Town 1-1 Middlesbrough Tue 27th Mar 2012 22:03 Grant Leadbitter missed a penalty but then slammed in a stunning goal as Town drew 1-1 at home to Middlesbrough. After a dull first half, the visitors went in front via sub Lukas Jutkiewicz, Boro keeper Jason Steele having saved Leadbitter’s penalty, but the midfielder hammered in an equaliser with 16 minutes remaining. |
Leadbitter Back for Boro Re-Run Tue 27th Mar 2012 12:27 Grant Leadbitter will return to the Town midfield for tonight’s restaging of the Middlesbrough home game which was abandoned in February due to a frozen section of pitch (KO 7.45pm). The 26-year-old, back after a one-game ban for his red card against Burnley, looks set to come into Paul Jewell’s side for veteran Lee Bowyer. |
Town Run Rule Over Best Northern Irish Kids Tue 20th Mar 2012 16:43 Town’s U15s beat their Northern Ireland counterparts 2-0 in a game jointly sponsored by TWTD and Suffolk New College at Playford Road on Sunday morning with Andre Dozzell and Max Melanson scoring a goal in either half. Academy recruitment officer Steve McGavin, who arranged the match in order to take a look at the province’s best youngsters, spoke to TWTD about the match and the job he took on at the start of the season. |
Edwards Agrees New Deal Thu 15th Mar 2012 06:54 Skipper Carlos Edwards has agreed to sign his new contract with the Blues. TWTD revealed that the 33-year-old had been offered new terms last Thursday. |
Hull City 2-2 Town Sat 10th Mar 2012 17:20 Grant Leadbitter netted two goals in four second half minutes as the Blues came from behind to draw 2-2 at Hull City. The former skipper converted a penalty and then hammered home from the edge of the box after Robbie Brady and Robert Koren had looked to have won the game for the home side. |
Hutchings Looking for More of the Same From Youngsters at Hull Fri 09th Mar 2012 12:43 Assistant boss Chris Hutchings has challenged Town’s younger players to keep showing they’re worth their shirts when the Blues take on Hull City at the KC Stadium on Saturday. The likes of Tommy Smith, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and Andy Drury, older but inexperienced in the Championship, have been keeping senior players such as Ibrahima Sonko, Lee Bowyer and, prior to his suspension, Jimmy Bullard on the bench. |
Brighton 3-0 Town Sat 25th Feb 2012 17:14 Town’s winning run was halted at four games as goals from Craig Mackail-Smith and Ashley Barnes (2) saw Brighton to a 3-0 win at the Amex Stadium. Michael Chopra had had a chip headed off the line by Seagulls skipper Gordon Greer before Mackail-Smith struck in the first half, Barnes sealing the home side's victory with two goals after the break. |
Town Unchanged at Brighton Sat 25th Feb 2012 14:22 Blues boss Paul Jewell has named an unchanged side for the third game running as Town go looking for a fifth successive league victory for the first time since 2003. The only switch of personnel comes on the bench with Ibrahima Sonko, back after his dislocated rib, taking over from Jack Ainsley. |
Town Likely to Be Unchanged for First Visit to Brighton's Amex Fri 24th Feb 2012 12:58 Boss Paul Jewell seems likely to stick with the same starting XI that beat Portsmouth and Cardiff when the Blues are at Brighton’s new Amex Stadium for the first time on Saturday. Around 2,400 Town fans are making the trip to Sussex for the sell-out clash. |
Unchanged Town Looking for Four on the Trot Fri 17th Feb 2012 14:19 Town boss Paul Jewell looks set to name an unchanged line-up when Cardiff City visit Portman Road on Saturday afternoon. The Blues will be out to win four league games in a row for the first time since the autumn of 2004. |