on trial with the Blues, had a solid game skippering the hosts from left-back, but the pace and trickery of their wide men Wanadio and Kiernan really caught the eye.

Town XI: Crowe, Emmanuel, Wyatt (Kenlock 62), McDonnell, Robinson, Clarke, Galvin, Benyu (Gulbrandson 55), McQueen, Patterson (Ramadan 75), McLoughlin. Unused: Marsden, Ellis.

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pazelle added 22:38 - Oct 28 Just 'Kieran'? Is he Brazilian?
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ITFCOYB added 22:44 - Oct 28 Yup, the lad Keiran was the best player on the pitch in my humble opinion... Great report - who wrote that?? Efficient. :) lw
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carsey added 07:49 - Oct 29 Hum pace and trickery of wide players caused problems for the defence - what a shame we don't have 2 players who could be used in that type of role in the first team.
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rfretwell added 08:12 - Oct 29 Agree about their widemen. Matt Clarke was sound again in c/d and looks set to continue in the first team squad. McQueen (ex Spurs academy) def has good pace but playing up top was easily dominated in the air by big defenders. Monty Patterson looks more of a natural c/f, stronger physically, better in the air. Where was Collison, surely he needs as many games as he can get?

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Pilgrimblue added 08:32 - Oct 29 Any chance that MM will take another look at their wide men again!
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PhilTWTD added 09:17 - Oct 29 Impressive wideman was actually Brendan Kiernan, typo on the teamsheet re the surname.
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Lightningboy added 10:27 - Oct 29 Anyone know how far away McQueen is from first team action?.
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FenboyBlue added 11:26 - Oct 29 I have to say I was most impressed with Hampton's 2 wingers counter attacking. Their second goal was sublime. For us, McQueen's finishing was good. Both sides pacey but Hampton appeared stronger in challenges. Looked like a good work-out.
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SamWhiteUK added 13:56 - Oct 29 Phil - the same typo (Kieran) is also present earlier in the article
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BlueMachines added 14:04 - Oct 29 Darren McQueen the goal machine!! Seems he is often scores, wonder what his first team chances are in the coming year?
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Greybritain added 17:10 - Oct 29 If the club re-joined the Suffolk Premier Cup after a two year hiatus, it could have development games throughout the season and benefit all the clubs in the region who get drawn against them.
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