Marriott: No Better Feeling Than Scoring at Portman Road Wed 07th Dec 2011 00:02 Academy striker Jack Marriott said there’s no better feeling than scoring at Portman Road after netting the opener as Russell Osman’s U18s beat Leeds United 2-0 to progress to the fourth round of the FA Youth Cup on Tuesday evening. |
Morgan Hoping for Lengthy Cup Run Tue 06th Dec 2011 13:49 Academy manager Sammy Morgan says he’s looking for Town’s U18s to go as far as they can in this year’s FA Youth Cup as they begin their attempt to repeat the successes of 1973, 1975 and 2005 when they take on Leeds United at Portman Road this evening (KO 7pm). TWTD is amongst the sponsors of the third round tie. |
Clegg: Playford Road a Different Place Under Paul Jewell Tue 06th Dec 2011 07:00 Simon Clegg says the atmosphere at Town’s Playford Road training ground has undergone a complete change since Paul Jewell took over as manager in January. The Blues chief executive was speaking at last night’s PLC AGM where assistant boss Chris Hutchings stood in for Jewell, who was absent on what Clegg described as “important family business”. |
Those Were Indeed The Days Mon 05th Dec 2011 13:55 Football used to be better in the past. It’s a fact. And ample proof is provided in a big new football nostalgia book called Got, Not Got, which focuses on British football’s apparent lost utopia of the 60s, 70s and 80s — the fondly remembered Golden Age of mudbaths and cloggers, of miniature, carpet-level games and imaginary, comic-fuelled worlds. |
Jewell: No Complaints About Effort Mon 05th Dec 2011 08:38 Blues boss Paul Jewell had no complaints about his players’ effort despite losing 2-1 to Watford at Portman Road on Saturday, their seventh successive defeat. After the previous loss, a 4-0 capitulation at Burnley, he had compared his side to a “pub team”. |
TWTD Amongst Sponsors of Youth Cup Tie Sun 04th Dec 2011 20:36 TWTD is amongst the associate sponsors of Tuesday’s FA Youth Cup third round tie between Town and Leeds United (Portman Road, 7pm). The young Blues will be hoping to emulate the club’s success in winning the trophy is 1973, 1975 and 2005. |
Town 1-2 Watford Sat 03rd Dec 2011 17:06 Watford came from behind to condemn Town to their seventh successive defeat as the Hornets left Portman Road with a 2-1 win. Keith Andrews saw the Blues into a half-time lead but a penalty from Marvin Sordell and a second from Troy Deeney soon after sealed the victory for the visitors. |
Sonko Returns as Town Look to End Run of Defeats and Watford Hoodoo Fri 02nd Dec 2011 13:23 Key central defender Ibrahima Sonko is set to return to the Town team as the Blues look to end their run of six successive defeats and also a winless streak of 13 games against bogey side Watford at Portman Road on Saturday. Paul Jewell’s men have gained 17 of their 20 points in the nine games that Sonko has been involved in, picking up just three in the other nine. |
Players Made to Watch Video Nasty Fri 02nd Dec 2011 12:23 Blues boss Paul Jewell says he had his squad back at Playford Road on Wednesday morning watching a DVD of Tuesday’s 4-0 defeat at Burnley despite their arrival back in Suffolk in the early hours. He says it wasn’t a comfortable experience either for him or for his players. |
Jewell: I Won't Walk Away From Town Fri 02nd Dec 2011 08:35 Town boss Paul Jewell says he has no intention of walking out on the Blues, despite the current run of six successive defeats. The Liverpudlian says the situation is different to his time at Derby County, where he resigned — coincidentally after a 1-0 defeat by Town — when he felt the owners no longer had faith in him. |