| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 13:11 - May 9 with 1932 views | Illinoisblue |
And marveling at us not scoring for SIX games in League 1 while enjoying this run of results:
Rochdale 0 Ipswich 0
Ipswich 0 MK Dons 0
Wimbledon 3 Ipswich 0
Charlton 0 Ipswich 0
Northampton 3 Ipswich 0
Ipswich 0 Wimbledon 0
And then being told in three years time we’d be in the premier league after two successive promotions, gaining the most points in all of English football along the way, and would be be sponsored by a global megastar.
Nae normal. Bonkers.
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| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 13:13 - May 9 with 1880 views | footers |
It's like 'Nam. Best not rake up old graves. Flashbacks and so on. |  |
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| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 13:17 - May 9 with 1842 views | hoppy |
And the most goals scored in The Championship on the way as well, don't forget. |  |
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| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 13:21 - May 9 with 1804 views | Illinoisblue |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 13:17 - May 9 by hoppy |
And the most goals scored in The Championship on the way as well, don't forget. |
And home and away games selling out almost every week. | |
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| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 13:22 - May 9 with 1791 views | ElderGrizzly |
4 clean sheets there. Stop moaning ;) |  | | |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 13:23 - May 9 with 1787 views | Illinoisblue |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 13:13 - May 9 by footers |
It's like 'Nam. Best not rake up old graves. Flashbacks and so on. |
I think around this time there were no fans allowed in the ground so Covid saved us from the full horror. I recall watching the Northampton game on iFollow and feeling very depressed. | |
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| Imagine being a Town fan in January 2023 on 13:36 - May 9 with 1736 views | MisterBlue |
and calling for McKenna to be sacked and replaced by Warnock !! |  | | |
| Imagine being a Town fan in January 2023 on 13:41 - May 9 with 1711 views | Illinoisblue |
| Imagine being a Town fan in January 2023 on 13:36 - May 9 by MisterBlue |
and calling for McKenna to be sacked and replaced by Warnock !! |
Wait, did someone do that? | |
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| Imagine being a Town fan in January 2023 on 13:44 - May 9 with 1696 views | MisterBlue |
| Imagine being a Town fan in January 2023 on 13:41 - May 9 by Illinoisblue |
Wait, did someone do that? |
Not sure if it was on here, but definitely was on the Radio Suffolk phone in, when we were having a run of games without a win, much like this season really. | | | |
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| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 13:44 - May 9 with 1690 views | Churchman |
The days before Dementor Evans was bought out were a lot more depressing than those results, most of which occurred after the sale. Personally, I thought the depressing results, performances, the sheer shambles of it all that April tolerable only because I knew there was a chance of change.
It felt a gamble. Who were these people? Where they all wind and p%ss? Empty promises? Quick flip merchants? But it also felt a chance; a no lose gamble. No mistake, League 2 beckoned within a season or two and things were not going to get better.
Cook might have got a team together on nothing - he’s good at that tbf, but like McCarthy before him, there’s a limit to what you can do in that environment.
So depressing though those April results were, I was optimistic regarding the bigger picture at the time. Those results though were the pits reading them back though.
While he was wrong to do it publicly I can understand why the manager blew his stack. 45 minutes before the players were blowing through their rear ends was as much as they could manage. Now? It’s the opposition ventilating their shorts through the last third of the game. What a contrast in every way.
I thought that April post Gamechanger we’d get out of L1, possibly even the following season but never in my wildest dreams thought we’d get to the Premier League in 3 years in the way we have.
Waka waka, we’re going up again! |  | | |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 13:55 - May 9 with 1621 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
And just being talked about in the media and at work is quite the novelty. For so many years we were just irrelevant, making up the numbers in the football league, and on a gradual downwards trajectory. Without the takeover I don’t think it’s beyond the realms of possibility that we’d have eventually dropped into league two.
I’m not old enough to have enjoyed Town’s glory years, just the very brief PL stint was as good as it got. Now they have me dreaming of a trophy in the next few years (even a League Cup would be incredible)! |  | | |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 14:00 - May 9 with 1575 views | ITFC_Forever |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 13:23 - May 9 by Illinoisblue |
I think around this time there were no fans allowed in the ground so Covid saved us from the full horror. I recall watching the Northampton game on iFollow and feeling very depressed. |
Covid saved ME and Lambert from a full on revolt in the Spring of 2020, the peasants were starting to revolt as it was before the pandemic stopped the world. |  |
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| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 14:03 - May 9 with 1558 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 14:00 - May 9 by ITFC_Forever |
Covid saved ME and Lambert from a full on revolt in the Spring of 2020, the peasants were starting to revolt as it was before the pandemic stopped the world. |
That Fleetwood game at home. Just Tomas Holy smashing the ball up to Harry Souttar's head all evening. Proper proper grim. |  |
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| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 14:13 - May 9 with 1486 views | Sawtrich |
Yes, a lot of that season was behind closed doors wasn't it? I remember sitting watching on the laptop on my own wondering why I was bothering. Wasn't there some dross from Evans about how there was good stuff happening but we couldn't appreciate it because we didn't get the full picture as we weren't in the ground?!?! |  | | |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 14:14 - May 9 with 1485 views | _clive_baker_ |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 13:55 - May 9 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
And just being talked about in the media and at work is quite the novelty. For so many years we were just irrelevant, making up the numbers in the football league, and on a gradual downwards trajectory. Without the takeover I don’t think it’s beyond the realms of possibility that we’d have eventually dropped into league two.
I’m not old enough to have enjoyed Town’s glory years, just the very brief PL stint was as good as it got. Now they have me dreaming of a trophy in the next few years (even a League Cup would be incredible)! |
Quite. Even when we briefly flirted with promotion under McCarthy we were pretty vanilla from top to bottom. Keane was probably the last 'era' when we were on the map, and that was all for the wrong reasons. Jewell, Hurst, Lambert, Cook, neither interesting nor effective. Just absolute bobbins really.
To think we're now the flavour of the month, the underdog who has defied expectations like have before in our illustrious past. Sheeran, Wardley, a young, fit, exciting side under a young and progressive manager who is tipped for the absolute top. It's a story that seems to have captured the whole county and beyond, it's nuts. Kids and old alike donning the blue of Ipswich Town. So many people I know who don't even support us have been buzzing for it, the media domestically and globally, the scale of the reach is crazy.
I was thinking last night, if you're a player of just about any club outside the 'big 6' or 8, you must look at our squad with such envy. There are very, very few better clubs to be at right now. Back to back promotions, improving every day, fanatic fan base, bank holiday weekends on the Town, getting p1ssed up with one of the biggest musicians on the planet. Our pulling power must be higher than its been in literally many decades right now.
Such an about turn and long overdue. |  | | |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 14:20 - May 9 with 1441 views | tractorboy1978 |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 14:14 - May 9 by _clive_baker_ |
Quite. Even when we briefly flirted with promotion under McCarthy we were pretty vanilla from top to bottom. Keane was probably the last 'era' when we were on the map, and that was all for the wrong reasons. Jewell, Hurst, Lambert, Cook, neither interesting nor effective. Just absolute bobbins really.
To think we're now the flavour of the month, the underdog who has defied expectations like have before in our illustrious past. Sheeran, Wardley, a young, fit, exciting side under a young and progressive manager who is tipped for the absolute top. It's a story that seems to have captured the whole county and beyond, it's nuts. Kids and old alike donning the blue of Ipswich Town. So many people I know who don't even support us have been buzzing for it, the media domestically and globally, the scale of the reach is crazy.
I was thinking last night, if you're a player of just about any club outside the 'big 6' or 8, you must look at our squad with such envy. There are very, very few better clubs to be at right now. Back to back promotions, improving every day, fanatic fan base, bank holiday weekends on the Town, getting p1ssed up with one of the biggest musicians on the planet. Our pulling power must be higher than its been in literally many decades right now.
Such an about turn and long overdue. |
Players are going to be queuing up to play for McKenna this summer. | | | |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 14:22 - May 9 with 1425 views | Illinoisblue |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 14:20 - May 9 by tractorboy1978 |
Players are going to be queuing up to play for McKenna this summer. |
This is an important point; clubs know their players will improve under KM. A win win. | |
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| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 14:27 - May 9 with 1373 views | BlueBadger |
Yes, but that was all the fault of the players. Just like it was the following season. |  |
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| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 14:35 - May 9 with 1323 views | TractorCam |
Alan Judge said Rochdale was a "tough place to go" following that draw. They were basically relegated and had only won once at home all season. TWTD. |  |
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| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 14:58 - May 9 with 1221 views | BseaBlue |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 14:20 - May 9 by tractorboy1978 |
Players are going to be queuing up to play for McKenna this summer. |
An excellent point to make. I read Watson's article on the interview that Hirst gave. Out of everything, that really hit me in the feels. I think it was purely because he was desperate to play for this football club. What a nice turn of events from some of the mercenaries we have had here in the banter era.
That desire to come and play here is a huge credit not just to KMac, but to the board, the staff and the supporters as well. |  | | |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 15:24 - May 9 with 1092 views | BlueBadger |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 14:58 - May 9 by BseaBlue |
An excellent point to make. I read Watson's article on the interview that Hirst gave. Out of everything, that really hit me in the feels. I think it was purely because he was desperate to play for this football club. What a nice turn of events from some of the mercenaries we have had here in the banter era.
That desire to come and play here is a huge credit not just to KMac, but to the board, the staff and the supporters as well. |
I wouldn't be surprised if we have a fair amount of luck securing some young European talent on loan, given how much Omari has progressed under McKenna. | |
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| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 15:40 - May 9 with 1039 views | Arthur_Hayes |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 13:13 - May 9 by footers |
It's like 'Nam. Best not rake up old graves. Flashbacks and so on. |
Are you referring to CheltenNam away? That Bonne miss? |  | | |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 17:33 - May 9 with 856 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 14:03 - May 9 by TRUE_BLUE123 |
That Fleetwood game at home. Just Tomas Holy smashing the ball up to Harry Souttar's head all evening. Proper proper grim. |
Haha! Holy! Do you remember him? Really tall chap.
Feels like an age ago! | | | |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 18:07 - May 9 with 780 views | BlueBadger |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 14:03 - May 9 by TRUE_BLUE123 |
That Fleetwood game at home. Just Tomas Holy smashing the ball up to Harry Souttar's head all evening. Proper proper grim. |
Joey F**king Barton being able to say, with justification, that this was the worst Town side ever. | |
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| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 18:32 - May 9 with 730 views | Freddies_Ears |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 14:35 - May 9 by TractorCam |
Alan Judge said Rochdale was a "tough place to go" following that draw. They were basically relegated and had only won once at home all season. TWTD. |
I was so pissed off to miss that Rochdale game due to it being BCD. Neither side registered a shot on goal. That'll never happen in a match again in my lifetime. And I missed it. | | | |
| Imagine being a Town fan in April 2021 on 18:34 - May 9 with 702 views | Swansea_Blue |
I don’t have to imagine, I was*. Grim times.
*Know what you meant though, I’m just been a twit. [Post edited 9 May 18:35]
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