Bobby Kellard News Today

Damien Delaney replacing the injury Ibrahima Sonko at the heart of the defence seems likely to be the Blues’ only change when they take on Portsmouth at Fratton Park tonight looking for their third win in three games (KO 7.45pm). The Town stand-in skipper dislocated a rib in Saturday’s abandoned match against Middlesbrough and will be out for up to a month.

Striker Shefki Kuqi and midfielder Velice Sumulikoski are back in the Town party travelling to Preston for Saturdays crunch penultimate game of the season. The duo are likely to be amongst the subs at Deepdale as the Blues chase their fourth away win of 2007/08.

Former Town midfielder Bobby Kellard died on Sunday, aged 77.

Town manager Roy Keane will be looking for his side to end their run of five successive league defeats when they travel to Preston on Saturday. Despite the losses, Keane says that recent performances haven’t been too bad with his side having been let down by a series of individual errors.

11 January 2021 The club is sad to share the news that former player Bobby Kellard has passed away aged 77. He had been unwell for some time. Brought to Crystal Palace from Southend United in September 1963, he soon established himself on the left-wing as part of the promotion side from Division Three that season. Almost ever-present in the 1964/65 campaign, Bobby moved to Ipswich Town in November 1965. When Steve Kember was sold to Chelsea in September 1971, Bobby r...