Braintree 0-2 Town Reserves Wed 30th Jul 2008 23:33 A Dean Bowditch penalty and a low Jordan Rhodes drive from the edge of the box gave Town's reserves a 2-0 victory over Braintree in Brad Quinton's testimonial at Cressing Road. Boss Jim Magilton made a rare appearance from the bench during the second half. |
Thatcher Signing Close Mon 28th Jul 2008 07:47 Boss Jim Magilton is hopeful the Blues will sign former Charlton left-back Ben Thatcher, possibly as soon as today. Town offered the 32-year-old free agent a contract last week after he impressed on trial during the tour of Belfast. |
Open Training Session This Morning Fri 25th Jul 2008 09:01 The Blues are holding their first ever open training session on the main pitch at Portman Road this morning from 11am. |
Charisteas Nets Against Stoke Wed 23rd Jul 2008 08:58 Town target Angelos Charisteas scored the winner for Nuremberg as they defeated Stoke City 1-0 in a pre-season game in Austria last night. Charisteas, who appears to be completely over his weekend knee injury, played for 68 minutes before being replaced. |
Jim: Wright Signing Very Close Mon 21st Jul 2008 07:15 Richard Wright is finally expected to make his return to the Blues later today. TWTD first revealed that Town were again eyeing their former keeper back in March when former goalkeeper-coach Andy Rhodes was spotted watching West Ham's reserves, a previous move for Wright having failed last summer. |
Glentoran 1-3 Town Sat 19th Jul 2008 17:20 Town ended their week-long tour of Belfast with a 3-1 victory over Glentoran in Paul Leeman's testimonial at the Oval. Darren Boyle put the home side in front early on, but Alan Lee and Pablo Couñago netted either side of half-time, prior to a late Gary Roberts penalty. |
Donegal Celtic 1-4 Town Thu 17th Jul 2008 21:54 Town carried on their winning form in Belfast with a 4-1 victory over Donegal Celtic. An own goal from David Munster put the Blues in front in the first half then after the break James Lafferty equalised, prior to Owen Garvan and Alan Quinn (2) completing the scoring. |
Charisteas: If I Leave Nuremberg, I Leave Germany Wed 16th Jul 2008 13:44 Town target Angelos Charisteas has reiterated his desire to stay with Nuremberg, but says that if he does leave the relegated German club, it will be to move to a side based in another country. |
Crewe Boss Dreading Maynard Call Mon 07th Jul 2008 23:10 Crewe Alexandra first team coach Steve Holland says he is dreading receiving the phonecall which will see striker Nicky Maynard leave Gresty Road. Earlier in the week, Town and Bristol City were claimed to have had bids for the 21-year-old turned down. |
Bruce and Garvan Back With Squad Tue 01st Jul 2008 09:14 Alex Bruce and Owen Garvan have joined up with the rest of the Town squad at Loughborough University having been given last week off. The pair spent much of the summer away with the Republic of Ireland squad. |