Crystal Palace U18s shared the spoils with Ipswich Town down at the academy’s ground in Beckenham.
With only four minutes on the clock, Jude Russell was dispossessed allowing Ipswich’s Tyreece Simpson to go clear. With Rohan Luthra caught out of position, the Tractor Boys’ centre-forward tried his luck from the angle and the ball crept in at the near post.
Palace recovered from the early setback and gradually began to dominate possession. However they were unable to really penetrate their opponents, who looked well-drilled by former England international Kieron Dyer.
Eagles coach Paddy McCarthy urged his charges to move the ball quicker, and it was from a fizzing cross-field pass on 14 minutes from Bivesh Gurung that Dylan Thiselton got in down the right to win the Eagles' first corner - a swinging delivery by a Palace trialist looked threatening, but the visitors were able to head clear.