TRAINING STARTS

Posted on July 10, 2013 in Millwall

The manager of Fleetwood Town, Graham Alexander, is very happy that the holidays are over and the team has started the pre-season training.

Alexander was appointed as Fleetwood manager in the middle of the last season. He had taken over from Micky Mellon who was sacked after Fleetwood’s defeat against Aldershot Town in the second round of FA Cup.

Under Alexander’s guidance, Fleetwood didn’t have that much success in the second half of the last season. The 41 years old Englishman managed The Cod Army in 26 games out of which they won only 7.

Alexander doesn’t want to recall what happened in the last season. He wants to move on and make the next season a successful one for the club.

In the first week of the pre-season training, Alexander focussed only on fitness. The players went through various fitness drills and tried to get their body into perfect shape.

Talking to the reporters a couple of days back, Alexander said, “I had been desperately waiting for the pre-season training to start. I have signed some exciting, young players this summer and I was keen to start working with them.”

“The first week of training has gone fantastically well. The main focus was on fitness. We want everybody to be in good shape before the start of the season.”

“I know that fitness drills are not something which players enjoy the most. But, it needs to be done if we want to have a competitive squad.”

“The environment in the camp is fantastic. The players are gelling well together and enjoying each other’s company.”

“I would like to thank my support staff too. They are doing their jobs with a lot of seriousness.”

Fleetwood Town will start their League Two campaign next season against Dagenham & Redbridge.

Fleetwood Beat Kilmarnock

Posted on August 28, 2012 in Millwall

Fleetwood Town has defeated Kilmarnock by 4-0 in a pre season friendly match. The banned midfielder of Queens Park Rangers, Joey Barton, played for Fleetwood Town in this match. He played in the match for 45 minutes. Barton has been banned by the Queens Park Rangers for 12 matches due to his behaviour in a match against Manchester City in the last season. Barton misbehaved with many players of Manchester City and his behaviour was certainly not acceptable.

After the match, the QPR immediately banned Barton. He was also fined heavily by the club. Barton admitted his mistake after the match and said that he should not have behaved in that manner. He was not in a right frame of mind at that time and he deserves to be punished. Barton was also terminated from the captaincy. He wasn’t allowed to practice with QPR during the ban period. So, he has been practicing with the squad of Fleetwood Town since then. Barton joined QPR in the last season and he captained the team in his very first match for the club. His first goal for QPR was against Wolverhampton Wanderers. He performed pretty well for QPR in the last season, but, in the last match of the season against Manchester City on 13^th may, he did something which harmed his reputation big time.

After the match against Kilmarnock, Barton said that he is grateful to the authorities of Fleetwood Town that they allowed him to practice with the squad. On being asked about the Fleetwood squad, Barton said that there are some talented guys in the Fleetwood team and the team is on the right track. On being asked about that awful incident against Manchester City, Barton said that he did a mistake that day and he has learnt a lesson from that mistake.