Too much class

 Thursday 1 October 2020, Sporting 87 Under 18s 1 Ipswich Town Under 16s 8 - Suffolk FA Under 18 Midweek Cup at AFC Sudbury

It was good to see Ipswich enter this competition last season and even though that competition did not finish due to lockdown, good to see we have entered again this year.

It gives us a chance to see who may be the 'stars' of the future at Portman Road, and also shows the benefit of that academy system and the coaching they receive.

Most of the Sporting 87 players were two years old than their Ipswich counterparts, however as the score shows, class overcomes age.

But we must say thank you for sporting 87 for the effort they put in, not only on the pitch but in providing a programme and along with the staff at AFC Sudbury, making sure the game ran smoothly.

Plus with over 600 young players attached to the Bury teams, they are to be congratulated on providing a great service to the young people of Bury St Edmunds.

Players who impressed me in the Ipswich side - take note of these names!  Jack Manly and Nico Valentine - plus the centre forward Finn Corrigan. Finn however seems to have a similar attitude problem that our current Under 18 number 09, Zak Brown has!

Top non league ground

Tuesday 5 August 2014, AFC Sudbury 2 Ipswich Town Reserves 4, Pre-season friendly - Wardale Williams Stadium

A nice run out for the reserves but you do wonder about how many trial players now get a game, two more tonight for 45 minutes- neither looking that great, would it be better playing our own youth players?

Sudbury have a great non-league ground with superb social facilities- now need to just get their act together on nthe pitch to return to their position as one of top non league clubs in the area - well worth a visit.

Nice pitch, good ground and great football - but no home fans?

Tuesday 21 January 2014, Burnham Ramblers 1 AFC Sudbury 4, Ryamn League North - Leslie Field

Burnham are a club going in the right direction, nice ground, quality pitch, good youth set-up and play football the right way. Promotion last year has seen them rise to the Isthmian league and they have plans to move to an even better ground but one big problem, in a part of Essex with plenty of other clubs they are not getting the support from the local population and as with so many local rivals they have plenty of local games – luckily for them as with this Sudbury game if it had not been for the away fans then it would have been a very low gate. Burnham deserves much better support from the locals.