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Between The Lines, the Irreverent Poetry of Ipswich Town. No.14 - Sexy Draws
Bit late, soz. I made some notes about domination last week, and much like Ipswich, failed to finish them off. Oo-er missus.

Championship Preview: Swansea City
Swansea were a side I had down as a dark horse this season, but things haven’t gone quite to plan despite a solid summer transfer window.

Championship Preview: Watford
The first managerial sacking of the season was, surprise, surprise, Watford. Like someone who can’t quite move on from their ex,the Watford board parted company with Paulo Pezzolano after just five months in charge and opted to bring back Javi Gracia for a second spell at the club following his last spell in 2019.

Between The Lines, the Irreverent Poetry of Ipswich Town. No.13 - Egelling
Apologies to TWTD’s tech wizard Gav, who I unashamedly stole that word off. But there are signs of gelling throughout the team, and none more so than with Sindre Walle Egeli who probably had his best game yet.

Championship Preview: Queens Park Rangers
Consistently inconsistent would be the best way to describe QPR this season. They started the season with four defeats in their first five games, including a 7-1 battering by Coventry, before then going undefeated in their next six.

Between The Lines no.12 - Jack In The Socks
Another bloody 12.30 kick-off, and a subsequently flat atmosphere and flat game. Insomnia by Faithless played out over the Tannoy before kick-off, and the game itself was almost the cure. Only lit up by Jack Clarke’s late twinkle toes.

Championship Preview: West Bromwich Albion
Ryan Mason’s West Brom were an unknown quantity at the start of the season as the former Tottenham player and caretaker-manager took his first steps into senior management.

Between The Lines - Your Quirky And Irreverent Match Report Poem, No.11, Charlton (H)
What a bizarre game that was. If you had to go off somewhere after the first half and then found out later that the final score was 0-3 you’d be utterly baffled. As am I.

Championship Preview: Charlton Athletic
It’s a tight Championship season so far, but newly promoted Charlton are doing better than a lot of people expected.

Between The Lines - Quirky And Irreverent Match Report Poetry. No.10, Boro (A)
Middlesbrough 2:1 Ipswich Town, 17/10/2025

Championship Preview: Middlesbrough
It’s a visit to one of the league’s promotion contenders on a Friday night following the second international break of the season as Town make the trip to the Riverside.

Between The Lines - The Quirky And Often Irreverent Poetry Of Ipswich Town. No.9 Norwich (H)
Ipswich Town 3:1 Norwich City, 05/10/2025

Between The Lines - The Quirky And Often Irreverent Poetry Of Ipswich Town. No.8
Bristol City 1:1 Ipswich Town, 30/09/2025

Between The Lines - The Quirky And Often Irreverent Poetry Of Ipswich Town. No.7
Ipswich Town 2:1 Portsmouth, 27/09/2025

Championship Preview: Norwich City
The East Anglian derby. If there wasn’t already enough spice to this fixture we’ve now tipped in a whole bunch of chillis and followed that up by splashing in some tabasco.

Championship Preview: Bristol City
Last year's play-off semi-finalists were a bit of an unknown quantity coming into this season having lost manager Liam Manning to Norwich over the summer, but new boss Gerhard Struber has taken no time putting his mark on the side and getting them competing at the top end of the table once more.

Championship Preview: Portsmouth
Portsmouth are now in their second season in the Championship having finished a respectable 16th under John Mousinho last season.

Between The Lines - The Poetry Of Ipswich Town, No.6
It seems last week I was a bit premature with the nautical theme. In this week’s there’s also a bonus ex-player reference, for those of you older than 25 to spot. There’s even a Greek god reference.

Between The Lines - The Poetry Of Ipswich Town, No.5
So you may have noticed, I've changed the name from Flowing Moves to Between The Lines. I just think it's a better title. Because obviously football is played 'between the lines' on the pitch. And also, with any kind of literary work (and especially mine) one should always read between the lines!

Championship Preview: Blackburn Rovers
There was an exodus at Ewood Park over the summer with Dilan Markanday, Andreas Weimann, Danny Batth, Joe Rankin-Costello, Tyrhys Dolan, Callum Brittain, John Buckley and Lewis Travis all departing.