Former Town chairman David Sheepshanks says Sir Bobby Robson will be missed dreadfully by the football world and people of Ipswich and Suffolk. The ex-Blues boss died earlier today.

Sheepshanks told the club site: "It is desperately sad news. Although everyone knew that he was seriously ill, he showed extraordinary courage in fighting cancer and that was very much to the fore when he attended the charity match at Newcastle last weekend in aid of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation.

"Sir Bobby will be missed dreadfully by the entire football world as much as by the people of Ipswich and Suffolk, for whom he became a favourite son.

"My memories are not only of a courageous man but also a brilliantly astute manager who positively enthused everyone around him with that infectious sense of passion for the game.

"He was truly a great man whose achievements with Ipswich Town are the stuff of legend, not forgetting his remarkable record elsewhere, including England, who he guided to a World Cup semi-final. We will all remember him so fondly."

Former Blues John Wark, Russell Osman and Mick Mills are amongst those to add their tributes on the club site.

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DaveAngelEcoWarrior added 21:11 - Aug 1 Bobby made me proud to to English
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