NATHAN Ellington might have played his way into Paul Jewell’s thinking for Monday night’s televised match against Coventry City after netting a hat-trick for Ipswich Town reserves this afternoon.
The opposition might have only been Gillingham and the scoreline 8-1, but Ellington did everything asked of him with his treble.
Other Town scorers in the behind closed doors fixture at Playford Road were Ronan Murray (2), Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, Caolan Lavery and Colin Healy.
And there was even better news for Jewell after defender Ivar Ingimarsson played the whole 90 minutes and is now set to be among the squad for the Coventry match, which is live on Sky,
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