Keeper Arran Lee-Barrett put pen to paper on his new two-year contract this morning, having agreed terms with the Blues last week. The former academy schoolboy returned to his hometown club as a replacement for the retiring Shane Supple in August 2009.

The 27-year-old was delighted to commit himself to Town until 2013: “Obviously I’m very pleased to have sorted my future out here. It’s a great football club and it’s good to be part of the squad going forward.

“Like any player who is coming to the end of their contract, it’s always at the back of your mind what is going to happen.

“I’ve been in a similar situation before and that experience helped me deal with it this time, but a lot of it is out of your control. You just focus on the football and trying to prove you deserve a new contract.

“That’s what has pleased me, that the manager sees me as part of his plans and has given me the two years.”

Photo: Action Images

Behind_Enemy_Lines added 12:59 - May 12 Paul jewell did say we would be signing someone this week lol !!!!
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OsborneOneNil added 12:59 - May 12 Cheers for the photo.
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cornishnick added 13:06 - May 12 zzzzzzzzzzz
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nkotb_sect5 added 13:07 - May 12 ..what happened to the marker pen?
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JimmyJazz added 13:11 - May 12 Those paper clips that SC has been monitoring have obviously been put to good use if this picture is anything to go by
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JayITFC added 13:11 - May 12 Clegg looks reluctant over this signing in the pic! Bet he wishes it was McAuley or Norris...
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bizman added 13:17 - May 12 clegg is an absolute end of a bell
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BongoSponglemeister added 13:29 - May 12 Lay off Clegg, he's been suffering with a cold recently, I do hope ALB doesn't catch it.............
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tomos91 added 13:31 - May 12 Does clegg always wear the same clothes? He always wears the same tie and shirt... IDIOT
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BongoSponglemeister added 13:33 - May 12 He's actually a Hologram.
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jas0999 added 13:40 - May 12 Below average keeper. Good shot-stopper, but flaps and poor in the air/kicking. Concerned that PJ is going to rely on Fulop/ALB. Murphy would have been a better choice IMO.
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imalwayswrong added 13:43 - May 12 What ALB don't know is he signing for timeshare for yearly holidays in Norfolk broads ! I think he is lucky to get 2 year deal, 1 year and 3rd choice on minimal wage seems ok. Fulop is the number one keeper and best we had at club since Alexander and briefly begovic
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NORFOLK_BLUE added 13:44 - May 12 waste of time, money and effort. he is a shocking keeper with no sense of positioning.
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DiamondGezzer added 13:51 - May 12 Jas0999 :- Agree ! Still has a lot to learn.
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MaySixth added 13:51 - May 12 A good keeper. For Division 1.
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algarvefan added 13:55 - May 12 Bring back Richard Wright.....I miss those ears!!
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dan_itfc55 added 13:56 - May 12 i dont rate him at all... fulop is by far no1 imo
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whoppit added 14:00 - May 12 Absolute crap player.
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coco_the_clown added 14:02 - May 12 Well done Clegg you old wheeler dealer you !!
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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 14:06 - May 12 Behind_Enemy_Lines: I get the joke! But in view of all the misleading info. we've been fed ever since the takeover, I don't reckon anyone associated with the club (certainly not PJ) would be rash enough to say, "We're going to sign..." Much more likely: "We hope to...," "With any luck...," "We're waiting to hear back from..." "Of course you never know what happens in football, but..." etc. etc. Personally, I'm 95% immune to all these rumours by now. (Not like in the Burley days when names appeared out of nowhere and actually sometimes went down on paper.) I'd even decided not to look at TWTD for a whole week to see if anything was in fact different when I came back - I managed to last out just over half a day. Oh well... must have been that final 5%'s gullibility that did it.I guess I'll be back tomorrow too. COYB!

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clive_baker added 14:12 - May 12 He's pants. Never good enough to play at this level i hope he gets nowhere near our first team next season.
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Guthrum added 14:29 - May 12 He's been a good back-up before and he will be again. A couple of poor games (when the whole team couldn't be bothered to play) don't make him a bad goalie. Also one of 'ours' from the Academy - which all of you usually think is so important. Pleased to see he's signed.
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itfc1981 added 14:30 - May 12 Number two :)
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tractorgirl2 added 14:40 - May 12 Just had a look on the coventry site, celtic and everton are after westwood now. So i can't see him coming here shame..
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cats_whiskers added 15:43 - May 12 I wonder if Lee_Barrett camped out all night to be first into the office, so Clegg couldn't escape and slip out the back... We've had Le Pen, Alan Lee, now Lee-Barrett they say things come in three's Perhaps what we really need now is some-one to give us a bit of 'Leeway'
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