Wright Contract Talks Begin Mon 12th Mar 2001 13:17 Town and Richard Wright have begun discussing a new deal which will keep the England keeper at Town for years to come. Wright's current deal is up at the end of next season and Town are anxious to tie him down long-term. |
Naylor's Daughter Home Wed 07th Mar 2001 21:04 Richard Naylor's newborn daughter Jessica has been allowed to leave hospital after having a number of heart tests. The baby was born with heart problems when last week and was taken to Guy's in London for treatment. |
Town 3-1 Bradford Sun 04th Mar 2001 19:09 Sky viewers were treated to a thoroughly entertaining game at Portman Road this afternoon. Two stunning Martijn Reuser strikes put Town ahead after Benito Carbone had put Bradford in the lead with an equally superb strike in the first half. Mark Burchill scored Town's third, although Hermann Hreidarsson might have a claim on it too. |
Stewart to Find Out Today Tue 13th Feb 2001 11:44 Marcus Stewart may find out whether his red card against Leeds has been rescinded today. The Town striker appealed against the red card which he felt was unjustified. Town manager George Burley went to see referee Peter Jones after the game and he said he would change his decision if he felt he had been harsh. |
Reserves 0-2 Watford Thu 08th Feb 2001 21:43 Goalkeepers played an important part in Town's reserves' defeat at home to Watford. Mike Salmon missed out with a knee injury, James Pullen was controversially sent off and sub Lee Hulyer made a spectacular howler. |
Abidallah Called Up Fri 19th Jan 2001 09:07 Dutch youngster Nabil Abidallah has been called into the senior squad for Saturday's game with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Abidallah's excellent performance against Chelsea's reserves on Wednesday has led to George Burley's call. |
£20 Million on Stadium Wed 17th Jan 2001 09:20 David Sheepshanks has pledged to spend around £20 million on developing Portman Road into a state of the art stadium. However, he has also stressed that the club have learnt from the mistakes of the past and will not repeat the errors made when building the Pioneer Stand. |
Town 2-0 Leicester Sun 14th Jan 2001 20:18 Sven-Goran Eriksson got to see two English goalscorers this afternoon as Town comprehensively beat Leicester 2-0. Had it not been for some inspired keeping from former Southend player Simon Royce and one or two bad misses from Town players it could have been even more. Town went back to fourth in the table as Marcus Stewart became the first Town player to top the Premiership goalscoring charts. He now has fourteen League goals and one in each of the cups, his goal today was also his sixth goal in consecutive games. |
Tickets Still Available Tue 09th Jan 2001 10:31 Town still have around 2,000 tickets available for tonight's Worthington Cup semi-final with Birmingham City. Either it seems fans are not interested in watching Birmingham or some have felt that they had no chance of getting a ticket to the game. |
Venus Out Fri 05th Jan 2001 10:20 Mark Venus will miss tomorrow's FA Cup match at Morecambe. Venus picked up an ankle injury and a bruise on the shin in training and looks certain to miss out. He was also missing from the squad announced yesterday as people with more eagle eyes than your correspondent spotted. |