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Ndaba returns from injury

The Irishman made his long-awaited return from injury, replacing Kilmarnock in the 75th minute as they were beaten 2-1 at home by Hearts in the quarter-finals of the Scottish League Cup.

Ndaba has missed more than a month of action after suffering an ankle injury and will look to feature again for Killie when they host St Mirren in the Scottish Premiership on Saturday.

The youngster played the full 90 minutes for Woking as they lost 1-0 to Wealdstone in the National League.

The Cards suffered their first defeat in seven league matches and will look to bounce back when they travel to AFC Fylde on Saturday.

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The young midfielder started and played 70 minutes for Leiston as they were held to a 1-1 draw against AFC Sudbury in the Southern League Central Premier Division. Former Town winger Ross Crane gave the Blues a first-half lead, before Sudbury equalized as the two Suffolk sides shared the points. Former Town defender Albie Armin, now at Leiston, was sent off late for his second punishable offence.

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Ipswich is flying high in the Championship, ranked second on the table with 21 points after 8 matches.

Tractor Boys also progress to the fourth round of the EFL Cup after beating Wolves 3-2 in the Premier League at Portman Road on Tuesday.

Nydam said Ipswich have had a phenomenal start to the season and admitted McKenna’s side have exceeded his expectations. The former Blues star also emphasized that if Ipswich can overcome the bad times to continue the good streak, the Tractor Boys will be promoted to the Premier League.

“A phenomenal start to the season,” Nydam told BBC Radio Suffolk.

“I think it’s okay, they’ll finish the first half and can get into the playoffs.

“But now it looks like they are about to get promoted, just like they started.

“Obviously teams go down and they have bad times. “But as long as they can get through this bad time and continue on their journey, I think they will do very well this year.”

Ipswich face Huddersfield Town on Saturday before meeting fourth-placed Hull City on Tuesday.

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Keane drew on his experience in charge of both Championship clubs to assess the situation facing Sancho and United manager Erik ten Hag.

The England international has not played for the Red Devils since August due to a public row with his manager. Ten Hag revealed after the Arsenal match that Sancho did not participate due to his poor performance in training and Sancho took to social media to claim that he had been made a “scapegoat” in response.

As a result, he continues to find himself out of favor at Old Trafford and there are reports that he could leave in January. It’s a topic of discussion in English football, so it’s no surprise that Keane appeared on the latest episode of the Stick To Football podcast.

What was perhaps surprising was that he dragged former clubs Sunderland and Ipswich into the debate – mentioning his time at both as he assessed the situation.

He say:
“I have never banned a player from playing for the reserve team as a coach, but obviously every story is different. Because it’s Manchester United, people are probably looking to see what mistake he made.

“I have never had the experience of banning a player and he doesn’t play for the first team. I don’t think I’ve ever done anything wrong [to demand an apology]. Maybe when I was fired I should have said sorry