Town Down to "Bare Bones" For Season Opener Mon 13th Aug 2012 13:41 Blues boss Paul Jewell goes into Tuesday’s opening game of the season, the home Capital One Cup tie against Bristol Rovers, with a squad which he says is down to the “bare bones”. The Town manager is looking to add three more signings to his squad, while three probable starters are away on international duty and Andy Drury and one of his summer additions Elliott Hewitt are injured. |
Dozzell Holding Coaching Course Mon 13th Aug 2012 12:31 Ex-Town midfielder Jason Dozzell is holding another of his two-day coaching courses for kids. The former England U21 international will be running the sessions at Ransomes Sports Club in Sidegate Avenue on Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd August from 10am until 3pm. |
The Pieing Game Mon 13th Aug 2012 10:28 Town’s matchday concourse catering is set to be run in-house this season with the club’s head of conferencing and hospitality Mike Rieder the man in charge of feeding the Blue Army at Portman Road. Previously it was contracted out to Lindley Venue Catering, who provide similar services at a number of clubs and other sporting events across the country. |
Town Confirm Bullard Exit Mon 13th Aug 2012 10:02 Town have confirmed that midfielder Jimmy Bullard has left the club by mutual consent with the remaining year left on his contract having been terminated. |
Delaney to Miss Cup Clash Mon 13th Aug 2012 00:08 Central defender Damien Delaney has been added to the Republic of Ireland squad facing Serbia in a friendly on Wednesday. As a result, the 31-year-old will miss Tuesday’s Capital One Cup first round tie at home to Bristol Rovers. |
Murray to Miss Season Opener Sun 12th Aug 2012 23:39 Town will be without striker Ronan Murray when they start their 2012/13 campaign with a Capital One Cup first round tie against Bristol Rovers at Portman Road on Tuesday. The 20-year-old has been called into the Republic of Ireland U21 squad for a European Championships qualifier against Turkey in Sligo on the same night. |
Blues Amongst Clubs Linked With Church Sun 12th Aug 2012 21:18 Town are reported to be amongst a number of Championship clubs interested in taking Reading striker Simon Church on loan. The Blues, Nottingham Forest and Huddersfield Town are all said to have enquired about the 23-year-old Wales international’s availability on a season-long loan. |
Delaney Linked With Exit Sun 12th Aug 2012 08:54 Town are willing to listen to offers for centre-half Damien Delaney, according to one of this morning’s tabloids. The 31-year-old is currently out of the Blues’ first XI with Tommy Smith taking his place alongside Luke Chambers in pre-season games since returning from Olympics duty with New Zealand. |
U18s Hammer Colchester Sat 11th Aug 2012 18:36 Town’s U18s beat Colchester United 5-0 in their final pre-season friendly at the Essex club’s new Florence Park training ground in Tiptree this morning. Strikers Tom Winter (pictured) and Cory Galvin both scored twice and left-back David October netted the other in the first game at the League One side's new facility. |
Edu Reported to Have Headed South for Talks Sat 11th Aug 2012 18:06 Rangers midfielder Maurice Edu is south of the border holding talks with the Blues, according to a report from Scotland this afternoon. The US international midfielder is set to leave the Glasgow giants, who drew their first Scottish Third Division game 2-2 at Peterhead earlier today, with news of Town's interest emerging yesterday. |