Keane Looking Forward to Town Getting Back into Action at Coventry Fri 31st Dec 2010 12:13 Town manager Roy Keane is looking forward to seeing his side finally get back into action when the Blues travel to Coventry on New Year’s Day (KO 3pm). The club’s first two holiday period matches against Watford and Doncaster were postponed due to frozen pitches. |
Town Begin Season Shaping Run Against Watford Fri 24th Dec 2010 11:16 Boss Roy Keane says the busy Christmas spell can shape a club’s season even if it won’t necessarily make or break a campaign. The 17th-placed Blues begin a run of four games in nine days when Watford visit Portman Road on Boxing Day (KO 3pm). |
Town 3-0 Leicester City Sat 18th Dec 2010 19:50 First half goals from Jason Scotland (2) and David Norris saw Town to a 3-0 home victory over Leicester and ended their six-game league losing run. Heavy snow started to fall around an hour before kick-off and continued throughout the game with the players taken off for a 14-minute spell in the second half while the pitch was cleared. |
Wickham Could Return As Town Look To Get Back to Winning Ways Sat 18th Dec 2010 10:45 Striker Connor Wickham could be back on the bench when the Blues take on Leicester City at Portman Road on Saturday (Sky Sports Two, 5pm, KO 5.20pm). The England U21 international is one of a number of injured players close to a return to the first team, while under fire Town manager Roy Keane is waiting on defender Damien Delaney and midfielder Andros Townsend, who been suffering with a virus. |
Town Looking to End Bad Run at Preston Fri 10th Dec 2010 14:23 Town manager Roy Keane will be looking for his side to end their run of five successive league defeats when they travel to Preston on Saturday. Despite the losses, Keane says that recent performances haven’t been too bad with his side having been let down by a series of individual errors. |
Town 1-3 Swansea Sat 04th Dec 2010 15:23 Town were let down by poor defending and Andy D’Urso’s failure to award a definite penalty as Swansea came from behind to beat the Blues 3-1 at Portman Road. Loanee Andros Townsend put Town in front with his first goal for the Blues but Craig Beattie (2) and Joe Allen condemned Roy Keane’s side to their fifth consecutive league defeat. |
Murphy Set to Keep Place Against Former Club Fri 03rd Dec 2010 15:22 Keeper Brian Murphy looks set to retain his place in the Town side when his former club Swansea visit Portman Road for Saturday’s live Sky game (KO 12.45pm, Sky Sports Two). Murphy was with the Swans between 2003 and 2006 but made only 18 appearances for the Welsh club before returning to Ireland to join Bohemians. |
Town 1-0 West Brom Wed 01st Dec 2010 21:47 Grant Leadbitter’s second half penalty was enough to give the Blues a 1-0 Carling Cup quarter-final victory over West Brom at Portman Road and send Town into the semi-finals for the first time in a decade. It could have been a more comfortable victory with the Blues missing a number of other chances and having a first half penalty turned down. |
Hurt Players Need to Be at Their Best to Beat West Brom Wed 01st Dec 2010 11:34 Town boss Roy Keane says his players will be hurting after Sunday’s derby defeat to Norwich and will have to be at their best to beat West Brom in tonight’s Carling Cup quarter-final at Portman Road. The Blues are without virtually an entire team due to injury, suspension and ineligibility for this evening's match, which will definitely be going ahead despite the snowy weather. |
Keane Set to Field Young Side Against West Brom Tue 30th Nov 2010 15:07 Town boss Roy Keane says he will field another young side when West Brom come to Portman Road for Wednesday’s Carling Cup quarter-final. The Blues have almost an entire team injured, ineligible or suspended. |