Mick Mcgiven News Today

Despite leading by two goals at half-time, Towns reserves were eventually defeated 3-2 by Chelsea on Monday night. A late goal from captain Alexis Nicolas gave the points to the side run by former Blues manager Mick McGiven.

As former West Ham United goalkeeper and coach Mervyn Day celebrates his 68th birthday, the 1975 FA Cup winner, who made 237 appearances for the Club, recalls the run to the European Cup Winners' Cup final the following season...

New striker Sam Parkin was paraded at a Portman Road press conference this lunchtime after completing his £450,000 move to the Blues. The former Swindon man has signed a four-year contract with Town.

Steve McCall, Chris Kiwomya and long-serving former club secretary David Rose were this year’s inductees at the 38th Ex-Players’ Hall of Fame Reunion Dinner in the Sir Bobby Robson Suite at Portman Road on Friday evening.

Town boss Mick McCarthy accepted “a big part of the responsibility” for the Blues 1-0 home defeat to Rotherham United, Leon Best having scored the winning goal for the Millers a minute before the break.

German U19 manager Uli Stielike says his side could be intimidated by the 22,000 crowd at Portman Road tonight. The former West Germany, Real Madrid, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Xamax Neuchatel libero or midfielder says that despite this it will be a good experience for his team.

Steven Taylor has revealed he was in Turkey during last summer’s attempted military coup, which prompted a major career U-turn.

Town boss Mick McCarthy admits there’s greater pressure on him ahead of Saturday’s game against Birmingham at St Andrew’s after he switched all his starting XI for Tuesday’s 2-1 FA Cup third round replay defeat at Portsmouth. The seventh-placed Blues go into the match one place and two points above the Midlanders.

Keeper Márton Fülöp as emerged as a new injury doubt ahead of Wednesday’s Carling Cup quarter-final against West Brom. The Hungarian international suffered an ankle injury in the weekend defeat at Norwich.

In the 10th part of our regular series, The Ex-Files,