The Official Ipswich Town Thread

The Official Ipswich Town Thread

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Last Visit

2,810 posts

188 months

Saturday 27th May 2023
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My sons becoming really interested in football and wants to start going to some matches. Whilst i wouldn't describe myself as a massive football fan, having moved to Suffolk 6 years ago I do have a soft spot for our local "big' team and like to see them do well.

Hence I will be popping down to Portman Road for the first time to watch a few matches with him come season kick off in August. Obviously made all the sweeter with the promotion to the CL.

CardinalBlue

839 posts

77 months

Sunday 28th May 2023
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Last Visit said:
My sons becoming really interested in football and wants to start going to some matches. Whilst i wouldn't describe myself as a massive football fan, having moved to Suffolk 6 years ago I do have a soft spot for our local "big' team and like to see them do well.

Hence I will be popping down to Portman Road for the first time to watch a few matches with him come season kick off in August. Obviously made all the sweeter with the promotion to the CL.
I’m told by people who have done this, that this is excellent for kids

https://www.itfc.co.uk/supporters/first-time-fans/

Last Visit

2,810 posts

188 months

Sunday 28th May 2023
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CardinalBlue said:
Last Visit said:
My sons becoming really interested in football and wants to start going to some matches. Whilst i wouldn't describe myself as a massive football fan, having moved to Suffolk 6 years ago I do have a soft spot for our local "big' team and like to see them do well.

Hence I will be popping down to Portman Road for the first time to watch a few matches with him come season kick off in August. Obviously made all the sweeter with the promotion to the CL.
I’m told by people who have done this, that this is excellent for kids

https://www.itfc.co.uk/supporters/first-time-fans/
Thanks for that link, seems really good and I think my son would really like that.

CardinalBlue

839 posts

77 months

Tuesday 27th June 2023
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No surprises for who the first new signing through the door is. After having three bids rebuffed in January, Mckenna finally gets his man.

https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2023/june/town-sign-ja...




ArmaghMan

2,413 posts

180 months

Saturday 19th August 2023
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Bloody hell.. what a start to the season

CardinalBlue

839 posts

77 months

Saturday 26th August 2023
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And the run comes to an end. I feel if we played Leeds last week we would have beaten them, but their £70million front line was just too much.

Hoping for 2/3 bodies in through the door before the window closes.

DaveyBoyWonder

2,502 posts

174 months

Tuesday 29th August 2023
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CardinalBlue said:
And the run comes to an end. I feel if we played Leeds last week we would have beaten them, but their £70million front line was just too much.

Hoping for 2/3 bodies in through the door before the window closes.
Luckily our 50p and a packet of crisps defence (and the ref) helped you out a bit biggrin

dirty boy

14,698 posts

209 months

Wednesday 30th August 2023
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DaveyBoyWonder said:
CardinalBlue said:
And the run comes to an end. I feel if we played Leeds last week we would have beaten them, but their £70million front line was just too much.

Hoping for 2/3 bodies in through the door before the window closes.
Luckily our 50p and a packet of crisps defence (and the ref) helped you out a bit biggrin
Lol! I didn't really know what to make of the game, I don't feel like we deserved to lose, but also wasn't baffled that we did.

Could have been 6-5 to us and I don't think you could have complained either...strange one, but Leeds team is insane on paper for this division, pretty sure Farke will get you promoted.


dirty boy

14,698 posts

209 months

Monday 4th September 2023
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What a whirlwind for us!

2-0 down to a Cardiff team happy to sit and counter. Thought they were very organised and will catch a number of teams out this season, Ramsay is absolute class still.

I don't think we've got the overall quality of player to go on and really make an impression on this division, but Broadhead and Davis are two absolute gems, the rest of us is built on being well drilled and a very hard working team.

Predict us to finish just outside the top 6, falling short with a few weeks to go...will be a bumpy ride at times, but we'll have our share of wins.

After the dross we've endured since McCarthy's play-off team, it's very much welcomed!

ArmaghMan

2,413 posts

180 months

Sunday 17th September 2023
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We have more points now than I had hoped we'd have by Halloween.
When we play well we are lovely to watch.
When we dont we seem to be able to grind out results.
Good Times.

dirty boy

14,698 posts

209 months

Monday 18th September 2023
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ArmaghMan said:
We have more points now than I had hoped we'd have by Halloween.
When we play well we are lovely to watch.
When we dont we seem to be able to grind out results.
Good Times.
We've now matched our entire win tally from the last time we were in the Championship....unreal to think how bad we were back then :-(

Love watching us now...not quite got the quality of some teams in terms of individuals, but we're certainly organised and have great character.

Venisonpie

3,277 posts

82 months

Wednesday 27th September 2023
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And we keep on winning! At some point we need to stop shipping goals before getting going but great fun.

dirty boy

14,698 posts

209 months

Thursday 28th September 2023
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Just enjoying it.

Things change fast in football...


ArmaghMan

2,413 posts

180 months

Wednesday 4th October 2023
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Last night was a much more comfortable win ran I was expecting.
Saturday will tell a tale.

Venisonpie

3,277 posts

82 months

Wednesday 4th October 2023
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On the flipside, tough couple of games for Preston.

dirty boy

14,698 posts

209 months

Thursday 5th October 2023
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Preston sat deep against Leicester and did restrict them in chances, but still lost (largely due to Leicester quality) wouldn't be surprised for them to do the same to us, we don't have the same quality as them...

If they try and play, we win, but if they do sit, could cause problems.

Tuesday night was ace though, crowd unsually quiet in large parts, but it was just so comfortable, 50/50 stats really didn't reflect how that game panned out.

We're sooooo nice to watch.

Venisonpie

3,277 posts

82 months

Thursday 5th October 2023
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dirty boy said:
Preston sat deep against Leicester and did restrict them in chances, but still lost (largely due to Leicester quality) wouldn't be surprised for them to do the same to us, we don't have the same quality as them...

If they try and play, we win, but if they do sit, could cause problems.

Tuesday night was ace though, crowd unsually quiet in large parts, but it was just so comfortable, 50/50 stats really didn't reflect how that game panned out.

We're sooooo nice to watch.
Sounds like scoring first will be key.

N4LLY

220 posts

17 months

Saturday 7th October 2023
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8 points clear of 3rd already. Who would have thunk it. Most excellent !

ArmaghMan

2,413 posts

180 months

Monday 9th October 2023
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N4LLY said:
8 points clear of 3rd already. Who would have thunk it. Most excellent !
Certainly not me.i genuinely hoped we'd be solid mid table and not in a relegation dog fight after promotion.
I'm tempted to cash out already on my bet on us to win the championship 😅
£12 back for £5 " invested".....son who actually has the Paddy Power account reckons with 3 "easy" games coming up I should wait.

CardinalBlue

839 posts

77 months

Friday 20th October 2023
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No surprise tonight’s game is off.


I live in Yorkshire, so hadn’t set off yet - but really fell for the fans who travelled for the game to be called off so late in the day.

Poor from EFL/Sky.