Jewell Decided on Leadbitter's Replacement for Watford Trip Fri 23rd Mar 2012 14:51 Town boss Paul Jewell says he's decided who will replace suspended midfielder Grant Leadbitter in the Blues’ midfield for Saturday’s visit to bogey club Watford. Ex-Luton man Andy Drury appears to be the favourite to regain his place in the centre alongside Lee Bowyer as Town look to end a winless run of 14 games against the Hornets and win at Vicarage Road for the first time in nine years. |
Jewell: We Were Abject at Burnley Wed 21st Mar 2012 06:00 Blues boss Paul Jewell feels that Town’s performance during the 4-0 defeat to tonight’s opponents Burnley earlier in the season was even worse than the display in the 7-1 loss at Peterborough. An angry Town manager described his side as a “pub team” after their capitulation at Turf Moor. |
Town Run Rule Over Best Northern Irish Kids Tue 20th Mar 2012 16:43 Town’s U15s beat their Northern Ireland counterparts 2-0 in a game jointly sponsored by TWTD and Suffolk New College at Playford Road on Sunday morning with Andre Dozzell and Max Melanson scoring a goal in either half. Academy recruitment officer Steve McGavin, who arranged the match in order to take a look at the province’s best youngsters, spoke to TWTD about the match and the job he took on at the start of the season. |
Town Run Rule Over Best Northern Irish Kids Tue 20th Mar 2012 16:43 Town’s U15s beat their Northern Ireland counterparts 2-0 in a game jointly sponsored by TWTD and Suffolk New College at Playford Road on Sunday morning with Andre Dozzell and Max Melanson scoring a goal in either half. Academy recruitment officer Steve McGavin, who arranged the match in order to take a look at the province’s best youngsters, spoke to TWTD about the match and the job he took on at the start of the season. |
Martin Set for Recall as Blues Face Peterborough Fri 16th Mar 2012 13:16 Boss Paul Jewell appears set to recall midfielder Lee Martin as the Blues look to lay to rest the ghost of August’s 7-1 defeat at London Road when Peterborough visit Portman Road on Saturday. The 25-year-old, sent off in that thrashing, was rested for last week’s game at Hull due to tiredness and concerns about the heavy surface at the KC Stadium. |
Unchanged Side Could Face Saints Tue 06th Mar 2012 11:21 Town boss Paul Jewell looks set to name an unchanged side for this evening’s game against Championship leaders Southampton at St Mary’s. The Blues will be looking to avenge the Saints’ 5-2 victory at Portman Road earlier in the season. |
Town Still in for Portsmouth Trio Fri 02nd Mar 2012 22:15 Chief executive Simon Clegg has revealed that Town's move to sign Portsmouth trio Jason Pearce, Joel Ward and Stephen Henderson (pictured) is still “a live issue”. On the final day of the January transfer window, the Blues had offers for keeper Henderson and midfielder or defender Ward accepted, the deals breaking down due to the players’ wage demands, while Pompey rebuffed bids from Town and others for centre-half Pearce. |
Town 3-0 Cardiff City Sat 18th Feb 2012 17:05 Lee Martin’s first Town brace and Michael Chopra’s perhaps inevitable goal against his old club saw the Blues to a 3-0 victory over Cardiff at Portman Road and to four wins on the trot for the first time since November 2004. Martin put Town in front in the first half from Daryl Murphy’s cutback, Chopra converting Carlos Edwards’s cross just after the break and Martin added the third when he made the most of a defensive lapse. |
Unchanged Town Looking for Four on the Trot Fri 17th Feb 2012 14:19 Town boss Paul Jewell looks set to name an unchanged line-up when Cardiff City visit Portman Road on Saturday afternoon. The Blues will be out to win four league games in a row for the first time since the autumn of 2004. |
Delaney's Return Only Town Change at Portsmouth Tue 14th Feb 2012 10:47 Damien Delaney replacing the injury Ibrahima Sonko at the heart of the defence seems likely to be the Blues’ only change when they take on Portsmouth at Fratton Park tonight looking for their third win in three games (KO 7.45pm). The Town stand-in skipper dislocated a rib in Saturday’s abandoned match against Middlesbrough and will be out for up to a month. |