Tractor boys run over Foxes

Ipswich 6

The victory made it two out of two for Town and showed they had suffered no ill-effects from their midweek trip to Luxembourg for a UEFA Cup tie.

Republic of Ireland midfielder Holland struck the first of his brace in first-half stoppage time, a goal which was almost immediately cancelled out by a Jon Stevenson strike for Leicester, and netted again 12 minutes after the restart.

Darren Ambrose made it 3-1, Nigerian substitute Finidi George got in on the act and Counago completed the rout with a double as the Foxes, whose goalkeeper Ian Walker had saved a Marcus Stewart penalty midway through the first half, crumbled disappointingly.

his had looked like proving an evenly-matched encounter between teams who were relegated from the Premiership last season and had made the ideal start to their campaign to bounce straight back.

But instead it became one-way traffic after Leicester lost a trio of their most influential players before 40 minutes had elapsed.

First of them to leave the field was defender Scottish international Gerry Taggart, who missed almost all of last season which Stewart struck straight at Walker. Turkey midfielder Muzzy Izzet was next to go off injured.with Stefan Oakes his substitute, and Finally Nicky Summerbee had to make way for Stevenson.