| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich 09:58 - Feb 15 with 6073 views | OsborneOneNil |
IF, the worst was to happen and we went bust, had to reform down the pyramid as AFC Ipswich....would you follow them?
I just read the thread ‘where will we be in 10 years’ and this scenario came up, we go bust and do a Phoenix from the flames. I was born and bred in Essex, lived in Witham, and from ‘81 to ‘87 made most home games. I moved to Dorset and so became a long distance fan, doing 5/6 away games and 2-5 home per season. I have Town in my heart, as much as anyone, and my 3 lads are all Town (despite being born in Dorset).
I know, or presume, that fans who make it every week or who live within an hour or two would most likely be AFC Ipswich, but what is the tie for me, or others that live a long way from Ipswich, or overseas etc?
Is it a brand new team/club, or am I missing the point, it’s a re-birth? |  | | |  |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 11:22 - Feb 15 with 2310 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 10:41 - Feb 15 by Hipsterectomy |
Kesgrave-based?
Ipswih Wanderers is your local team you glory hunter |
Poor Kesgrave Kestrels and AFC Kesgrave |  |
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| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 11:23 - Feb 15 with 2314 views | Fixed_It |
Good question. I am an ITFC supporter first and foremost, but don't really like what football has become and could quite easily give it a miss if Town weren't involved. I guess if a new club was formed I would follow their results, but I doubt it'd have enough pull for me to make the 4 plus hours return journey week in, week out. [Post edited 15 Feb 2021 11:25]
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| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 11:24 - Feb 15 with 2308 views | stevec7 |
I live in Penzance Cornwall but I would follow AFC Ipswich as I am 57 and in the 70s/80s we were a top side and again good spells since.I go to home games as often as I can every season with my sons when time off from work allows and the club as always been good to me over the years. So basically I would always follow Ipswich |  | | |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 11:27 - Feb 15 with 2299 views | portmanroadblue |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 11:16 - Feb 15 by clive_baker |
Don't get me wrong, I would still go and drink beers and watch some football, but it wouldn't be the same club. I would rather it was honest to that, there's no legends bar, there's no statues and former greats honoured there. It's not a club that's provided England with their most successful managers, and a former captain. It's not a club that's won honours domestically and internationally. That could all be remembered of course, for the defunct ITFC. AFC Wimbledon have never won an FA Cup, not the entity that exists today. They're a new club that happen to attract some of the same fans IMO.
Don't get me wrong, I might well go an watch still. But 4,000 inside PR watching Ryman league football would be a bit embarrassing, frankly. I can't imagine the atmosphere would be great either, it would feel a bit cavernous. [Post edited 15 Feb 2021 11:17]
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I would expect, If ITFC was to go bust, Portman road would become a council building or flats.
I live in Colchester, but would never stop supporting Town, even under a new guise. |  | | |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 11:59 - Feb 15 with 2244 views | Half_Idiot |
For me it would depend on the people involved in the club. If it was run by some ITFC legends then I'd definitely follow the club. If not I'd probably give up on professional football altogether and start following my local non-league team Sheffield FC. |  | | |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 12:05 - Feb 15 with 2231 views | WeWereZombies |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 10:18 - Feb 15 by Keno |
there are quaint places in Cornwall
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More local to Ipswich and area delineated rather than just a term that might suggest some cocks or even all the cocks in the World:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockfield,_Suffolk |  |
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| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 12:13 - Feb 15 with 2228 views | itfcinwales |
I live a good 6 hour drive away from Ipswich and I've always thought about this if this was to ever happen.
I think i probably would follow an AFC, as ive got that connection there already with the town having been born there and lived in Woodbridge for the first few years of my life, just brings back memories of being a kid everytime i come back. |  | | |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 12:14 - Feb 15 with 2225 views | Sharkey |
This is a contentious issue in Scotland, of course. I doubt any Rangers fans lost interest in the club when. Same ground, same badge, same shirt, same fans. Some people in Scotland (and not just Celtic) are annoyed that the media there is not getting ready to congratulate a club on its first title. |  | | |
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| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 12:18 - Feb 15 with 2216 views | Kropotkin123 |
Probably not in the beginning. In so much as I'd look out for results, but I wouldn't invest my time and money.
I'd prefer it if we made a partially clean break in that situation - Suffolk United, or something like that. Blue kit with gold trim. Use the Suffolk flag as our own. Aspirations for a stadium which is owned by the club.
Any Suffolk club that has folded or folds in the future to have their history assimilated. |  |
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| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 12:39 - Feb 15 with 2180 views | textbackup |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 10:41 - Feb 15 by Hipsterectomy |
Kesgrave-based?
Ipswih Wanderers is your local team you glory hunter |
only new to the area, was die hard IP2'er previously |  |
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| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 13:59 - Feb 15 with 2138 views | FoD_Blue |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 10:38 - Feb 15 by OsborneOneNil |
Turn your back on ALL sport? |
Yes.
I only really follow football, and only because I follow Ipswich.
We have become a society who put sports stars on some glorified pedestal and make them overpaid media celebrities. It used to be that sportsmen/women participated for the love of the sport, now it seems to all be about fame, fortune and appearances on reality TV shows. | | | |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 15:42 - Feb 15 with 2091 views | MedwayTractor |
I was born within sight & sound of the ground. As far as I can remember, my dad took me to my first game in the 1960/61 season, by which time we were living in Sproughton, so only a few miles to go on match days. Obviously, the following season was enough for me to be hooked for life.
Only my career took me away from Suffolk and I've never considered any other team to qualify for my affections. There might be a handful of other teams which I look on with a favourable eye, but for me there's nothing remotely good enough to compare with my home town club. That applies to the present club, through thick and thin and I'm sure it will apply to a phoenix club.
As one reply suggests, the site of the ground would become ripe for redevelopment, because the collapse of the club as a legal entity would mean disposal of the assets by a liquidator. The stadium would be unlikely to attract a bidder for continued use and would revert, therefore, to the freeholder, ie Ipswich Borough Council. I'm sure that a site in such a location would be seen as a ripe for residential development.
This begs the question, therefore, of where the phoenix club would be based - I could see it using Playford Rd to start with, then, in the long term, a deal to swap the stadium's non-residential use for part of the old sugar beet site, also owned by IBC. A new staduim here would have good access from the A12/A45, plenty of scope for on site parking and even the possibility of it's own railway station. What's the betting that such a plan is in the long term strategy for the Marcus Evans Group? |  |
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| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 15:54 - Feb 15 with 2085 views | gazzer1999 |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 10:24 - Feb 15 by Keno |
Someone else summed that up nicely for us all
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This form the man himself.
Unfortunately thats behind us, we have to look forward.
Do we know for definite Lambert does not want to be here and is waiting to be sacked? Is he such a poor coach and has driven the standard so low we struggle to compete with Peterborough? We think we have good players and they are told to play to a system, but if it doesn't work surely one will break ranks and tell it how it is.
We only have here say from Hurst's time, I have never heard a comment from a player say he was  er. |  | | |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 16:16 - Feb 15 with 2073 views | BlueForYou |
Question for the original poster, OsborneOneNil. I don't suppose you also follow a certain Rugby team based in SW London by any chance? |  | | |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 16:27 - Feb 15 with 2065 views | brogansnose |
I would need it to have some strong ITFC DNA if I was to support a phoenix club if not I'd walk away from the whole football thing. |  | | |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 18:21 - Feb 15 with 2017 views | southnorfolkblue |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 16:27 - Feb 15 by brogansnose |
I would need it to have some strong ITFC DNA if I was to support a phoenix club if not I'd walk away from the whole football thing. |
That’s how I feel about it tbh. My affinity is to the Club now as opposed to the Town, where I haven’t lived for over 35 years. I don’t think that I could drum up the same emotional attachment to a new club. But I would never swap my allegiance, so that would be football done for me. | |
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| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 19:22 - Feb 15 with 1991 views | PSGBlue |
Despite the name PSGBlue I actually live in Sleaford, so won’t be a regular at the Parc de Prince anytime soon.
Having been a regular 1977 - 2014 my job has made it impossible to have a season ticket and it was down to 5-8 home games a season plus a few away games local to me. However having not attended a match for a year, I have not missed PR, such a miserable place these days.
Once crowds are allowed back, I tell myself that I should start to watch ITFC, once again. But it now feels like an effort rather than something that I want to do. I dare say I will come back eventually.
But to answer the question. An Ipswich Team probably created by fans is almost more appealing than going in the ME era. Doesn’t say much about the state of play now.
It will be interesting to see how many return once all the restrictions are lifted. 12,000 tops? |  | | |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 19:37 - Feb 15 with 1967 views | Ojc |
ITFC or nobody, no family so to speak left in Suffolk and being Reading based there is no chance I’d follow them I couldn’t think of anything worse. | | | |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 20:43 - Feb 15 with 1946 views | readtheleaguetable |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 11:16 - Feb 15 by clive_baker |
Don't get me wrong, I would still go and drink beers and watch some football, but it wouldn't be the same club. I would rather it was honest to that, there's no legends bar, there's no statues and former greats honoured there. It's not a club that's provided England with their most successful managers, and a former captain. It's not a club that's won honours domestically and internationally. That could all be remembered of course, for the defunct ITFC. AFC Wimbledon have never won an FA Cup, not the entity that exists today. They're a new club that happen to attract some of the same fans IMO.
Don't get me wrong, I might well go an watch still. But 4,000 inside PR watching Ryman league football would be a bit embarrassing, frankly. I can't imagine the atmosphere would be great either, it would feel a bit cavernous. [Post edited 15 Feb 2021 11:17]
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| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 22:49 - Feb 15 with 1922 views | FrankMarshall |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 10:41 - Feb 15 by Hipsterectomy |
Kesgrave-based?
Ipswih Wanderers is your local team you glory hunter |
Any idea who the manager is at Ipswich Wanderers? Had a look and found 3 coaches but couldn't find who the manager is. |  |
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| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 22:56 - Feb 15 with 1913 views | Churchman |
I live in Kent. My grandad was going way back when and he and my dad took me to my first game so many years ago it’s frightening. It’s in my DNA. If the club goes and a new one is formed I don’t care where in the pyramid it is, I will gladly support it any way I can. |  | | |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 01:01 - Feb 16 with 1895 views | ketton_itfc |
It would be tough, I'd probably turn my back on football other than the occasional visit to POSH andn Plymouth A. Nothing can replace ITFC for me , a massive void would be left in my heart and life and it couldn't be filled even by a phoenix club. |  | | |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 08:49 - Feb 16 with 1846 views | hype313 |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 15:42 - Feb 15 by MedwayTractor |
I was born within sight & sound of the ground. As far as I can remember, my dad took me to my first game in the 1960/61 season, by which time we were living in Sproughton, so only a few miles to go on match days. Obviously, the following season was enough for me to be hooked for life.
Only my career took me away from Suffolk and I've never considered any other team to qualify for my affections. There might be a handful of other teams which I look on with a favourable eye, but for me there's nothing remotely good enough to compare with my home town club. That applies to the present club, through thick and thin and I'm sure it will apply to a phoenix club.
As one reply suggests, the site of the ground would become ripe for redevelopment, because the collapse of the club as a legal entity would mean disposal of the assets by a liquidator. The stadium would be unlikely to attract a bidder for continued use and would revert, therefore, to the freeholder, ie Ipswich Borough Council. I'm sure that a site in such a location would be seen as a ripe for residential development.
This begs the question, therefore, of where the phoenix club would be based - I could see it using Playford Rd to start with, then, in the long term, a deal to swap the stadium's non-residential use for part of the old sugar beet site, also owned by IBC. A new staduim here would have good access from the A12/A45, plenty of scope for on site parking and even the possibility of it's own railway station. What's the betting that such a plan is in the long term strategy for the Marcus Evans Group? |
That sugar beet site has been turned into one huge distribution hub now.
Years ago, there maybe would have been an option to build on the old Ipswich Airport site before it was developed into Ravenswood, but for me, I still much prefer going to a game in a town/city centre. |  |
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| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 11:23 - Feb 16 with 1834 views | JammyDodgerrr |
I would just stop following, and care very little about the new team to be honest. It's hard enough to motivate now to follow the club, let alone if we become some tiny side in the lower divisions - just don't think I would have the same level of desire for it. |  |
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| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 11:36 - Feb 16 with 1828 views | OsborneOneNil |
| For Fans who live MILES from Ipswich on 01:01 - Feb 16 by ketton_itfc |
It would be tough, I'd probably turn my back on football other than the occasional visit to POSH andn Plymouth A. Nothing can replace ITFC for me , a massive void would be left in my heart and life and it couldn't be filled even by a phoenix club. |
Yep, pretty sure that's me too. No connection to the town at all, it's just the club. If that goes, I'd struggle to feel anywhere near the same for a Phoenix. They wouldn't be able to capture that first game feeling I had the joy of as a 7 year old.
Local side Weymouth, and the 4-5 trips to watch Southampton (which I do already) would be my footie fix I think. | | | |
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