Roy Keane will be hoping for better luck when the club return to the FA for the second time this season.
Damien Delaney's hopes of facing Watford tomorrow night rests in the hands of the FA's disciplinary committee after Roy Keane decided to appeal against the defender's red card on Saturday. If it fails, the returning Tommy Smith might be thrown straight into the starting XI.
"Town left it late to demolish Scunthorpe’s plan of parking ten men and a dumper truck behind the ball,". Alf reflects on a day when the football died at Portman Road thanks to Scunthorpe's brick wall before a 16-year-old with the strength of an ox came off the bench to fire home a crucial late winner and give long-suffering Ipswich Town fans back-to-back victories for the first time thise season.
16-year-old Connor Wickham was the late hero on a day when Ipswich Town fans had very little else to cheer. Scunthorpe came to stifle and frustrate and the home side had very little answer in a below-par performance. But the Suffolk faithful still went home smiling with Ipswich now six points clear of the relegation zone.
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