U18s Lose to Leyton Orient Wed 01st Aug 2012 17:01 A young Town U18 side fell to a 3-2 defeat to their Leyton Orient counterparts this afternoon afternoon at Playford Road. A hat-trick from Harrison Georgiou cancelled out strikes from Town's Jack Marriott and Omar Sowunmi (pictured) in front of watching first-team staff Chris Hutchings and Sean McCarthy. |
Ellington and Kourouma in Squad for Sudbury Wed 01st Aug 2012 14:57 Town have confirmed that Nathan Ellington, Cheick Kourouma, Arran Lee-Barrett, Jaime Peters, Ronan Murray and Jack Ainsley are in the squad for tonight’s reserves friendly at AFC Sudbury (KO 7.45pm). Also included is 16-year-old Byron Lawrence, while fellow first-year scholar Michael Crowe, a Norwegian who joined the club over the summer from IK Start and who played in this afternoon's U18s friendly against Leyton Orient, travels as sub keeper and may get a run out at some stage. |
Carson to Miss Season Opener After Northern Ireland Call Wed 01st Aug 2012 14:09 Midfielder Josh Carson has been named in the Northern Ireland U21 squad for a friendly against Hungary in Tatabánya on Wednesday 15th August. |
Sheepshanks Stands Down From PLC Board Wed 01st Aug 2012 14:03 Town have announced that former club chairman David Sheepshanks has stepped down as chairman of the board of the PLC which owns 12.5% of the club. Roger Finbow, a former director of the club and member of the PLC board since its formation in 2007, is taking over as chair, while Supporters' Club chair Elizabeth Edwards is being added to the PLC board. |
Town Confirm Foley Appointment Wed 01st Aug 2012 13:50 Town have confirmed that former coach Steve Foley has returned to the club as the academy’s youth development coach, as first revealed by TWTD a fortnight ago. Academy director Bryan Klug has also added ex-Colchester and Birmingham striker and one-time Blues trainee Steve McGavin to his staff as head of recruitment, replacing Malcolm Moore, who retired earlier in the summer. |
Reserves in Action at Sudbury Wed 01st Aug 2012 11:33 French midfielder Cheick Kourouma is likely to be in a Blues reserves side in action at AFC Sudbury this evening (KO 7.45pm). The 20-year-old is still to formalise his move to Town due to red tape relating to his former clubs. |
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 |