Town Treasure Trove in Backpass Magazine Sat 02nd Jun 2012 15:45 Fans of Got, Not Got are bound to get a kick out of the latest issue of Backpass, the retro magazine which concentrates in best GNG style on the absurdities, obsessions and good muddy fun of soccer back in the Golden Age (which is to say whenever you were 10). |
Skipper Smith Nets Winner for New Zealand Sat 02nd Jun 2012 09:40 Town defender Tommy Smith netted his first international goal to see his New Zealand side to a 1-0 victory over Fiji in their opening match at the Oceania Nations Cup in the Solomon Islands overnight. Smith, who was skippering the side, slammed home from close range in the ninth minute after Fiji keeper Simione Tamanisau had failed to hold on to a freekick. |
Last Call on Questionnaire Fri 01st Jun 2012 17:34 If you’ve not yet completed the 2011/12 TWTD Questionnaire, you’ve got until Friday to give us your thoughts on everything to do with last season. |
Blues Linked With Move for Watford Keeper Loach Fri 01st Jun 2012 12:32 Town are reported to be considering a move for Watford keeper Scott Loach. The 24-year-old was a schoolboy with the Blues Academy between 1997 and 2000 before his family moved back to Nottingham where he had been born. |
Blues Face Luton in Pre-Season Fri 01st Jun 2012 12:09 The Blues will play Luton Town at Kenilworth Road in a pre-season friendly on Saturday 28th July (KO 3pm). The game will see midfielder Andy Drury face the club he left to join Town for a fee of £150,000 in January 2011. |
Smith and Carson Set for Caps Fri 01st Jun 2012 10:28 Town duo Tommy Smith and Josh Carson are set to add to their international caps on Saturday. Smith will skipper New Zealand in their opening game at the Oceania Nations Cup in the Solomon Islands against Fiji, while Carson’s Northern Ireland take on the Netherlands in Amsterdam. |
League Cup Now Capital One Cup Fri 01st Jun 2012 09:51 The Football League has announced that the League Cup will be known as the Capital One Cup for the next four seasons. The Blues get their 2012/13 campaign under way with a first round tie in the week commencing August 13th. |
Town Renew Klug Interest Thu 31st May 2012 15:07 TWTD understands that Town have renewed their interest in bringing former Academy manager Bryan Klug back to Playford Road as exiting chief Sammy Morgan’s replacement. In February, we revealed that the Blues had approached the 51-year-old about a possible return, Klug at that point deciding against leaving his current role as assistant director and head of player development at Tottenham’s Academy. |
Hewitt Impressed By Town Thu 31st May 2012 12:10 New signing Elliott Hewitt says everything about Town is impressive and that the club is a “big step up” from his previous side Macclesfield. The 18-year-old right-back signed a three-year deal yesterday, the clubs having agreed a fee in the region of £250,000 plus top-ups last week. |
Manchester United Keeper Linked Wed 30th May 2012 23:58 Town and Watford are being linked with loan moves for Manchester United’s 22-year-old keeper Ben Amos. Blues boss Paul Jewell is very much in the hunt for a new number one this summer with released Red Devil Tomasz Kuszczak understood to be top of his list of targets. |