Murphy Could Miss Blades Clash Fri 30th Apr 2010 13:57 Town boss Roy Keane could be without loan striker Daryl Murphy when Sheffield United come to Portman Road for the final game of the season on Sunday (KO 1pm). Murphy, whose spell comes to an end after Sunday's game, has a thigh strain with Keane unlikely to take a chance on the Sunderland man if he is in any doubt regarding his fitness. |
Newcastle United 2-2 Town Sat 24th Apr 2010 17:06 Skipper Jon Walters grabbed a late equaliser to win the Blues a deserved point at a sunny St James’ Park on the day that Newcastle were handed the Championship trophy. In the first half, Andy Carroll put the home side in front before Connor Wickham netted his sixth of the season. After the break, Shola Ameobi’s penalty looked to have won it until Walters’s late goal. |
Swansea 0-0 Town Sat 27th Mar 2010 18:07 Town equalled their record total of 18 draws in a season as they left Swansea after a goalless stalemate. The Blues, playing five in midfield for the most part, frustrated the home side in a game of few chances. |
Eastman Could Be Next to Make the Step Up Fri 12th Mar 2010 11:12 Town boss Roy Keane says central defender Tom Eastman could be the next academy player to progress into the first team. The Colchester-born 18-year-old is set to be offered his first professional contract this summer. |
Town 0-0 Bristol City Sat 27th Feb 2010 17:04 Town and Bristol City played out their second 0-0 draw of the season at Portman Road with the Blues unlucky not to take all three points. Jack Colback hit the post in the second half, then in the final minute the Blues thought that Robins keeper Dean Gerken, the man of the match by some distance, had punched Connor Wickham’s long throw into his own net only for referee Nigel Miller to decide the former Colchester man hadn’t got a touch. |
Keane Waiting on Injured Trio Ahead of Bristol City Clash Fri 26th Feb 2010 13:24 Town boss Roy Keane is keeping the identities of three injured players under wraps ahead of the Blues’ first home game in three weeks against Bristol City on Saturday. The mystery trio are all doubts as Town looked to push on into mid-table and away from the Championship danger zone. |
Scunthorpe 1-1 Town Tue 23rd Feb 2010 21:40 David Healy’s first goal for Town took the Blues to their 16th league draw of the season at Scunthorpe. In windy and snowy conditions, the visitors went ahead through Cliff Byrne in the 69th minute but Healy poached the leveller from close range four minutes later. |
Keane Promises Changes for Trip to Peterborough Tue 16th Feb 2010 08:20 Boss Roy Keane says he will make changes to his team ahead of tonight’s trip to bottom-of-the-table Peterborough despite the Blues defeating QPR 2-1 at Loftus Road in their last game. Keane says he picked that side — with Jack Colback and Jaime Peters surprisingly but successfully used at full-back — purely for the Rangers match. |
Keane Set to Give New Duo Debuts Against Boro Fri 05th Feb 2010 12:55 Town boss Roy Keane says he is looking for new strike pair David Healy and Daryl Murphy to end Town’s goalscoring woes. The duo are likely to go straight into the side facing Keane’s former Celtic boss Gordon Strachan’s much-changed Middlesbrough team at Portman Road on Saturday. |
Academy Striker Called Up By Wales Thu 04th Feb 2010 19:29 Academy schoolboy Jack Simmons has been named in a Wales U17 squad for a warm weather training camp at San Sebastian, Spain at the end of the month. |