12 February 2010 11:51
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...
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05 February 2010 15:52
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...
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14 January 2010 15:57
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...
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04 January 2010 14:46
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...
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04 November 2009 10:59
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...
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27 October 2009 15:34
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...
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23 October 2009 12:51
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...
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15 October 2009 17:11
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...
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07 October 2009 16:09
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...
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25 September 2009 15:50
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....
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17 September 2009 09:43
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...
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10 September 2009 15:56
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...
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04 September 2009 16:41
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...
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03 August 2009 14:30
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...
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19 June 2009 14:12
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...
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