Blackburn at Portman Road on Championship's Opening Day Mon 18th Jun 2012 09:00 Town will begin their 2012/13 Championship campaign with a home game against newly-relegated Blackburn Rovers on Saturday 18th August. The Blues will already have played Bristol Rovers at Portman Road in the Capital One Cup on a date yet to be set by the time the Lancastrians are in Suffolk with the season’s start pushed back due to the London Olympics. |
Hewitt to Miss Start of Season Wed 13th Jun 2012 11:54 New Town signing Elliott Hewitt is unlikely to make his first team debut until October due to the hip impingement injuries which ended his 2011/12 season with former club Macclesfield. The 18-year-old, who recently signed a three-year deal with the Blues, is currently undergoing rehabilitation at Lilleshall having had operations on both hips. |
Hewitt Deal Done Wed 30th May 2012 14:35 Town have confirmed the signing of Macclesfield right-back Elliott Hewitt. The Welshman, who is 18 today, has signed a three-year deal, as reported last night. |
Bristol City 0-3 Town Sat 06th Aug 2011 16:58 Michael Chopra’s Town career got off to dream start as he netted twice as the Blues beat Bristol City 3-0 at Ashton Gate. The former Cardiff man — who makes a habit of scoring against the Robins — netted one in each half with Lee Martin sandwiching his first of the season after the break. |
Bristol City 0-1 Town Sat 16th Apr 2011 17:15 Josh Carson’s third goal of the week saw 10-man Town to a 1-0 victory at Bristol City. Midfielder Lee Martin saw red in the first half for a dangerous challenge on Kalifa Cisse but the 17-year-old Northern Irishman lashed home from 30 yards after the break, Town holding on for their fourth win in five. |
Burnley 1-2 Town Sat 02nd Apr 2011 17:04 Town picked up their seventh league away win of the season as first half goals from skipper David Norris and Connor Wickham saw Paul Jewell’s men to a 2-1 victory at Burnley. Norris and Wickham netted within seven minutes of one another before the break, with the Clarets pulling one back through Jay Rodriguez in the second half. |
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. |
Lee-Barrett Set for First Start at Bristol City Fri 04th Dec 2009 14:11 Arran Lee-Barrett will make his first start for the Blues as Town visit Bristol City on Saturday afternoon looking for their second away win in successive games and three points which will take them out of the bottom three. Lee-Barrett replaces Richard Wright, who is out for four months with a knee ligament injury. |
McAuley Unsure Whether He'll Keep Armband Sat 13th Jun 2009 09:19 Central defender Gareth McAuley is as yet unsure whether he will skipper the Blues during 2009/10. McAuley took the armband last summer after he joined Town from Leicester with Jason De Vos having retired. |
Keane Impressed With Current Squad Tue 09th Jun 2009 08:46 Boss Roy Keane says he has been impressed by the players he inherited when he took over at Town at the end of the season. The Irishman led the Blues to successive victories in his two games in charge. |