Murphy Making Progress as He Looks to Win New Deal Thu 31st Mar 2011 08:27 Keeper Brian Murphy says he’s making good progress having returned to reserves action after three months out with a broken ankle. Murphy, who is amongst those out of contract at the end of the season, kept a clean sheet as he made his second reserves appearance in the 0-0 draw with Watford on Tuesday. |
Naked Podcast Now Online Thu 31st Mar 2011 08:11 You can now hear this week's The Naked Football Show on ICR FM's Listen Again facility, on an MP3 and on iTunes. Graham Blackburn is joined by Jeremy Leeburn and Johnny Leiston, but not Phil Ham, to discuss the Town issues of the day. |
Jewell: Norris Wants to Stay With Town Thu 31st Mar 2011 07:49 Town boss Paul Jewell says skipper David Norris has told him that he wants to stay with the Blues despite the player’s agent having suggested he plan for a 2011/12 without the midfielder. Norris is one of the 21 players whose current contract is up at the end of the season. |
Carson Set for More Games as Wickham Again Linked With Spurs Thu 31st Mar 2011 07:48 Town boss Paul Jewell says he expects 17-year-old Northern Ireland U21 international Josh Carson to be involved in more games towards the end of the season, perhaps as part of an all-teenage strike partnership with Connor Wickham. The England U21 international frontman, who turns 18 today, is yet again linked with a summer move to Tottenham by this morning’s tabloids. |
Town Not the Only Club to Target Cox Thu 31st Mar 2011 07:33 West Brom manager Roy Hodgson has revealed that Town were far from the only Championship club to make a loan approach for Baggies striker Simon Cox on deadline day. Blues boss Paul Jewell had previously made a move for ex-Swindon man Cox earlier in the month. |
Win New Roy Keane Book Wed 30th Mar 2011 16:40 One lucky TWTD reader will win a copy of Ian Oxborrow’s new book Eggshells: Roy Keane at Ipswich Town 2009-2011 which has just been published by Desert Island Football Histories. The book covers the Irishman’s 20 turbulent months in charge of the Blues. |
Doncaster Auction Signed Town Shirt Wed 30th Mar 2011 15:34 Doncaster Rovers are auctioning a signed Town shirt kindly donated by the Blues media department to raise funds for the NSPCC’s Childline. Rovers media manager Steve Uttley is raising money for IncaTrek 2011 to support the charity. |
Train Named After Sir Bobby Wed 30th Mar 2011 15:20 East Coast railways has named a Class 91 high-speed train Sir Bobby Robson in memory of the former Town and England manager. The Sir Bobby Robson Class 91 electric locomotive (number 91109) features specially-commissioned, cast-iron nameplates. |
Dyer Set to Return at Burnley Wed 30th Mar 2011 13:27 Loan midfielder Kieron Dyer could return to action when the Blues travel to Burnley on Saturday having missed the 2-0 home victory over Scunthorpe with a minor thigh injury. The former England man is on a month’s loan from West Ham. |
Norris Could Leave Town Wed 30th Mar 2011 07:26 Boss Paul Jewell has hinted that out of contract captain David Norris could leave the club over the summer. While centre-halves Gareth McAuley and Damien Delaney have been offered new terms, Norris’s situation remains less clear. |