Royle's Father Dies - Ipswich Town News

Town manager Joe Royle rushed to Merseyside on Friday night to be with his father, also Joe, who sadly died at a Liverpool hospital.

Royle's father was 82 and had been ill for some time and the Town boss will be staying at his Ormskirk home for much of the week arranging the funeral.

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