Mark Burchill News Today

Town midfielder Jim Magilton is to undergo operations on both legs in the summer to rid him of possibly career threatening injury problems. The Northern Irishman has had injury problems all season and now the full extent of these is coming to light.

Towns various internationals will be hoping that they get places in their sides this weekend with the U21 games up first this evening. Sean Friars is set to captain the Northern Ireland side while Titus Bramble is likley to get a recall to the England equivalent.

Town will see themselves as very unfortunate to have come out of this game without even a point. Despite rarely playing at their best the Blues were the better side for most of the game. Town went ahead through Alun Armstrong halfway through the first half, but two Julian Joachim goals in the second half gave Villa the three points.

SCOTLAND coach Craig Brown talked yesterday of how Liverpool striker Michael Owen had predicted a bright international future for young Scot Alex

Rangers Finnish internationalist Jonatan Johansson, the man who carved out the winning goal for Rod Wallace at Tannadice on Wednesday night, has…

Former Blues boss George Burley has been named the manager of Cypriot side Apollon Limassol. Burley, 55, has been out of work since being sacked by Crystal Palace on New Year’s Day 2011.

It is being reported that Town will not be looking to take Mark Burchill on permanently when his loan deal is up at the end of the season. The Scot has rarely featured since Marcus Stewart returned from his three match suspension after his red card against Leeds.

Appropriately enough two goals at the North Stand end saw Town to victory and condemned Manchester City to Division One. Exactly a year ago today Town were condemning Walsall to the Second Division while City beat Blackburn Rovers to make Town go through the anguish of the play-offs once more as they entered the Premier League.

Marcus Stewart last night failed to emulate John Wark as a PFA Award winner when Teddy Sheringham carried off the prize. Stewart failed even to make the divisional XI with Thierry Henry and Sheringham the chosen strikers. Wark won the award in 1981, the last time a Town player was nominated.

Hermann Hreidarsson is to face FA action for his stagedive/crowdsurf goal celebration after Mark Burchills goal in the game against Bradford. After the game referee Andy DUrso (yep, him again!) said hed report the Icelander, although conflicting reports in the days after suggested this might not be the case.