Town 2-1 Wolves Mon 30th Aug 2004 18:17 Town moved up to second in the league with a 2-1 home win over Wolves. The Blues went two-up through Darren Bent and a Tommy Miller penalty before Seyi Olofinjana pulled one back for the visitors. Stoke's victory over Derby later in the evening saw the Blues drop back down to third. |
Joe Praises Backline Sat 28th Aug 2004 22:30 Town manager Joe Royle praised his defenders after they racked up their first league clean sheet of the season in the 2-0 win at Rotherham. |
Royle Disappointed Wed 25th Aug 2004 00:01 Town manager Joe Royle was disappointed with his frontmen after Tuesday night's 2-0 victory over Brentford in the Carling Cup. Goals from Tommy Miller and Ian Westlake took the Blues into round two. |
Town 2-0 Brentford Tue 24th Aug 2004 22:59 Town progressed to round two of the Carling Cup with a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Brentford. Substitute Tommy Miller's rather fortunate effort put the Blues in front and Ian Westlake wrapped it up with an injury time second. |
Town 3-1 Cardiff Sat 21st Aug 2004 18:13 Town notched their second home win of the season with a comfortable 3-1 win against Cardiff City, and in doing so went fifth in the table. Darren Bent put the Blues ahead in the first half but Alan Lee hit back after the break, only for Tommy Miller and Ian Westlake to net for Town. |
Reserves 1-2 Palace Tue 17th Aug 2004 21:12 Town's Reserves started the new season with a 2-1 home defeat to Crystal Palace. Pablo Couñago, Fabian Wilnis and Shefki Kuqi all started for the Blues' second string. |
Derby County 3-2 Town Sat 14th Aug 2004 18:24 Town lost their first game of 2004/05 3-2 at George Burley's Derby County despite being 2-1 up at the break. A penalty from Tommy Miller and a second from Dean Bowditch a minute later had put the Blues in front but goals from Marco Reich (2) and Inigo Idiakez won the game for the Rams. |
De Vos Fit for Derby Trip Fri 13th Aug 2004 13:40 Stand-in skipper Jason De Vos has been declared fit for Saturday's trip to Derby County, with regular skipper Jim Magilton again on the sidelines due to his thigh muscle tear. The Northern Irishman is due for a scan on the injury - which has kept out of Town's first three games - on Monday. |
Forest 1 - 1 Town Wed 11th Aug 2004 23:13 Town got their 2004/05 away campaign started with a hard-fought 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest. The Blues rode their luck on several occasions - the woodwork was hit three times - but in the end Darren Bent's leveller was enough, Paul Evans having put the home side ahead. |
Jim Out, Jason a Doubt Tue 10th Aug 2004 13:28 Town will again be without skipper Jim Magilton when they face Nottingham Forest on Wednesday night at the City Ground (KO 7.45pm), while vice-captain Jason De Vos is rated as 50/50. Magilton is still considered a week away from fitness due to a slight tear to a thigh muscle. |