Pools Panel Verdict? Three Points On Coupon To Three Points In Table = Promotion!!

With no game at the weekend Town fans have been afforded a little time to reflect or maybe look forward on a season that gave us promise followed by disappointment, more promise then disappointment. I think at the moment we are sitting just between the...

Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot?

It’s a new year with resolutions new hopes and aspirations, but what about a new striker?   Jon Stead’s four match ban has taken our “in form” goal scorer out of the frame for four games but given that ‘steady’ is joint top scorer on just six net bulging...

Let's not become just another statistic

Unbeaten in the last seven games. Only lost twice in last twelve. Statistics you would not normally associate with a side in the drop zone. The fact is we are still there. We are at the same time only twelve points away from a play-off place and an amazing...

Have We Turned The Corner Or Am I Just Round The Bend!?

Tuesday’s game at Portman Road against Watford followed more than a few now all too familiar patterns. Town score early, fail to capitalize then capitulate in time added on. The latter seems to be a pre-requisite for most games. Tuesday night however...

Lets sing out loud in Bobby's Stand

Eight games into the season four points from a possible twenty four and the only win in all competitions, a penalties after extra time victory at Shrewsbury was not the expected return for most Town fans as we go into a fixture that many of us looked...

Oxygen Masks or Diving Helmets? What to wear at 'The Hawthorns'

After all the pre-season hype and excitement it is more trepidation than expectation that we take with us for the clash against 'The Baggies' on Saturday. Our visit to 'The Hawthorns' the countries most elevated ground geographically could see us in...

Another dose of 'Sky Blues' against the 'Sky Blues' but its 'Blue Skies' from now on.

As was fully expected when the ‘Roy Keane Factor’ rolled into Portman Road, the season has begun with more talking points than a Michael Parkinson interview. The performance at ‘The Ricoh’ was encouraging in many ways. We’ll play a lot worse than that...

Thanks for the memories Bobby.

I’m not a great lover of pre-season friendlies and by the same token I don’t give much importance to their results, but when ‘The Town’ are playing in your own back garden it’s difficult to find an excuse not to attend.   Standing next to Roy Keane...

Mid table, end of season, who says it can't be fun?

What must be one of the strangest seasons in the history of Ipswich Town football Club reaches its conclusion on Sunday afternoon.   The famous Suffolk punch on the badge hardly managed a trot at the start of the season, never even reached a canter...

The new manager may be signed but is he set in stone?

As one of the most dull and mundane seasons in living memory for most Town fans was meandering towards a finish of complete mediocrity, we are suddenly given a ‘hit’ of more excitement, controversy and speculation than you can shake a stick at in the...

Missing. Does anyone know the whereabouts of my beloved team?

Their name is Ipswich Town FC and they loved to hear their name shouted by thousands of passionate fans.  They would respond by playing attractive flowing football, ripping opposition defences to shreds and scoring goals for fun, especially at home with...

Jim........ Magilton or Bowen?

Another three games, five more points and while the likelihood of a playoff place is more remote than a Highland Crofter’s Cottage you still couldn’t book a holiday in May with total impunity.   After a gutsy performance and excellent result at ‘The...

It's alive! But is it a Monster?

I couldn’t bring myself to make a posting after the Southampton game. It would have been very reactionary and not very rational such was my disappointment both on the night and for some days after. One gameless Saturday and one commendable midweek performance...

Hot Stuff!

Impartial viewers of Saturday evenings live on Sky game at QPR must have been left wondering what’s going on at Portman Road? Only lost one in the last nine, two points off the playoffs with twelve to go and just gave the richest club in the Championship...

Can You Protest Every Week?

Whether by a direct result or by pure coincidence, Wednesday’s much publicised though subsequently rather low key demonstration by the ‘Anti Magilton’ lobby seemed to have the desired effect within the ground. Two goals (okay we only actually scored...