Smith's New Zealand Set for Olympic Exit Wed 01st Aug 2012 10:37 Blues centre-half Tommy Smith’s Olympic campaign looks likely to come to an end this afternoon when his New Zealand side face Brazil at St James’ Park, Newcastle in their final group game needing to beat the South Americans to stand a chance of progressing to the quarter-finals (KO 2.30pm). |
Trust Looking for Coaches Wed 01st Aug 2012 10:35 Town’s Charitable Trust are advertising three coaching positions, a football development officer and two football development coaches. |
Martin Contract Talks Begin Wed 01st Aug 2012 06:00 Blues boss Paul Jewell has revealed that contract talks have begun with midfielder Lee Martin. The former Manchester United man’s current terms are up at the end of next season. |
Jewell: We're Nowhere Near Good Enough At the Moment Wed 01st Aug 2012 06:00 Town boss Paul Jewell admitted he’s still some way from assembling the team he hopes to field on the opening day of the season. The Blues have fallen to disappointing pre-season defeats to Conference side Luton and League Two Southend in recent days |
Jewell: Goals We Concede Are Beyond Belief Tue 31st Jul 2012 22:18 Town boss Paul Jewell was again left ruing his side’s failure to defend set pieces and crosses into the box after losing 2-1 to Southend in a friendly at Roots Hall. The Blues were two goals behind after 11 minutes via Kane Ferdinand and a Luke Chambers own goal. Town’s reply was an own goal from Shrimpers’ defender Mark Phillips. |
Southend 2-1 Town Tue 31st Jul 2012 21:55 Town fell to their second pre-season defeat in two games as early goals saw Southend to a 2-1 victory at Roots Hall. Kane Ferdinand had already spurned one opportunity when he opened the scoring in the sixth minute, the Republic of Ireland U19 international heading in the second off Luke Chambers’s knee five minutes later. The Blues’ reply was a Bryan Gunn-esque own goal from Mark Phillips after the break. |
Martin Again Missing for Southend Trip Tue 31st Jul 2012 13:01 Midfielder Lee Martin will again be missing when the Blues take on Southend in a pre-season friendly at Roots Hall this evening (KO 7.45pm). The 25-year-old has been suffering with a thigh problem throughout pre-season with his only involvement so far as a sub in the second half at Cambridge. |
Bristol City in Davies Talks Tue 31st Jul 2012 12:16 Bristol City are reported to be in talks with Derby County regarding Town target Steve Davies. The Blues have been chasing the 24-year-old all summer but view the Rams’ asking price, believed to be £1 million, as excessive, while the Robins are also long-time admirers of the former Tranmere frontman having previously been linked with him back in May. |
Open Training Day Next Week Tue 31st Jul 2012 10:07 After the success of a similar event last year, Town are holding an open training day at Portman Road on Friday 10th August (10am — 3pm). More than 2,000 fans attended last year’s free-to-enter day where fans could watch manager Paul Jewell and his coaches put the squad through their paces. |
Heskey Training With Wigan Mon 30th Jul 2012 15:01 Former England striker Emile Heskey, with whom Blues manager Paul Jewell is understood to have held preliminary talks, is reported to be training with his former club Wigan Athletic. The 34-year-old was released by Aston Villa at the end of last season. |