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Town manager Paul Jewell says he has so far only held preliminary talks with Lee Bowyer’s agent about the 35-year-old midfielder’s future.

Town boss Mick McCarthy has hinted that midfielder Teddy Bishop will be one of the fringe players who will come into his side at Rotherham United on Saturday.

New Blues chairman Mike O’Leary and Brett Johnson from the Three Lions were the guests at a Supporters Club committee meeting last night which their chairman Mark Ramsay says was “open, friendly and informative” with subjects including player recruitment, stadium development, sponsorship and season tickets among those discussed.

New shares issued by Gamechanger 20 Ltd, the new owners of the Blues, are understood to relate the logistics of the takeover which they completed earlier this month.

Boss Mick McCarthy says he would happily have taken Town’s current situation when he took over at Portman Road on November 1st with Town bottom of the Championship. The Blues go to Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday all but safe in 13th place on 56 points, although still only five from the drop zone.

Town youngster Corrie Ndaba, who is likely to make his senior debut over Easter, can always rely on his landlord to pass on tips and advice.

Alarmed parents say their children have been encouraged to seek gender changes by advocates of trans identity

Town boss Paul Jewell is set to meet owner Marcus Evans next Tuesday to discuss their plans for the season ahead. Evans is due back in the UK on Monday after a holiday in the Bahamas having made offers to some of the club’s out-of-contract players while he has been away.

Boss Paul Lambert admitted relegation to League One is “gut-wrenching” and “horrible” but insisting there is much to look forward to at Town, who drop into the third tier for the first time in 62 years.

Town’s relegation to the third tier for first time in 62 years was confirmed after a 1-1 draw with Birmingham City at Portman Road. The visitors took the lead in the seventh minute via Lukas Jutkiewicz before Gwion Edwards netted the equaliser a minute after the restart. The Blues had the better of a second half in which Alan Judge hit the post but were unable to find the winner which would have put off a relegation which has seemed inevitable for some months for a further week.