Irish Trip Planned Thu 04th May 2006 23:43 Town are close to confirming a pre-season tour of Ireland in early July. TWTD understands that an announcement is likely to be made next week. |
No Go on McEveley Thu 04th May 2006 23:35 TWTD understands that Blackburn Rovers have offered Jay McEveley a new contract, scuppering Town's chances of signing the loanee on a permanent basis. The full-back or central defender still has a year left of his existing deal at Ewood Park. |
Trio Get Ireland Calls Thu 04th May 2006 16:31 Shane Supple, Owen Garvan and Billy Clarke are all included in the Republic of Ireland squad for the elite phase of qualifying for the U19 UEFA Championships in Slovakia later this month. Captaining the 18-man party is former Town trialist John-Paul Kelly, now with Eircom League side Bohemians. |
Price Called Up Thu 04th May 2006 15:44 Keeper Lewis Price has been called up to the full Wales squad for friendlies with a Basque Country XI and Trinidad and Tobago later this month. Price, who has two senior caps, is also in an U21 party playing UEFA Championship qualifiers. |
Willie: We Must Be Better Wed 03rd May 2006 16:35 Assistant manager Willie Donachie says that Town must assemble a stronger squad over the summer in order to compete next season. The former Scotland international full-back feels that the Blues' financial problems have forced them to use players not yet ready for first team football. |
Bowden on Bent Bonus Wed 03rd May 2006 15:30 Town chief executive Derek Bowden has revealed that the Blues will receive £200,000 on each of Darren Bent's first two competitive England appearances, double the figure previously reported. Bent looks certain to be named in Sven-Goran Eriksson's squad for Germany. |
Synnott Wants Call-Up Wed 03rd May 2006 15:08 Academy full-back Michael Synnott is targeting a place in the first team in 2006/07. The 19-year-old has missed most of this season after undergoing an ankle operation in October, having only recently recovered from knee surgery. |
Hermannsson Leaves Wed 03rd May 2006 10:02 Academy midfielder Björn Orri Hermannsson has decided to leave Town and return to Iceland. A clause in the Icelandic U17 international's scholarship terms allowed him to quit at the end of his first season. |
Dyer Out of World Cup Tue 02nd May 2006 14:14 Former Blue Kieron Dyer has confirmed that he has no chance of being in England's squad for the World Cup. The midfielder has been plagued by injuries all season. |
TWTD Questionnaire 05/06 Tue 02nd May 2006 12:21 It's that time of the year again, the annual TWTD poll is here, the chance for you to look back in judgement at the 2005/06 season. |