Saturday 4 February 2012

Bedford Blues Headlines

A covered up Goldington Road pitch

Blues' home clash with Plymouth postponed

Bedford Blues' home game against Plymouth Albion on Saturday has been postponed until the following weekend due to a frozen pitch.

Blues have Albion clash covered

The Goldington Road pitch gets covered up

With temperatures dropping and snow on the horizon, Bedford Blues have pulled out all the stops to try and ensure that Saturday's Championship encounter against Plymouth Albion is able to go ahead.

Fox in hunt for Sacha's shirt

Darren Fox

Mike Rayer is hoping that the signing of Darren Fox will add to Bedford Blues' physicality, as well as put pressure on Sacha Harding when he returns from his neck injury

Rayer demands discipline to break Blues' Yorkshire duck

Josh Bassett scores his sixth try in five games against Leeds

Trips to Yorkshire have not been kind to Bedford Blues so far this season, but that is a trend Mike Rayer is eager to reverse when they face Leeds Carnegie at Headingley today

Blues sign Cambridge pair Fox and Cooper

L-R: Darren Fox and Ben Cooper

Bedford Blues have strengthened their squad ahead of the Championship play-offs by signing Cambridge duo Darren Fox and Ben Cooper

Seal's seven-week ban is a shock for boss Rayer

Dan Seal

Mike Rayer admitted that Bedford Blues were surprised to have Dan Seal cited and then handed a suspension for an incident in the defeat at Bristol before Christmas

Blues beaten by Bell's boot

Jonathan Fisher is left deflated at the final whistle

LEEDS 21 BLUES 17: For the third time this season, Bedford Blues returned home empty handed from a visit to Yorkshire and were left to rue a series of missed chances in the first half and poor discipline after the break for a narrow 21-17 defeat at Leeds Carnegie

Cooper ready to take his chance

Ben Cooper

A move to the Championship has come slighter earlier than new Bedford Blues signing Ben Cooper had imagined but now he is ready to grasp the opportunity with both hands

Crowle eyes Leeds scalp

Rob Crowle - Team Manager

Bedford Blues team manager Rob Crowle says the Championship side are out to restore some pride on Sunday afternoon in a mouth-watering league encounter against Leeds Carnegie at Headingley

Rayer cool over Sacha blow

Sacha Harding

Sacha Harding's neck injury may well be keeping him out for another six weeks, but Mike Rayer is not downcast about losing one of his most influential players. Flanker Harding sustained the injury

No game for Blues but Rayer insists it's not a week off

Dave Vincent in pre-season training

A rare mid-season weekend off for the Bedford Blues players has not meant a let up in the intensity of the training, with Mike Rayer and his coaching staff putting them through what he described as "a week of pre-season training."

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Elliott pens Saints pro deal

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Elliott pens Saints pro deal

Jamie Elliott scores

Jamie Elliott has signed a two-year first team contract with Premiership rugby club Northampton Saints

Park and Dees crash out of cup

Midlands Intermediate Cup round two round-up: A disastrous ten-minute spell at the beginning of the second half cost Stockwood dear, as they lost 34-20 at home to Banbury

Levitt bags Ath's 9,000th point in win over Loughborough

BEDFORD ATHLETIC 36 LOUGHBOROUGH 16: Bedford ended their three-game losing streak with a well earned victory that saw James Mortimer continue his impressive, scoring tally with one penalty and four conversions

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Harriers game off

Luton Town Football Club

Luton Town's trip to Kidderminster Harriers in the FA Trophy third round has been postponed

Eagles' Leamington clash off

A Frozen pitch

Bedford Town's home Evo-Stik Southern League Premier clash with Leamington has been postponed.

Brabin plans sensible approach over kids in Trophy clash

Jake Woolley holds off Hinckley's Paul Lister

Luton Town travel to Kidderminster Harriers for tomorrow's FA Trophy third round match and though manager Gary Brabin hinted at fielding a mix of fringe and youth players, he refused to distinguish it as a 'trophy team'

Harriers have 'fingers crossed' that Hatters clash will happen

FA Trophy

A preliminary pitch inspection at Aggborough has left Kidderminster Harriers hopeful that tomorrow's FA Trophy third round clash with Luton Town will go ahead despite freezing conditions

Watkins gets England call-up

Adam Watkins

Luton Town midfielder Adam Watkins has been selected in Paul Fairclough's England C squad that will face Italy in their opening International Challenge Trophy on February 28 at Fleetwood's Highbury Stadium

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