How long will Roy Keane stay at Ipswich Town?

SO what do we make of Roy Keane? How long will he be around? Can he make Ipswich Town become a success again? He’s been in charge at Portman Road for coming up to 10 months now having arrived amid a blaze of publicity and a shed load of optimism. Results-wise...

Ipswich Town hitting the road and hopefully the points

THE tyres of Her Majesty’s Press Corps (Ipswich branch) bullet proof-fitted vehicle will have to go in for a check with all the travelling on the horizon. Four away Championship games on the trot is new territory for the hardened media men that religiously...

Ipswich Town's Tommy Smith a cult figure in New Zealand

A COUPLE of days in Amsterdam not only refreshed parts that other cities cannot refresh it also gave time to reflect on Ipswich Town’s current standing. And the result of the head scratching is that the Blues are heading in the right direction. Two...

The day Roy Keane wanted me in his side!

IT'S been some time since my primary duties allowed time to get back in action on this site. But with Christmas done and dusted and everything quiet at Portman Road today with everyone from the manager down appearing to be off here we go with apologies...

Roy Keane knows how to handle the press

HAVING been a stranger to winning for so long Saturday’s long-awaited success over Derby County left many Town fans in a vacuum on Saturday. Heads were scratched to try and recall what happens after three points. A few beers yes, but then what? Once...

Roy Keane, Paul Mariner, John Wark and Ray Crawford - it's all happening!

MY lips are sealed! Sorry, but I can’t pass on any inside info after spending last Friday evening in the company of two former Ipswich Town stars – Paul Mariner and John Wark. It was a joy to enjoy an evening meal and a couple of beers in a town centre...

Video 'nasty' just one Ipswich Town screen highlight

IT never used to be like this. The job of covering Ipswich Town for the local paper as a member of Her Majesty’s Press Corps (Ipswich branch) used to basically consist of wearing your fingers out bashing away on a typewriter or damaging the eardrums...

Elvis is in the Ipswich Town building!

FORGOT to mention in my last report of a laugh that my colleagues in Her Majesty’s Press Corps (Ipswich branch) enjoyed at my expense as we went to enter Oakwell before the 2-1 Championship defeat against Barnsley. When I was christened – yes I know...

Ipswich Town - burning the midnight oil!

TWO further trips to report on from Her Majesty’s Press Corps (Ipswich branch) with sorties to Bramall Lane, Sheffield United and Oakwell, Barnsley. It goes without saying that with three successive journeys up the A1 to Yorkshire – Doncaster was the...

Trains, pies but no wins yet for Ipswich Town

SOME new travelling companions for Her Majesty’s Press Corps (Ipswich branch) trip to Doncaster last weekend. Carl Marston from the EADT and photographer Warren Page joined senior driver Barry Kent and myself in our latest sortie beyond enemy lines....

Kevin Beattie - Ipswich Town singing legend!

STILL searching for their first league victory of the season; Ipswich Town travel to Doncaster at the weekend for a match against Yorkshire opposition who are in the same boat. It is interesting stuff at Portman Road these days; with increased comment...

Ipswich Town - happy hunting grounds

IT’S all hands to the pump again after the international break with Her Majesty’s Press Corps (Ipswich branch) on their way to Middlesbrough on Friday for the following day’s Championship match at the Riverside. The north east venue holds some happy...

Fun and games in this Ipswich Town seat!

IT hasn’t been a good start for Ipswich Town under the management of Roy Keane. The summer optimism and burning anticipation has turned to concern after just two points from the opening five matches. Take his final games at Sunderland before he left...

Sir Bobby factor will help Ipswich Town

LESS than seven days to go before the big kick-off. So how excited should we be? Can Roy Keane fulfil the faith put in him by owner Marcus Evans and lift the Blues back to the Premier League at the first attempt? This is the burning question on the...

Roy Keane and his Ipswich Town signings

WITH Ed Upson signing a new one year contract and Shane Supple about to follow suit there is just one outstanding issue to be sorted from the 13 players whose Ipswich Town contracts expire on June 30. And faced with a head against heart decision, young...