Ellington Continues to Be Linked With Town Thu 16th Jun 2011 13:32 Released Watford striker Nathan Ellington continues to be linked with a move to the Blues. The 29-year-old was rumoured to be the player who held talks with manager Paul Jewell at Portman Road on Monday with his name subsequently mentioned in a couple of national newspapers. |
Town Draw Northampton at Home Thu 16th Jun 2011 09:51 The Blues have drawn Northampton Town at home in the first round of the Carling Cup. The sides most recently met in the same competition last season at the fourth round stage, also at Portman Road, Town winning 3-1. |
Loach Would Love Town Return Thu 16th Jun 2011 09:30 Watford keeper Scott Loach says it would be a dream to play for Town one day. The 23-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. |
Carling Cup Draw This Morning Thu 16th Jun 2011 09:01 Town will learn their Carling Cup first round opponents when the draw takes place at 10am this morning. The Blues are in the seeded section of the draw, which is split along north/south lines. |
Burnley's Marney on Jewell's Wish List Wed 15th Jun 2011 22:26 TWTD understands that Burnley midfielder Dean Marney is amongst the many players on Blues boss Paul Jewell’s summer wish list. The Town manager is looking to add up to five more signings before the new season gets under way on Saturday 6th August, including a replacement for skipper David Norris, whose switch to Portsmouth was confirmed earlier today. |
Fülöp’s Father Confirms Turkish Interest Wed 15th Jun 2011 17:48 Town keeper Márton Fülöp’s agent and father Ferenc has confirmed that Bursaspor are interested in signing his son. Earlier this afternoon TWTD reported that the Hungarian was being targeted by the Turkish side. |
Turkish Club Target Fülöp Wed 15th Jun 2011 15:49 Town keeper Márton Fülöp is being targeted by Turkish top flight side Bursaspor. The Hungarian international only has one year left on his Blues contract, having signed from Sunderland for £750,000 last August and seems likely to move on during the close season with manager Paul Jewell looking to bring in a new senior number one. |
Portsmouth Confirm Norris Signing Wed 15th Jun 2011 12:17 Portsmouth manager Steve Cotterill has confirmed that exiting Town skipper David Norris will join Pompey when his Blues contract comes to an end on July 1st. Cotterill has been chasing Norris since January when his club made a £250,000 offer for the 30-year-old midfielder. |
Wickham Hoping for Action as Peters and Canada Crash Out Wed 15th Jun 2011 08:56 Striker Connor Wickham will hope to be involved when England take on Ukraine in their second group game at the UEFA European U21 Championship tonight in Herning, Denmark (Sky Sports One/HD1 7pm). Elsewhere, Jaime Peters and Canada’s CONCACAF Gold Cup campaign has come to an early end with the Town man failing to play a single minute of the US-hosted tournament. |
Jewell Confident Whight Will Sign Wed 15th Jun 2011 06:00 Blues boss Paul Jewell says he’s unconcerned about reports linking Arsenal and Newcastle with 17-year-old left-back Joe Whight. The academy scholar is still to sign his two-year professional deal but the Town manager is confident he will do so when he returns for pre-season on June 29th. |