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Town keeper Keith Branagan will have his shoulder operation next Tuesday. The former Irish international injured tendons in a training ground incident earlier this year. Jermaine Wright will also go under the knife next and misses the rest of the season.

Town midfielder Jim Magilton is facing an anxious time after his son Adam was taken seriously ill. Magilton pulled out of the Northern Ireland squad earlier in the week and has not been included for Towns weekend game.

Arsenal striker Sylvain Wiltord will miss Towns trip to Highbury on Sunday with a thigh injury and is out for the rest of the season. The Gunners have a number of injuries at present with Robert Pires perhaps the most significant.

Town manager George Burley says that seven points may be enough to see his side avopid relegation. The Town boss admits his team have not performed at their best consistently this season.

Seems like the move has not worked for him.

Boss Mick McCarthy sees both positives and negatives in having a relatively small squad, as he has had at Town this season.

Some kind of defining anniversary? A momentous occasion never to be repeated since? No? Didn’t think so.

George Burley has revealed that the Blues tried to call Darren Bent back from international duty with the England U19s. The striker scored the U19s goal on Wednesday night as they drew 1-1 in Lithuania.

Albert Riera’s 21st minute goal has put Watford into a 1-0 lead against Town at Vicarage Road at half-time.

Tickets are now on sale for the Life’s a Pitch TV End-of-Season Bash in the Willow Suite at Venue 16 on Monday 13th May (doors open 6.30pm for 7pm start).