Sears: Big Game for Both Teams Fri 22nd Jan 2016 06:00 Town striker Freddie Sears is adamant Town have enough talent and sufficient strength in depth to sustain a play-off push, ahead of Saturday's away game against fellow top-six contenders Birmingham City. |
Portsmouth 2-1 Town - Match Report Tue 19th Jan 2016 21:43 Town’s FA Cup run ended at the third round stage for the sixth successive year as the 10-man Blues were beaten 2-1 by League Two Portsmouth at Fratton Park. Former Blue Gary Roberts netted a penalty in the 32nd minute, then Marc McNulty added a second five minutes later to give Pompey a comfortable 2-0 half-time lead, then after the break Ainsley Maitland-Niles pulled one back before Piotr Malarczyk was sent off for two bookable offences. |
Portsmouth 2-0 Town - Half-Time Tue 19th Jan 2016 20:46 Former Blue Gary Roberts netted a penalty in the 32nd minute and Marc McNulty added a second five minutes later to give Portsmouth a comfortable 2-0 lead over Town in their third round replay at Fratton Park at half-time. |
McCarthy Switches Entire XI at Portsmouth Tue 19th Jan 2016 19:18 Town boss Mick McCarthy has named the anticipated entirely changed XI for this evening’s FA Cup third round replay at League Two Portsmouth. |
McCarthy: Pompey Players Will Expect to Beat Us Tue 19th Jan 2016 06:00 Town boss Mick McCarthy believes League Two Portsmouth’s players will go into tonight’s FA Cup third round replay at Fratton Park expecting to beat the Blues having performed so well in the first game at Portman Road, which ended 2-2. McCarthy is set to field a young side and, as he did at Manchester United in the Capital One Cup earlier in the season, could even switch his entire XI. |
Oar Battling for First-Team Place Tue 19th Jan 2016 06:00 Tommy Oar, almost knocked out on his on his full league debut for Town, has talked of the difficulty of getting past loan wingers Ryan Fraser and Ainsley Maitland-Niles to claim a regular berth in Mick McCarthy’s starting line-up. |
U21s Comfortably Defeated By Colchester Mon 18th Jan 2016 15:43 A young Town U21 side were comfortably beaten 3-0 by Colchester United at a freezing Playford Road on Monday afternoon. The result leaves Town bottom of the Professional Development League Two South and without a win in their last nine matches. |
Chambers, Skuse and Berra to Miss Out as Young Squad Travels to Pompey Mon 18th Jan 2016 13:55 Skipper Luke Chambers, Cole Skuse and Christophe Berra won’t be risked as the Blues travel to Portsmouth for Tuesday’s FA Cup third round replay. Boss Mick McCarthy wouldn’t name his team, as he did the day before the first match, but is likely to name a very young side. |
I Wouldn’t Fancy a Replay at Fratton If I Was Ipswich — Notes for the Portsmouth Replay Mon 18th Jan 2016 11:00 HarryfromBath assesses the mood in the opposition camp ahead of Tuesday night’s FA Cup third round replay at Fratton Park by delving into their forums. |
Murph: We Must Start Better Mon 18th Jan 2016 06:00 Striker Daryl Murphy says Town need to look at how they start games having conceded early on in their last two matches. The Blues recovered to beat Leeds 2-1 having conceded after 12 seconds last Tuesday and again began Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Preston slowly, with the visitors netting after seven minutes before Murphy hit back with his eighth of the season on 38. |