McCarthy: We're Capable of Beating Anyone at Portman Road Fri 04th Mar 2016 16:23 Town boss Mick McCarthy believes the Blues are capable of beating anybody at Portman Road as his side begin what looks to be a crucial month of March with a home game against Nottingham Forest. |
Town Out to End Slide at Huddersfield Fri 26th Feb 2016 06:00 The Blues travel to Huddersfield Town on Saturday looking to end a run of three successive defeats which has seen them drop to 10th in the Championship, seven points from the play-off places following Sheffield Wednesday's Friday night 0-0 draw at Hull City. Manager Mick McCarthy admits he’s concerned by his team’s recent slide. |
McCarthy: Subs Have Given Me Selection Headache Fri 05th Feb 2016 06:00 Town boss Mick McCarthy admits he’s been given a selection headache up front ahead of Saturday’s visit to QPR after subs Luke Varney and Brett Pitman conjured up the Blues’ last-gasp winner during Tuesday’s 2-1 victory over Reading. |
Smith: Marriage Proposal Behind International Absence Fri 05th Feb 2016 06:00 Town defender Tommy Smith has revealed the reason he withdrew from the New Zealand squad towards the end of 2015 — he had plans to propose to girlfriend Leanne. |
Portsmouth 2-1 Town - Match Report Tue 19th Jan 2016 21:43 Town’s FA Cup run ended at the third round stage for the sixth successive year as the 10-man Blues were beaten 2-1 by League Two Portsmouth at Fratton Park. Former Blue Gary Roberts netted a penalty in the 32nd minute, then Marc McNulty added a second five minutes later to give Pompey a comfortable 2-0 half-time lead, then after the break Ainsley Maitland-Niles pulled one back before Piotr Malarczyk was sent off for two bookable offences. |
Portsmouth 2-0 Town - Half-Time Tue 19th Jan 2016 20:46 Former Blue Gary Roberts netted a penalty in the 32nd minute and Marc McNulty added a second five minutes later to give Portsmouth a comfortable 2-0 lead over Town in their third round replay at Fratton Park at half-time. |
McCarthy Switches Entire XI at Portsmouth Tue 19th Jan 2016 19:18 Town boss Mick McCarthy has named the anticipated entirely changed XI for this evening’s FA Cup third round replay at League Two Portsmouth. |
McCarthy: Pompey Players Will Expect to Beat Us Tue 19th Jan 2016 06:00 Town boss Mick McCarthy believes League Two Portsmouth’s players will go into tonight’s FA Cup third round replay at Fratton Park expecting to beat the Blues having performed so well in the first game at Portman Road, which ended 2-2. McCarthy is set to field a young side and, as he did at Manchester United in the Capital One Cup earlier in the season, could even switch his entire XI. |
Fulham 1-2 Town - Match Report Tue 15th Dec 2015 21:47 Freddie Sears and Brett Pitman were on target as Town beat Fulham 2-1 at Craven Cottage to win a fourth away league game on the trot for first time in more than 11 years. Sears netted after 16 seconds as the Blues made an explosive start, before Cottagers’ skipper Ross McCormack equalised with a freekick in the 14th minute, but Pitman secured the points when he turned in Sears’s cross on 57. |
Fulham 1-1 Town - Half-Time Tue 15th Dec 2015 20:43 Freddie Sears scored after 16 seconds to put the Blues in front at Fulham but Cottagers’ skipper Ross McCormack equalised in the 14th minute and the game remains 1-1 at half-time. |