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Here We Go Again! - Russell Osman - Ipswich Town News

Russell Osman again writes for TWTD as he joins John Wark as regular columnists on the website. In his first column for the 2001/02 season he is upeat about the coming season:

"I am confident that Town will again more than hold their own in the 'big boys' league this year and I am looking forward to seeing how they progress in Europe. It is funny that in the year that we are going to celebrate winning the UEFA Cup by having a players reunion at the end of August, sees Town embarking on the first European campaign for quite a long time. The reunion should see the side of 1981 together for the first time since the early eighties. Some will have put on a few pounds since then and some will have lost a bit of hair or had it turned grey, or even both. I for one still have a full head of hair and still weigh in at 12 stone (if only!)."

Read the full column on the site: http://www.twtd.co.uk/osman

class="storytext">John Wark's first column can be found here:

http://www.twtd.co.uk/warkytalky

Also we are asking you of your hopes and fears for this this season. Where will we finish in the league? How far will be progress in the cups? Who will be crowned Champions and who will face the drop?

Tell us here:

http://www.twtd.com/rivals/TD_list.pl?key=119&page=1

New photographs of the North Stand development have been added to the site. You can follow the progress of all the work at Portman Road here:

http://www.twtd.co.uk/development

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