Manager Mick McCarthy says that while he is respectful of the club’s history, it’s Town’s future which is most important to him, and he believes to supporters.
He says there is great potential at Town and he aims to take the club forward: "I wouldn’t have come [here if there wasn’t]. But with deference and with respect to the past, what people are interested in is the future. That has got to be what is important at the moment.
"I know the past, I know the history, not all of it, of course, but I’m aware of it,” he added. "But what we’re interested in is the future of the football club, that’s what’s important.”
McCarthy is pleased to see figures from Town’s history still in and around the club but wants people to be talking about current as well as past successes: "I know a lot of the lads. Mick Mills I see, Charlie Woods comes in, I was a friend of Sir Bobby’s. Warky comes into the place, Steve McCall’s in the place and I love the fact that they come in and I embrace all that and they’re always welcome.
"But nobody really talks about me at Man City or at Celtic when they beat Barcelona the other day. Nobody’s really bothered about that, nobody talks about me in Lyon when I played, nobody talks about me with the Republic of Ireland if they get to the World Cup quarter-finals again.
"It all gets, not forgotten as such, but people enjoy the moment, and it’s there to be enjoyed. We look back and enjoy the fact that we’ve got a good history, everywhere I’ve been, but they’re bothered about last Saturday, that’s what people are bothered about, and next Saturday.”