U18s Draw With Canaries Sat 15th Oct 2011 14:37 Town’s U18s drew 1-1 with local rivals Norwich City in a competitive encounter at Playford Road on Saturday morning. Joshua Murphy put the visitors ahead before Jack Marriott equalised and secured a point for Russell Osman’s youngsters. |
Town Again Set to Be Unchanged for Trip to Cardiff Fri 14th Oct 2011 14:10 Town are expected to field the same starting XI for the fifth successive match for the first time since 1998 when they visit Cardiff on Saturday. Blues boss Paul Jewell will be looking for his side to win their fourth consecutive game on Bluebirds territory and record their sixth victory on the trot over the Welsh side at all venues. |
Print Town Tickets at Home Thu 13th Oct 2011 09:51 Town fans can now print their Portman Road match tickets from their own PCs via the Blues’ new Print at Home initiative which goes live today. |
Clegg: Town Keen to Own Freehold Wed 12th Oct 2011 01:09 Town chief executive Simon Clegg has revealed that the Blues would like to own the freehold of Portman Road. Clegg confirmed that the club offered to buy the land on which their stadium is built earlier in the year but says they and landlords Ipswich Borough Council were some way apart in their valuations. |
IBC Set Town New Payment Schedule Tue 11th Oct 2011 23:49 Town were given until December 31st to agree to a new payment schedule regarding the back rent they owe on Portman Road at Ipswich Borough Council’s executive meeting on Tuesday evening. The new proposals would see the club begin repaying the £654,702 due to IBC from June 1st 2012 in quarterly payments over four years, or in its entirety within three months of promotion to the Premier League. |
Lavery Turns Down Deal Tue 11th Oct 2011 23:08 TWTD understands that academy striker Caolan Lavery has turned down the professional contract which he was offered last week. The Northern Ireland U21 international’s academy scholarship is due to end this month after it was extended when he suffered a knee injury last season. |
Lavery Offered Pro Deal Tue 04th Oct 2011 22:31 TWTD understands that Town have offered striker Caolan Lavery a professional contract until the end of the season. The 18-year-old’s academy scholarship is due to end this month having been extended after he missed much of last season with a knee injury. |
Unchanged Run Rare for Town Mon 03rd Oct 2011 13:01 Saturday was the first time Town had named an unchanged side for four successive games since the 1997/98 season. But that run is some way short of the club’s record unchanged run set in the 1991/92 Second Division championship-winning campaign. |
Jewell Not Getting Carried Away Mon 03rd Oct 2011 09:07 Blues boss Paul Jewell says he’s not getting carried away by Town’s recent upturn in form which has seen his side take 10 points from the last 12. The Liverpudlian now faces an anxious fortnight while several of his players are away on international duty. |
Town 3-1 Brighton Sat 01st Oct 2011 17:05 Michael Chopra hit two stunning goals, his first at home for the Blues, and Ibrahima Sonko opened his Town account as Paul Jewell’s men came from behind to beat Brighton 3-1 at Portman Road. The Blues should have been in front at the break but it was the Seagulls who scored the game’s first goal via Vicente Rodriguez, before Sonko’s header sandwiched Chopra’s brilliant right-foot strikes. |