“We want players here who are going to be here for the long term. Players who buy houses here, who settle in the area. It’s a brilliant club, great supporters but we want players to come here to be part of that community rather than being ships in the night having a last pay day at Ipswich… we want to build for the future rather than do a quick fix because I think it’s going to be a long-term job.” – Paul Jewell, 17th August 2012 “Listen, to go longer-term, sometimes you have to go short-term.” – Paul Jewell, 19th…
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TTU Season Preview 2012-13: Financial Questions at Ipswich Town
For our penultimate pre-season preview post, we are made up to welcome Gavin Barber, a veteran of The Seventy Two; his missives for whom can be sought out at the archive we recently set up on our home page. Gavin has been a keen chronicler of all things Ipswich Town for a few years now and here he questions the veil of mystery that surrounds the running of the Suffolk club. Every other summer, Sky Sports has to spend an uncomfortable few weeks away from the centre of the sporting universe. World Cups and European Championships temporarily force the broadcasting…
Keane: hopes and fears cast asunder
With Lloyd putting his feet up in advance of a television appearance this coming Thursday that will surely propel him to stardom well beyond the petty confines of this website; we are delighted to welcome another guest contributor. Gavin Barber, resident of Oxfordshire, but scion of Portman Road, turns the spotlight on events of the past few days and the dissolution of the phrase, “Roy Keane’s Ipswich”. Take a look at these three opening paragraphs from The Guardian, all from stories published in the first week of 2011: “Crystal Palace, currently mired in the relegation zone of the Championship, sacked their…
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