Trust Holding Goalkeeper Trials Thu 26th Jul 2012 11:12 Town’s Charitable Trust are holding goalkeeping trials for their Player Development Centre for the season ahead. |
Smith to Become Town's First Olympian Thu 26th Jul 2012 10:04 Tommy Smith will become the first current Town player to appear at the Olympics this evening when New Zealand take on Belarus at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena (KO 7.45pm). |
Jewell: Cresswell Enquiry But No Bid And We Want to Keep Him Thu 26th Jul 2012 06:00 Blues boss Paul Jewell has revealed that Aston Villa are yet to make an offer for Town left-back Aaron Cresswell but have made an enquiry regarding the 22-year-old. News of Villa’s interest broke on Tuesday night with claims that a £3.5 million offer had been lodged and a deal was close. |
Jewell Tightlipped on Heskey Link Thu 26th Jul 2012 06:00 Blues boss Paul Jewell wouldn’t comment one way or the other on reports that he recently held talks with former England international striker Emile Heskey regarding him joining Town. |
Bullard Still Very Much in First Team Plans Thu 26th Jul 2012 06:00 Town boss Paul Jewell says midfielder Jimmy Bullard is still very much in his first team plans, despite the 33-year-old having been in the reserves side which beat Braintree 1-0 on Tuesday rather than the senior team which won 2-0 at Cambridge last night. |
Trialists Have Left Club Thu 26th Jul 2012 06:00 Town boss Paul Jewell has confirmed that all three trialists who joined the Blues for the pre-season tour of Holland have left the club. Slovakian international keeper Marian Kello and French pair Plaisir Bahamboula, a left winger, and Soualio Bakayoko (pictured), a left-back, were involved in Town's games against Helmond Sport and Den Bosch. |
Friend Opts for Town Wed 25th Jul 2012 23:58 Doncaster Rovers defender George Friend is understood to have opted to join the Blues ahead of Championship rivals Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest. The 24-year-old central defender or left-back has long been on Paul Jewell’s radar with reports of interest in the former Exeter man first surfacing last summer. |
Jewell: Plenty of Plus Points Wed 25th Jul 2012 22:13 Town boss Paul Jewell saw a lot of plus points in the Blues’ 2-0 friendly victory at Cambridge, not least the performances of new midfielder Massimo Luongo and two-goal striker Michael Chopra. |
Cambridge 0-2 Town Wed 25th Jul 2012 21:37 Michael Chopra netted two goals at the Abbey Stadium for the second year running as Town beat Cambridge United 2-0. It was a much-improved display from the Blues with both goals coming in the second half. |
Ipswich Wanderers 1-4 U18s Wed 25th Jul 2012 21:18 Town's U18s beat the Ipswich Wanderers senior side 4-1 at their SEH Sports Ground earlier this evening. |