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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow 21:00 - Sep 20 with 5816 viewsbluethroughnthrough

Does anyone else find it odd and also a bit cringeworthy the insistence of the iFollow commentator to call us 'the super blues' rather than the Tractor Boys or just the Blues or Town? I'm guessing either he's been told to use it by someone higher up, or he's done minimal research about ITFC. Even if you're not a fan of 'Tractor Boys', I've rarely ever heard 'Super Blues' used.

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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 21:02 - Sep 20 with 3707 viewsGlasgowBlue

We’ve been the super blues for as long as I’ve been going, which was around 1974.

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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 21:10 - Sep 20 with 3655 viewsJeff_winger

Super blues well outdates tractor boys, although I'm not a fan of either nickname
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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 21:12 - Sep 20 with 3637 viewsSitfcB

Think it’s an age thing.

I like the Tractor Boys tag.

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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 21:14 - Sep 20 with 3609 viewsSuperblue95

Agree totally that it’s cringey any time someone describes themselves as a super blue

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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 21:15 - Sep 20 with 3608 viewsblueprint

We were definitely known as the Super Blues when I first got down to Portman Road in April 82.

Don’t like the Tractor Boys tag.
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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 21:17 - Sep 20 with 3569 viewsFrimleyBlue

'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 21:12 - Sep 20 by SitfcB

Think it’s an age thing.

I like the Tractor Boys tag.


There's always one.

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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 21:19 - Sep 20 with 3569 viewsSwansea_Blue

'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 21:02 - Sep 20 by GlasgowBlue

We’ve been the super blues for as long as I’ve been going, which was around 1974.


Yeah, I've seen this a few times lately. Super Blues has always been our nickname. It's in songs that have been release, like Ipswich Get that Goal. It's often repeated in the press. There's even a sausage named after it! - https://www.sausagereview.co.uk/jimmysfarm_ipswich_super_blue_pork_stilton.htm

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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 21:22 - Sep 20 with 3540 viewsGlasgowBlue

'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 21:19 - Sep 20 by Swansea_Blue

Yeah, I've seen this a few times lately. Super Blues has always been our nickname. It's in songs that have been release, like Ipswich Get that Goal. It's often repeated in the press. There's even a sausage named after it! - https://www.sausagereview.co.uk/jimmysfarm_ipswich_super_blue_pork_stilton.htm


We used to have super blues on the silk scarves that we tied around our wrists.

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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 21:33 - Sep 20 with 3506 viewsJ2BLUE

Super Blues is fine. It's been used for as long as I can remember.

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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 21:43 - Sep 20 with 3459 viewsTangledupin_Blue

'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 21:12 - Sep 20 by SitfcB

Think it’s an age thing.

I like the Tractor Boys tag.


I like it, too, and I'm old enough to be your granddad.

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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 21:45 - Sep 20 with 3433 viewsSlippinJimmyJuan

There's nothing else I'd rather do, than spend my time with the Super Blues

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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 21:46 - Sep 20 with 3414 viewsMullet

WE ARE NOT THE CHUFFING TRACTOR BOYS FFS

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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 22:02 - Sep 20 with 3345 viewsmonty_radio

'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 21:19 - Sep 20 by Swansea_Blue

Yeah, I've seen this a few times lately. Super Blues has always been our nickname. It's in songs that have been release, like Ipswich Get that Goal. It's often repeated in the press. There's even a sausage named after it! - https://www.sausagereview.co.uk/jimmysfarm_ipswich_super_blue_pork_stilton.htm


Not always, but certainly goes back as far as most posters on here.

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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 22:26 - Sep 20 with 3284 viewsLegendofthePhoenix

'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 21:22 - Sep 20 by GlasgowBlue

We used to have super blues on the silk scarves that we tied around our wrists.


My silk scarf got ripped of my wrist by Arsenal fans in the NS back in 1974. I was only 13 and it was my birthday. Just got away without getting my head kicked in.

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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 22:39 - Sep 20 with 3250 viewslazyblue

We have always been the Super Blues !
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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 23:02 - Sep 20 with 3212 viewsjaykay

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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 23:17 - Sep 20 with 3152 viewsSwansea_Blue

'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 21:22 - Sep 20 by GlasgowBlue

We used to have super blues on the silk scarves that we tied around our wrists.


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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 23:37 - Sep 20 with 3122 viewsBigCommon

I guess if you've not heard it much before, then it will sound odd..
But "Super Blues" was around, long before "Tractor Boys" came along.
I prefer "The Towen"... Not that I've given it much thought. But I'll often shout
"goowon The Towen", almost as a reflex. Especially if I'm listening on the radio, and we score.
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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 08:36 - Sep 21 with 2846 viewsDJR

'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 21:02 - Sep 20 by GlasgowBlue

We’ve been the super blues for as long as I’ve been going, which was around 1974.


I started going in 1969 and my recollection is that the Blues or Town were the nicknames then. I must admit I don't have much recollection of the Super Blues as a nickname, although having just checked my FA Cup winners ' scarf, I see that nickname is printed on it. I suppose part of the problem is that we have several nicknames, so none really stands out. For what it is worth, I've never used a nickname except in song (such as Come on You Blues), preferring plain old Ipswich when I refer to them, or shout at the game. But I suppose nicknames are useful not least for journalists because they avoid repetition in copy.
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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 08:50 - Sep 21 with 2820 viewsmonty_radio

'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 08:36 - Sep 21 by DJR

I started going in 1969 and my recollection is that the Blues or Town were the nicknames then. I must admit I don't have much recollection of the Super Blues as a nickname, although having just checked my FA Cup winners ' scarf, I see that nickname is printed on it. I suppose part of the problem is that we have several nicknames, so none really stands out. For what it is worth, I've never used a nickname except in song (such as Come on You Blues), preferring plain old Ipswich when I refer to them, or shout at the game. But I suppose nicknames are useful not least for journalists because they avoid repetition in copy.
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I think the scarf sort of confirms that the name came into prominence in the early part of Robson's great years, say Mid 70s. I certainly never heard it in the late 50s or 60s.

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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 08:51 - Sep 21 with 2809 viewsDJR

'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 22:26 - Sep 20 by LegendofthePhoenix

My silk scarf got ripped of my wrist by Arsenal fans in the NS back in 1974. I was only 13 and it was my birthday. Just got away without getting my head kicked in.


Yes it was hairy in the North Stand at times in the 70s. But the only time I was ever punched was by an Ipswich fan who, because of the mayhem caused by the visit of Chelsea, thought I was a Chelsea fan. I wasn't wearing any colours at the time for safety reasons, and when confronted by three bulky Ipswich fans (also not in colours) saying "Who do you support?" wasn't sure what to say. Fortunately, my friends realised they were Ipswich fans, and said I was one too.
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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 08:53 - Sep 21 with 2789 viewsCityBlue

Despite what you may read on wiki, "Super Blues" is our official nickname although we are now widely considered the Tractor Boys.

The Blues will always be Birmingham in my books and maybe even Chelski.

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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 08:55 - Sep 21 with 2784 viewsThe_Flashing_Smile

You don't know your history, fella.

I had a "SUPER BLUES WEMBLEY '78" mirror on my wall for years as a kid. Still got it somewhere.

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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 09:53 - Sep 21 with 2739 viewsGeoffSentence

'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 21:46 - Sep 20 by Mullet

WE ARE NOT THE CHUFFING TRACTOR BOYS FFS


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You are right, doesn't scan at all.

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'The Super Blues' nickname on iFollow on 10:38 - Sep 21 with 2700 viewsitfcjoe

I don’t like Super Blues, if someone says it I don’t in any way consider it to be talking about Ipswich Town

But the commentator confirmed on Twitter he’s been asked to use this and not Tractor Boys so it is a genuine effort to try and bring it back

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