Jewell Looking for Town to Bounce Back After Bad Week Sat 01st Sep 2012 08:58 Town boss Paul Jewell goes into Saturday’s home game against Huddersfield looking for his side to bounce back from the twin disappointments of the 6-0 thrashing at Blackpool and the Capital One Cup exit at Carlisle. The Blues manager is able to call on new signings Guirane N’Daw, Daryl Murphy and Paul Taylor, but looks likely to be without skipper Carlos Edwards, who has a groin injury. |
Jewell Wants Loans Which Become Permanent Deals Sat 01st Sep 2012 06:00 Blues boss Paul Jewell says loans with a view to permanent transfers will be what he is looking for when the ‘ emergency loan window’ opens in a week’s time. The Town manager says it was possible that a couple of players might have come in on Thursday had their current clubs been able to bring in new signings of their own. |
Loach: Ipswich Move Footballing Decision Tue 21st Aug 2012 06:04 He may be a Town fan but new goalkeeper Scott Loach did not allow that to influence his decision to join the club from Watford this summer. |
U18s Lose to Leyton Orient Wed 01st Aug 2012 17:01 A young Town U18 side fell to a 3-2 defeat to their Leyton Orient counterparts this afternoon afternoon at Playford Road. A hat-trick from Harrison Georgiou cancelled out strikes from Town's Jack Marriott and Omar Sowunmi (pictured) in front of watching first-team staff Chris Hutchings and Sean McCarthy. |
Friend's Boro Move Back On Fri 27th Jul 2012 11:29 Doncaster Rovers defender George Friend is reported to be undergoing a medical at Middlesbrough. The 24-year-old had been expected to join the Teessiders earlier in the week after the clubs agreed a £250,000 fee but he pulled out of the move at the last minute and was believed to favour a switch to Portman Road instead. |
Friend Opts for Town Wed 25th Jul 2012 23:58 Doncaster Rovers defender George Friend is understood to have opted to join the Blues ahead of Championship rivals Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest. The 24-year-old central defender or left-back has long been on Paul Jewell’s radar with reports of interest in the former Exeter man first surfacing last summer. |
Braintree 0-1 Town XI Tue 24th Jul 2012 21:38 Nathan Ellington netted his first goal of pre-season as a Town XI beat Blue Square Bet Premier side Braintree 1-0 at Cressing Road. The home team will feel themselves unlucky not to have got something from the game having had the better of the chances and with Ellington’s 25-yard second-half strike having taken a big deflection. |
Crystal Palace 1-1 Town Sat 14th Apr 2012 17:16 Jason Scotland scored his eighth goal of the season as Town drew 1-1 at Crystal Palace. The Blues dominated the first half but the Eagles were in front at the break via on-loan Norwich striker Chris Martin, Scotland equalising in the second half. |
Watford 2-1 Town Sat 24th Mar 2012 17:15 Town’s Watford hoodoo stretched to 15 games as the Hornets came from behind to beat the Blues 2-1 at Vicarage Road. Paul Jewell’s men should have been more than Jay Emmanuel-Thomas’s goal in front at half-time, Michael Chopra having missed a sitter, but were second best after the break with goals from Sean Murray and Troy Deeney — the latter after a Carlos Edwards error - seeing the home side to victory. |
Jewell Decided on Leadbitter's Replacement for Watford Trip Fri 23rd Mar 2012 14:51 Town boss Paul Jewell says he's decided who will replace suspended midfielder Grant Leadbitter in the Blues’ midfield for Saturday’s visit to bogey club Watford. Ex-Luton man Andy Drury appears to be the favourite to regain his place in the centre alongside Lee Bowyer as Town look to end a winless run of 14 games against the Hornets and win at Vicarage Road for the first time in nine years. |