Wind and rain

Wednesday 21 October 2026, Ipswich Town Under 17s 1 Fulham Under 17s 3 - Premier League Under 17 Cup, Group Game, Bent Lane Training ground

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Strong winds heavy rain and not a great game.

Even start to the game then Fulham got on top and took the lead after 25 minutes and added a second after 37 minutes. We also had a mass punch up- with just 2 yellow cards shown, start of the season we saw 22 player punch ups in the Under 16 and Under 18 games v Fulham - Coincidence?

​Ipswich had plenty of the ball but final pass was often poor and the Fulham keeper had little to do, whilst when Fulham attached it nearly always ended up with a shot on target.

Fulham added a third on 56 minutes, both teams made a number of subs and the Ipswich subs managed to start putting pressure on Fulham and pulled a goal back on 68 minutes. Ipswich had most of the play in last 20 minutes but could not add to their solitary goal.

Return to Europe (sort of)

Tuesday 20 October 2026, Ipswich Town Under 21s 0 Anderlecht Under 21s 1 - Premier League International Cup, Portman Road

Poor game that Anderlecht probably just deserved on their first half display, taking their goal well on 22 minutes. Ipswich were better in the second half but the visiting keeper did not have to do much, game came to life in the last 5 minutes when one of the Belgian team got a straight red card then the Belgian keep decided to pretend he had been shot and laid on the ground for a good 2 minutes, then suddenly recovered to take the free kick!

Never get wet here

Saturday 17 October 2026, Egham Town 4 AFC Portchester 2 - Isthmian League, South Central Division, Runnymede Stadium

Well, you would never get wet here watching a game, a decent seated stand however also 5 covered terrace stands!

Game was only a few minutes old and the first strong tackle went in, not a dirty foul but set the tone for the game with plenty of tough challenges/fouls from both sides.

Home side went in front after 3 minutes but Portchester were back on terms 3 minutes later. then the first of 2 Egham penalties, this one on 10 minutes as Egham took the lead again.

Portchester got back level on 48 minutes as the tackles/fouls were still keeping the Ref busy and on 65 minutes Egham went ahead again from the penalty spot, the Portchester player also got his second yellow card and an early bath.

Easy win

Thursday 15 October 2026, Woodbridge Under 18s 0 AFC Sudbury Under 18s 7 - FA Youth Cup, 3rd Qualifying Round, Notcutts

Woodbridge had done well to get to this round of the cup, but this was the end of the run as they came up against Sudbury, the West Suffolk club have dominated local under 18 football for at least the last decade.

Sudbury scored after 4 minutes but then the game got scrappy before they got a second with a great individual goal after 26 minutes.

Second half was all Sudbury as they added a further 5 goals, 2 from the penalty sport- and the Woodbridge keeper was probably still Man of the Match!

An Ipswich win

Tuesday 13 October 2026, Felixstowe and Walton United 2 Ipswich Wanderers 3 - Suffolk Premier Cup, Round 2, Dellwood Avenue

Lower division team going through and a deserved win, going ahead with the right back scoring a great individual goal after 17 minutes only for Felixstowe to get level in the last minute of the half. Wanderers then went ahead again after 54 minutes, Felixstowe then woke up and 10 minutes later were back on terms, but it was the Ipswich side who went though after scoring with a header on 85 minutes.

Left it late- but great finish

Saturday 10 October 2026, Ipswich Town Fulham, Premier League, Portman Road

Fulham have not got a win this season and was not surprised by that as very little attacking intent shown, however they did take the lead, but Ipswich left it late but kept going and won it in injury time!

Exciting, but no win

Friday 9 October 2026, Ipswich Town Under 21s 2 WBA Under 21s 2 - Premier League Cup, Group Match, At Colchester United

WBA took the lead from the penalty spot on 5 minutes but then Ipswich took control with an equaliser 2 minutes later, a great goal direct from a free kick and then Ipswich took the lead 6 minutes later. Ipswich were then denied an obvious penalty, but Ipswich were still on top however it was WBA who got the next goal in injury time so it was 2-2 at the break.

Ipswich started the second half on top and hit the bar and missed a number of other good chances, WBA then had a period on top and they also hit the bar but surprisingly there were no further goals in the second half.