Keane Slams Palace Players as Town Appeal Against Red Card Sat 26th Dec 2009 19:14 Boss Roy Keane slammed Crystal Palace’s players for their role in Jon Stead’s red card during the first half of the 3-1 defeat at Selhurst Park. Town have confirmed that they will appeal against the red card shown to Stead by referee Paul Taylor seven minutes before half-time. |
Crystal Palace 3-1 Town Sat 26th Dec 2009 14:55 Ten-man Town fell to a harsh 3-1 Boxing Day defeat at Crystal Palace. Jaime Peters put the Blues in front and Town were well on top until Jose Fonte’s equaliser was followed by referee Paul Taylor showing Jon Stead a hugely controversial red card just before the break. In the second half the numerical difference told and Palace netted through Neil Danns and Victor Moses. |
Trio Missing for Boxing Day Visit to Palace Thu 24th Dec 2009 09:38 Town will be without skipper Jon Walters, midfielder Grant Leadbitter and striker Stern John when they travel to Crystal Palace on Boxing Day (KO 1pm). Walters and Leadbitter serve one-match bans after reaching five yellow cards, while John is ineligible to play against his parent club. |
Town Without Suspended Duo for Scunthorpe Trip Fri 18th Dec 2009 16:04 Town will be without the suspended Grant Leadbitter and Jon Walters when they face Scunthorpe at Glanford Park on Saturday. The duo picked up their fifth bookings of the season in last week’s 3-1 home victory over Blackpool. |
Town 3-1 Blackpool Sat 12th Dec 2009 17:11 Goals from Jon Stead, Jack Colback and Gareth McAuley took the Blues to a 3-1 win over Blackpool, out of the bottom three and extended their unbeaten run to 10 games. Stead curled home in the opening minute, Colback added the second before half-time and McAuley headed in the third after Ian Evatt had pulled one back for the Tangerines, who had David Vaughan sent off for two bookable offences late on. |
Town 0-0 Peterborough Tue 08th Dec 2009 21:40 Town recorded a goalless draw despite dominating for the second successive game as bottom-of-the-table Peterborough left Portman Road with a point. The Blues thought they’d broken the deadlock just before half-time via Stern John’s header but referee Andy Hall ruled it out for a push. Moments later Hall also turned down what looked to be a very good Town call for a penalty. |
Keane to Make Changes for Peterborough's Visit Tue 08th Dec 2009 06:00 Boss Roy Keane says he will make changes for Town’s first ever league game against Peterborough United at Portman Road this evening (KO 7.45pm). The Blues have no significant new injury problems but Keane wants to keep his squad fresh with three matches in a week. |
Bristol City 0-0 Town Sat 05th Dec 2009 16:55 Town again were left ruing missed chances after drawing 0-0 away at Bristol City. Jon Stead, Owen Garvan, Jon Walters and Pablo Couñago all missed good opportunities for the Blues, while ex-Town striker Danny Haynes hit both posts with the home side’s best two chances. |
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. |
Cardiff City 1-2 Town Sun 29th Nov 2009 16:58 A late deflected Jon Stead goal saw the Blues come from behind to a record a 2-1 victory at Cardiff City. The home side went in front via Peter Whitingham’s stunning first-half volley, but the Blues were the better side after the break with Jon Walters equalising and then Stead netting the winner. |