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The ref has blown his whistle for full time.
The referee has booked Owen Garvan.
Ipswich are replacing Pablo Counago with Ramos Ivan Campo.
Goal!! Jon Walters scores for Ipswich.
The referee has booked Stephen Hunt.
Reading are replacing Jem Karacan with Andre Bikey.
Jem Karacan is booked for unsporting behaviour.
Jon Stead is replaced by Kevin Lisbie.
Chris Armstrong is replaced by Bobby Convey.
Goal!! Ipswich have scored with Jon Stead putting it in the back of the net.
Reading are replacing Shane Long with Noel Hunt.
The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.
Half time whistle is blown by K Hill
Gareth McAuley is replaced by Pim Balkestein.
It's 3pm on Saturday, September 13th, the match has kicked off.
Loanee Jon Stead netted on his debut as Ipswich Town secured a well-deserved first home League win of the season. Stead curled a tremendous shot in off the post to break the deadlock, and Jon Walters sealed the points with an 86th-minute header. Town also hit the woodwork three times and largely kept Reading at bay, although the visitors did have one or two bright moments during the game. Blues boss Jim Magilton made four changes as he continued to search for a winning combination, with Stead, on loan from Sheffield United, making his debut. Reading had the first chance on nine minutes when Shane Long's clever ball freed Jimmy Kebe, but Richard Wright managed to push his shot wide. Town hit the woodwork for the first time on 21 minutes when Stead's cross picked out Pablo Counago who nodded against the crossbar. Walters had the ball in the net on 30 minutes but he was offside as he converted David Wright's cross. Stead shot just wide from an Owen Garvan cross before the luckless Counago hit the bar again with a fierce shot on the turn. As half-time approached Richard Wright tipped over a Kebe chip and from the ensuing corner Alex Pearce prodded over from close range. After the break Alan Quinn shot wide after a neat move involving Counago and Stead, and then the winger forced a fine diving save from Marcus Hahnemann with a 20-yard shot. Town broke the deadlock on 63 minutes when Stead curled home from the angle of the box, leaving Hahnemann helpless. Another of Town's loanees, Moritz Volz, cleared off the line from sub Noel Hunt's header before Town hit the woodwork yet again through a Quinn drive. Walters made certain of victory four minutes from the end when he nipped in around the back of the visiting defence to nod home from Quinn's cross. There was still time for Hunt to flick a header against the bar and Town sub Kevin Lisbie to miss an open goal to round off a thoroughly entertaining game.
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Fouls
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