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Town Confirm Jeffers Back as First-Team Coach Wednesday, 12th May 2021 12:27 Town have confirmed former loan striker Franny Jeffers’s return to Portman Road as a first-team coach. TWTD revealed yesterday that Jeffers had been at Playford Road for the previous two days finalising his move to the Blues having previously been Everton’s U23s coach. “It’s a great opportunity for me and one I couldn’t turn down,” Jeffers told the club site. “I’m an Evertonian so it was a difficult d...

5 May 2021 2:23pm When the Hawthorn Spartans face Old Melburnians this Saturday, they will be keen to put behind them last week’s Round 4 record mauling by Old Scotch. The result on 1 May, a chastening 388 (30, 85, 113,160) for Old Scotch to 86 (7, 17, 31, 31), should galvanise the Spartans to significantly up their game if they are to return to the glory days of 2018 and 2019 (as well as 2013, 2015 and 2016) when they won the premierships two divisions lower than their current place in the V...

BCB to provide financial assistance to 1,720 cricketers 251 DHAKA, May 1, 2021 (BSS)—The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will provide financial incentive to 1720 men and women cricketers most of whom are outside the BCB’s existing contract system. Contracted women cricketers however, will be eligible for the assistance under which around Taka two crore will be distributed, a BCB press release said here today. The Board’s initiative, covering 1432 men and 288 women players, was taken at the...

Was there football pre-1992 – Part 5 Jump to last Continuing with the theme that football was indeed alive and kicking before the TV companies hijacked it, I have endeavoured to capture some of the highlights since I first visited Goodison Park in 1948 as a 10-year-old schoolboy. Season 1977-78 Pat Jennings left Tottenham Hotspur after 13 years and signed for Arsenal on 11 August. Don Revie threatened to sue the Daily Mirror for libel after the paper printed a series of claims ...

Line of Duty star Martin Compstons life off screen - failed footy career to swish Vegas home Line Of Duty actor Martin Compston has had an eventful life off screen as well as on. After playing professional football in Scotland, he switched to acting and now shares a luxury Las Vegas dream home with his wife, son and pitbull King

Football sensation Charlton to play again... for North End Bobby Charlton will be playing again next season... for his club Preston North End, in the Third Division. The North End manager will be donning those famed shooting boots once again to help the Deepdale club in its bid for a speedy return to the Second Division. The sensational news leaked out after Charlton had played in Tony Green’s testimonial match at St James’ Park, Newcastle. He played in the full Newcastle side against broth...

It Was 50 Years Ago Today Saturday, 28th Apr 2012 14:43 With it being the 50th anniversary of the Blues 1961/62 League Championship win, TWTD thought wed re-run our 2002 interview with John Elsworthy, who played at half-back in that great side. John, who picked up First, Second and two Third Division South winners medals with Town, talked about that memorable season, Sir Alf Ramsey and the clubs only championship-winning team. Sadly, John, who made 435 appearances and scored 53 times for To...

Fifty-Eight Years Ago Today Town Were Champions Saturday, 28th Apr 2012 00:00 John also told us something about each of the players who wore the blue shirt that season. Larry Carberry (61/62 League appearances 42, goals 0) His great asset was his speed, tremendous pace had Larry He had the advantage of Ramsey being a full-back when he was a player. Ramsey could tell him all the facets of being a full-back. Kenny Malcolm (3, 0) I always felt very sorry for him. He played three games and t...

THE widow of legendary Welsh goalkeeper Dai Davies has made a moving appeal for people to support the hospice that cared for him in his final months. Former Wales international Dai died in February at the age of 72 from pancreatic cancer at his home in Llangollen, having received palliative care and rehabilitation at Nightingale House in Wrexham. His wife Judy has voiced her gratitude for the help the hospice gave to Dai and is backing its fundraising Build a Balloon campaign, praising su...

The Watford Observer has again teamed up with its friends at The Watford Treasury to share stories from previous issues. Although seven different goalkeepers appeared for Watford during the 1970s, the position was dominated by one man. Andy Rankin was Watford’s player of the decade, writes Geoff Wicken. To be a Watford supporter in the early and mid-1970s was, mostly, a dispiriting experience. The six seasons starting from 1971/72 saw almost continuous decline. There were two relegations, i...