Town Targeting Jones Tue 25th Sep 2007 12:32 Town boss Jim Magilton has revealed that he watched Hibernian central defender Rob Jones in action in their 3-2 victory over Celtic on Sunday. Hibees skipper Jones, 27-years-old and 6ft 7in tall, is very much in the mould of the type of defender the Blues manager has been targeting in recent weeks. |
Town 4-1 Coventry City Sat 22nd Sep 2007 20:36 Town continued their excellent home start to the season with a 4-1 victory over Coventry City in front of the Sky cameras. Pablo Couñago scored twice and Jason De Vos and Jon Walters once, while Stephen Hughes netted a late freekick for the Sky Blues. |
West Brom 4-0 Town Sat 15th Sep 2007 18:14 Town's poor away start to the season continued with a 4-0 defeat at West Brom. The Blues went behind to Ishmael Miller's goal during a first half dominated by the home side. Town improved after the break but were hit by a late three-goal salvo from Filipe Teixeira and Kevin Phillips (2). |
Watford 2-0 Town Sat 01st Sep 2007 19:03 Town fell to their first league defeat of the season as Watford ran out 2-0 winners at Vicarage Road. Mistakes from Alex Bruce and Neil Alexander gifted the Hornets the opener on five, with Tommy Smith wrapping the game up in the second half. |
Town 1-0 Palace Sun 26th Aug 2007 16:26 Town went joint top of the table with Coventry City after defeating Crystal Palace 1-0 at Portman Road. The Blues were the more dominant side throughout, but had to wait until the 70th minute for Jon Walters to open the scoring. |
Town Lose on Penalties Wed 15th Aug 2007 02:48 Town's Carling Cup campaign once again came to an early end at the hands of lower league opposition as the Blues were defeated 5-3 in a penalty shoot-out by the MK Dons after a 3-3 draw at stadium:mk. |
Jim's Ballboy Revolution Tue 14th Aug 2007 09:49 Boss Jim Magilton has revolutionised Town's ballboy arrangements for the new season. From last Saturday, academy schoolboys were employed in the role and were encouraged to keep an eye on and learn from the senior team members playing in their positions. |
Town Name Unchanged Squad Mon 13th Aug 2007 15:09 Town have announced an unchanged squad for Tuesday's Carling Cup first round tie at the MK Dons' new stadium:mk (KO 7.45pm). The Blues have no new injury worries after Saturday, but boss Jim Magilton is likely to give some of his fringe players a run-out. |
Lee Set to Face Owls Fri 10th Aug 2007 11:14 Striker Alan Lee will be in Town's starting line-up as the Blues start the season with a home game against Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday. Lee was left shaken after being involved in a car accident in which a cyclist was injured earlier in the week, but will not miss the Owls' visit. |
Cricket Ends in Draw Thu 02nd Aug 2007 22:59 Town's foray into the world of Twenty20 cricket ended in an honourable ‘draw' after ‘bad light' prevented their match against Ipswich and East Suffolk at Chantry Park from reaching a conclusion. |