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Blog		 Pre-Season Preview: Union Berlin
by ad_wilkin at 16:12 13 Aug 2026

Union Berlin have structured their pre-season in the way that I set up mine on Football Manager. Their first two pre-season games they won 12-2 and 16-0 against lower league opposition before three draws and three defeats against some more competitive sides, then a victory against Cypriot side Aris Limassol last weekend.
Blog		 Pre-Season Preview: Rayo Vallecano
by ad_wilkin at 12:06 7 Aug 2026

Conference League finalists and the team that knocked Gary O'Neil's Strasbourg out of that same competition visit Portman Road on Saturday 8th August.
Blog		 Pre-Season Preview: Le Havre
by ad_wilkin at 14:42 3 Aug 2026

From Spain to France and a first pre-season outing at Portman Road as Le Havre come to Town. The French side, who are now going into their fourth season in Ligue 1, finished 14th last season, three points clear of the relegation play-offs.
Blog		 Pre-Season Preview: Osasuna
by ad_wilkin at 13:29 28 Jul 2026

Club football is back. New Season, new manager, new pre-season opponents.
Blog		 Gary O’Neil: Operation Survival
by DanLyles at 22:06 30 Jun 2026

It is safe to say that the €5m appointment of Strasbourg’s manager was received with initial disappointment by a sizeable demographic of Town supporters. ‘too safe’, ‘the easy option’ and ‘uninspiring’ were some of the semantics aimed at CEO Mark Ashton.
Blog		 Kieran McKenna, Gary O'Neil and the Difference Between a Coach and a Builder
by Bluetaff at 09:29 22 Jun 2026

It's been a minute since my last blog and to be honest I hadn't planned on another until a rather enlightening conversation with an old friend.
Blog		 Between The Lines, Special Edition - We Haven’t Got Super Kieran McKenna
by The_Flashing_Smile at 13:40 19 Jun 2026

Well, I didn't expect or want to write this poem as a bookend to the last season.
Blog		 Some People Are On the Pitch...
by urbanpenguin at 14:40 15 Jun 2026

My seat for QPR at home was three rows from the back of the West Stand. It offered a perfect view across along the Bobby Robson Stand so as the game went into injury time, I could see the crowd politely and excitedly hold itself back from entering the pitch.
Blog		 Between The Lines, Champions League Final Edition - PSG Tips
by The_Flashing_Smile at 16:37 31 May 2026

PSG 1:1 Arsenal (AET, PSG win 4:3 on pens)
UEFA Champions League Final - 30/05/26
Blog		 Between The Lines, Championship Play-Off Final Edition - Tiger Feat
by The_Flashing_Smile at 16:42 24 May 2026

A couple of you mentioned doing a Saints ditty. Well, they get a brief mention here!
Blog		 Between The Lines - The FA Crap Final
by The_Flashing_Smile at 09:33 22 May 2026

This isn't an ITFC poem, but for those of you starved of football-based irreverent poetry, here's my take on last weekend's cup final. Catch a recorded version on the socials soon.
Blog		 Between The Lines, The Irreverent Poetry Of ITFC. No.47 - We’re Going Up Again!
by The_Flashing_Smile at 13:57 3 May 2026

When we look back on this game dispassionately, we’ll probably see it as comfortable. It didn’t feel it at the time, even with the two early goals. There was always a nagging doubt that if QPR somehow pulled one back, things would get nervy.
Blog		 Between The Lines, The Irreverent Poetry Of Ipswich Town. No.46 - That’s Entertainment, Revisited
by The_Flashing_Smile at 09:31 30 Apr 2026

An extraordinary, pulsating, end-to-end-ding-dong of a game.
Fantastic entertainment; what football should always be about.
One game now left, three points still required.
Blog		 Between The Lines, The Irreverent Poetry Of Ipswich Town. No.45 - The Point
by The_Flashing_Smile at 18:41 27 Apr 2026

I’m running out of words for these intros. The poem says it all.
A point was needed, and we got it. Two poems left (hopefully). Three points required.
Blog		 Between The Lines, The Irreverent Poetry Of Ipswich Town. No.44 - Stress
by The_Flashing_Smile at 17:46 24 Apr 2026

One word sums this game up. And the rest of the season, I imagine.
Blog		 Between The Lines, The Irreverent Poetry Of Ipswich Town. No.43 - Monk-y Business
by The_Flashing_Smile at 13:59 20 Apr 2026

This was a battle that swung one way then the other, ending in a probably fair draw.
And I saw a monk on the train.
Blog		 No One Likes Us, Do We Care?
by tractorboykent at 09:56 20 Apr 2026

Scrolling through some socials after the Boro game, I was surprised at the level of antipathy expressed toward us. Although it was based largely on a view that the late penalty was dodgy, it actually went much further and painted a picture of us as a universally disliked club.
Blog		 Between The Lines, The Irreverent Poetry Of Ipswich Town. No.42 - Expecting
by The_Flashing_Smile at 10:17 15 Apr 2026

Oh dear. Can we just forget this one? The poem’s short, let’s just get this over with and move onto Sunday. The less said the better.
Blog		 Between The Lines, The Irreverent Poetry Of Ipswich Town. No.41 - Rocks
by The_Flashing_Smile at 10:52 12 Apr 2026

I don’t know about you, but I’m still grinning.
Blog		 Between The Lines, The Irreverent Poetry Of Ipswich Town. No.40 - Fart Exhibition
by The_Flashing_Smile at 12:02 7 Apr 2026

A win. Up to second with two games in hand. That’s all you really need to say about this one.
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