New League Sky Deal Fri 10th Jun 2005 10:33 Sky Sports will continue to show Football League matches until the end of the 2008/09 season. The new deal, which also covers the Carling Cup, the LDV Vans Trophy and the play-offs, is reported to be worth around £110 million, up 40% on the previous contract. |
Ferguson Signs Deal Thu 09th Jun 2005 23:30 Duncan Ferguson has signed a new one-year deal with Everton, ending speculation that he is amongst Joe Royle's summer targets. |
De Vos Ends Canada Career Thu 09th Jun 2005 22:55 Town defender Jason De Vos has admitted that his Canada career is almost certainly at an end. The 31-year-old says that head coach Frank Yallop now has to look to the younger generation of players to take Canada to a World Cup finals. |
Clarke Making Progress Thu 09th Jun 2005 18:17 Academy striker Billy Clarke is on the road to fitness after his recent medial ligament operation. The Irish U19 international picked up the injury in the FA Youth Cup semi-final second leg victory at Tottenham and missed the final. |
Forster to Leave Royals Thu 09th Jun 2005 15:13 Reported Town target Nicky Forster has turned down the offer of a one-year contract with Reading. The 31-year-old striker was linked with the Blues in the national press last week. |
Rangers Ticket News Thu 09th Jun 2005 13:49 Town are using a ticket priority system for the home pre-season friendly with Rangers on Tuesday, 19th July (KO 7.45pm). Fans of the Scottish champions are being given the whole of the Greene King Stand for the game. |
No Hammers Move for Davis Thu 09th Jun 2005 12:16 West Ham interest in free agents Roy Carroll and Fabien Barthez would seem to kill any hopes Kelvin Davis had of moving to the Hammers. Boss Alan Pardew was widely reported to be keen to bring Davis to Upton Park, matching the fee the Blues agreed with Sunderland for the 28-year-old keeper. |
Agent Row Deal Hold Up? Thu 09th Jun 2005 10:10 Reports in the North-East claim that the poor relationship between Sunderland and Kelvin Davis's agent Jonathan Barnett is behind the slow progress of the keeper's move to the Stadium of Light. The Black Cats and Barnett fell out last summer when negotiating a contract for striker Darren Byfield. |
Kuqi's Finns Thrashed Wed 08th Jun 2005 23:15 Town frontman Shefki Kuqi played the full 90 minutes as he won his 37th international cap in Finland's 4-0 defeat by Holland in Helsinki. The Finns now look highly unlikely to qualify for next summer's World Cup in Germany. |
Blackwell Hopeful Wed 08th Jun 2005 17:36 Leeds United manager Kevin Blackwell says he is hopeful that out-of-contract Town midfielder Tommy Miller will decide to move to Elland Road. Yesterday Miller's father, Tommy senior, who represents his son, confirmed that Leeds, Sunderland and Crystal Palace were all after the 26-year-old. |