Keeper Márton Fülöp is hoping that playing regularly for the Blues will help him win back his place in the Hungary side. Fülöp and team-mate Tamás Priskin are amongst six Town players on international duty this week.

Fülöp told the club site that he is looking to take the number one jersey from former Crystal Palace and Burnley glovesman Gabor Kiraly, who is currently with German side 1860 Munich: "I have been number one for my country but Gabor is playing at the moment. I need to show consistency for my club first and then hopefully I can prove that I can be number one for my country again.

"As a team we are getting there. We were in a good position at one stage in the last World Cup qualifiers but lost our last few matches. I think that in the next two or four years, we will get to a major competition."

Meanwhile, Town chief executive Simon Clegg says he hopes the 2012 Olympic torch might pass through the club ahead of the Games: “If it stays in Suffolk overnight then hopefully Portman Road will be an overnight base.

“I’m working on a number of ideas and have some up my sleeve how the football club can be involved in some way or other.”

Late last year Clegg told TWTD that he was hoping the Brazil U23 football side might use Portman Road as their base.

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ITFCkezza added 16:23 - Aug 31 you can do it marton! Your better than Kiraly
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FenboyBlue added 16:26 - Aug 31 Hungry's Number One. Hungry's, Hungry's Number One. Etc. Right that's one players chant down, 10 more to go.
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TractorRoyNo1 added 16:48 - Aug 31 good chance as long as he doesn't "do a James" as he did at Palace
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ITFCKeano added 16:55 - Aug 31 FenboyBlue - Hungry? Do you mean the Hungry Horse, hmm, big plate special - nice. Or the country "HunGary"? (note the "G") ;-)
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ITFCKeano added 16:56 - Aug 31 or even the big "A" that should be highlighted instead. Sorry, how embarassing :-(
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Blue_Fred added 17:12 - Aug 31 Good Point - well made - shame about the spelling !!!!!!!!!!!!! thx - haven't laughed so much in ages. lol
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FenboyBlue added 19:47 - Aug 31 I deliberately meant Hungry as it fits the chant better than Hung-ary. And it continues the Hungry/Hungary pun that Hungarians find hilarious. :-)
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SurreyITFC added 20:27 - Aug 31 Agree ITFCkezza. You are better than Kiraly & I'm sure you will make the Hungarian number 1 spot your own. COYB
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BerlinBlue added 09:30 - Sep 1 kiraly is seriously underrated in england... i used to watch him play for hertha berlin where he was world class... true his performances for palace and burnley weren't brilliant but he still has it... however i am very thankful we have fülöp because he's a great keeper and i'm sure he's capable of being number 1 for hungary...
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