Life's a Euro Pitch Fri 15th Jun 2012 11:30 BBC Radio Suffolk’s Life’s a Pitch is live on Saturday lunchtime with presenter Mark Murphy joined by the show’s regulars, Blues legend Kevin Beattie, football’s youngest pundit Tractorboy and TWTD’s Phil Ham (midday to 2pm). |
Player Development Centre Holding Open Trials Fri 15th Jun 2012 09:56 The ITFC Charitable Trust’s Player Development Centre (PDC) is holding open trials on Wednesday 27th June. If your son is showing the potential to be a Town player of the future, then the PDC is the perfect place for him to display and develop his talent. |
McGhee: Portman Road Brilliant, Long Trip Less So Fri 15th Jun 2012 08:57 Bristol Rovers boss Mark McGhee is looking forward to bringing his side to “brilliant” Portman Road in the first round of the Capital One Cup but isn’t overly chuffed about having to make a 400-mile round trip. Town is the furthest possible trip the League Two side could have been handed in the regionalised draw split on a north-south basis. |
Klug: A Lot of Good in EPPP Thu 14th Jun 2012 14:51 Academy director Bryan Klug says there is a lot of good in this summer's oft-criticised Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) restructuring of youth football in England. The 51-year-old took control at Playford Road yesterday after two and a half years away from the club. |
Klug: Greatest Satisfaction Seeing Youngsters Come Through Thu 14th Jun 2012 12:59 Bryan Klug says seeing young players come through from the academy is what gives him the greatest satisfaction in football. Klug, who began his new job as academy director yesterday, says he enjoyed some aspects of working in first team football as Jim Magilton’s assistant but others less so. |
Klug: We Should Have More Academy Players in First Team Thu 14th Jun 2012 12:46 New Blues academy director Bryan Klug says there should be more academy products in or around the first team than there are at present. The 51-year-old, whose return to Playford Road was confirmed yesterday, says there was a target of having five or six in the first team squad towards the end of his previous spell in charge. |
Klug: Category Two Not a Big Disadvantage Thu 14th Jun 2012 11:41 Bryan Klug doesn’t believe the Blues having applied for Category Two academy status will leave them at a disadvantage despite Norwich and clubs in London aiming for Category One. This summer sees a reorganisation of youth football with the introduction of the Elite Player Performance Plan. |
Town Draw Bristol Rovers at Home Thu 14th Jun 2012 09:19 Town have drawn Bristol Rovers at home in the first round of the Capital One Cup. |
Klug: Keane Axing Did Me a Favour Thu 14th Jun 2012 06:00 Returning Blues stalwart Bryan Klug says his 2010 axing by former manager Roy Keane ultimately did him a favour as it gave him the chance to spend two years broadening his horizons at Tottenham's academy. Klug, who was yesterday was confirmed as Town’s new academy director, was in a head of football development role, having previously been Jim Magilton’s assistant manager, when Keane removed him from the Blues' staff. |
Kourouma Agrees Terms Wed 13th Jun 2012 22:35 TWTD understands that French midfielder Cheick Kourouma has agreed terms with Town and is set to put pen to paper before the start of the season. Last month, we were first to reveal the Blues’ interest in the 19-year-old, who is currently without a club. |