Keane Sweating on Hyam's Fitness Ahead of Burnley Clash Fri 13th Aug 2010 14:25 Boss Roy Keane is sweating on the fitness of 18-year-old midfielder Luke Hyam ahead of Burnley’s visit to Portman Road for the Blues’ first home game of the season on Saturday. Town could give debuts to new loanee Andros Townsend and summer signing from Sunderland Conor Hourihane, while striker Ronan Murray could make his league bow having scored in the Carling Cup at Exeter. |
Exeter 2-3 Town (AET) Tue 10th Aug 2010 22:14 Debutant Ronan Murray scored once and played a role in two David Norris goals as the Blues beat Exeter City 3-2 after extra-time in the first round of the Carling Cup at St James’ Park. Town looked set to win 2-1 in normal time until Ryan Harley lashed in a superb equaliser, his second goal of the game, but Norris netted the winner in the first half of the additional 30 minutes. |
Academy Midfielder Carson in Young Squad Travelling to Exeter Tue 10th Aug 2010 08:49 Town boss Roy Keane will field a very young Town side when the Blues face Exeter in the first round of the Carling Cup at St James’ Park this evening. Northern Ireland U17 international midfielder Josh Carson has joined the likes of Luke Hyam, Troy Brown, Reggie Lambe, Jack Ainsley, Ronan Murray, Tom Eastman and Billy Clark in making the trip to Devon with virtually an entire senior team injured or on international duty. |
Hyam Could Be One of Three Debuts at Middlesbrough Fri 06th Aug 2010 15:52 Boss Roy Keane is weighing up whether to give 18-year-old Luke Hyam his senior debut when the Blues travel to Middlesbrough for Saturday’s opening npower Championship game of the season. Hyam has impressed his manager throughout pre-season and could make his bow at the Riverside. |
Pavlyuchenko Nets Winner for Spurs Tue 03rd Aug 2010 21:41 A deflected Roman Pavlyuchenko goal on the hour mark was enough to give a Tottenham XI a 1-0 victory over a young Town team at Portman Road. The Blues were second best for the most part against a Spurs side including Ledley King for the first 45 minutes. |
Keane Expecting Strong Spurs Side Mon 02nd Aug 2010 16:36 Boss Roy Keane expects his team to be taking on a strong Spurs XI at Portman Road on Tuesday evening (KO 7.45pm), despite many of the Premier League side’s senior players being involved in a game against Benfica in Portugal the same night. |
Town 0-1 West Ham Sat 31st Jul 2010 16:58 Carlton Cole’s first half goal was enough to give West Ham a 1-0 victory over Town at Portman Road. However, the result didn’t tell the whole story with the Blues matching their top flight opponents throughout. |
New Boys Set to Face Hammers Fri 30th Jul 2010 15:43 New signings Mark Kennedy and Conor Hourihane are expected to make their Portman Road bows on Saturday afternoon when the Blues take on Premier League West Ham (KO 3pm). |
McAuley Nets Winner at Bury Wed 28th Jul 2010 21:35 A second half Gareth McAuley header gave a strong Blues side a 1-0 friendly victory over Bury Town at Ram Meadow. The home side kept Town on terms in the first half, but the visitors made their superiority show after the break and in the end should have won more comfortably. |
PSV 1-0 Town Sat 17th Jul 2010 20:04 A first half Danny Koevermans goal saw the Blues to a 1-0 defeat at PSV’s Philips Stadion. Town probably should have been well behind at the break, but put in an improved display in the second half. |