Town boss Kieran McKenna is pleased to be returning to home action after four away matches on the bounce as the Blues start a ...

Academy first-year scholar Kellyan Olawole has signed his first professional contract. The centre-half, who is from Salford, joined the Blues from Everton, beginning his scholarship last summer.

Watford forward Mamadou Doumbia has been handed a three-match ban for striking Town skipper Dara O’Shea in the face during the second half of the Blues’ 2-0 win at Vicarage Road on Tuesday.

U21s forward Rio Oudnie-Morgan has joined Southern League Premier South side Havant & Waterlooville on loan for the rest of the season.

Tudor Mendel scored the only goal as Town’s U21s beat Arsenal 1-0 in Premier League 2 at Boreham Wood’s Mangata Developments Stadium.

Leif Davis is back training ahead of Saturday’s home game against Swansea City, but Jaden Philogene remains unavailable.

Blues boss Kieran McKenna says on-loan Sunderland midfielder Dan Neil has made the adjustment to life at Portman Road “fantastically well”.

Town’s U21s are in action away against Arsenal this evening, while the U18s host Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday morning.

Ipswich Town Women’s WSL2 game against Sheffield United at the JobServe Community Stadium in Colchester has been rescheduled for Wednesday 22nd April (KO 7pm).

Town keeper Christian Walton has been named in the Sky Bet Championship Team of the Week following his display in the 2-0 win at Watford on Tuesday evening.

U21s striker Jamie Mauge has returned to Southern Football League Division One Central Bury Town on loan following a two-month spell with Needham Market.

Well this was much better, unconventionally so. A solid, largely untroubled away win, with a couple of unconventional goals. And even - unconventionally by Town’s standards - a penalty save. Suddenly ...