Two Dutchmen for Town - Ipswich Town News
Town have signed two Dutch teenagers from from Ajax. Guillermo Graaven and Nabil Abidallah are both eighteen and are schoolboy internationals. Manager George Burley said of the two: "I feel, given time to develop, they could play an important part at the club abd progress into first-team regulars" The two players have signed two-year professional deals.
Former Town full-back Colin Harper, now a builder in Town, has invented a new retractable front for Executive Boxes. This will allow Town's corporate followers to enjoy the same sort of atmosphere as all the proper football fans on the terraces. Expect complaints.
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