Jim Head-Butt Charge Sat 11th Jan 2003 23:49 Nottingham Forest striker Jack Lester has been charged with violent conduct after allegedly head-butting Jim Magilton during the first half of Town's 2-1 defeat at the City Ground in late November. |
Burnley Sign Frenchman Fri 10th Jan 2003 14:43 Burnley have signed 30-year-old French defender Drissa Diallo ahead of Town's visit to Turf Moor on Saturday. |
Gaardsøe Should Be Fit Thu 09th Jan 2003 14:45 Danish defender Thomas Gaardsøe is looking increasingly likely to be OK for Saturday's Division One clash with Burnley. More good news for Joe Royle is that Tommy Miller will be fit enough for inclusion after missing out against Morecambe last weekend. |
Logan in Drinking Slur Wed 08th Jan 2003 10:38 On loan Town striker Richard Logan has been on the end of stinging criticism from long-serving Boston team-mate Paul Bastock. Logan has done well at York Street and Neil Thompson hopes to make the move a permanent one. |
Town 4-1 Millwall Wed 01st Jan 2003 20:53 Town climbed to 12th in the table after completing the Christmas league programme with a 4-1 home win over Millwall in torrential rain. Tommy Miller put Town ahead before Steven Reid put the Lions back on terms. However, Jermaine Wright, Marcus Bent and Miller again completed the victory. |
Town 3-2 Walsall Sat 28th Dec 2002 19:04 Town moved to 14th in Division One with a 3-2 win over Walsall which in truth ought to have been far more comfortable. Pablo Couñago scored on the stroke of half-time before Thomas Gaardsøe again netted in the second half and Darren Wrack got one back for the Saddlers. Couñago's second seemed to have settled it until the Walsall man's second late on. |
Leicester 1-2 Town Thu 26th Dec 2002 21:52 A dramatic last eight minutes at the Walker's Stadium saw Town come from behind to beat Leicester 2-1. The Foxes had gone ahead earlier in the second half via an inexplicable penalty converted by Paul Dickov. Thomas Gaardsøe and Darren Ambrose grabbed the goals as justice was ultimately done. |
Portsmouth 1-1 Town Sat 21st Dec 2002 18:30 An entertaining game at a foggy Fratton Park ended 1-1 after Pompey went one-up in the first half through Svetoslav Todorov before Thomas Gaardsøe headed an equaliser in the second period. Town did well enough to win the game a plethora of chances were wasted, particularly by Pablo Couñago while Chris Makin saw a red card late on. |
Town Shirt Name Change? Fri 20th Dec 2002 09:48 There is increasing speculation that Town may have to change the sponsor's name on their shirts before the end of the current deal with TXU Energi. The UK retail arm of the electricity company was recently sold to Powergen who plan to ditch the TXU name by April next year. |
Merson Rates Town Highly Wed 18th Dec 2002 12:26 Portsmouth linchpin Paul Merson reckons that Town are potentially the second best side in the First Division - behind his Pompey side. The Blues travel to Fratton Park on Saturday to face Harry Redknapp's table-topping team. |