| Ipswich 4 Forest Green 0 in Feb 23 to Ipswich 0 Liverpool 0 at half time 13:48 - Mar 28 with 1026 views | CopfordBlue |
The best 18 months I’ve experienced as a supporter and that includes being a fan through the Sir Bobby years. I’m not fussed if we go down, I’ll look forward to the championship next season and will support us until the day I die.
February 2023 until August 2024 was a great time with a very special team and a fantastic manager. I never thought I’d ever see our club do what they did and to do it with such style and togetherness made it a privilege to witness and be part of. Incredible memories that will last a lifetime. I get goosebumps when I think about the celebrations after Exeter and Huddersfield.
Does else feel a bit flat knowing that even though we’re in a great place as a club with a lot to look forward to, nothing achieved in the future is likely to feel quite as good as that year and a half did? |  |
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| Ipswich 4 Forest Green 0 in Feb 23 to Ipswich 0 Liverpool 0 at half time on 19:17 - Mar 28 with 829 views | bournemouthblue |
Better than the Burley promotion year and subsequent 5th place finish? |  |
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| Ipswich 4 Forest Green 0 in Feb 23 to Ipswich 0 Liverpool 0 at half time on 19:31 - Mar 28 with 803 views | MK1 |
Don't think anything will beat the Robson years for me, but the last 2 years have been a hell of a journey. Love the Championship, so not that bothered, but sure we will be back up soon and make a bit better fist of it next time. |  |
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| Ipswich 4 Forest Green 0 in Feb 23 to Ipswich 0 Liverpool 0 at half time on 21:08 - Mar 28 with 747 views | sjg |
I’m 24 so most of my time following Town has been depressing, with the exception of that 18 months. I don’t think any promotion will ever feel as good as those 2 - the League 1 one because it was my first, then watching Ipswich in the Prem has always been the dream. Now, knowing what waits for us in the Prem, I can’t see myself getting anywhere near as excited about it. | | | |
| Ipswich 4 Forest Green 0 in Feb 23 to Ipswich 0 Liverpool 0 at half time on 21:59 - Mar 28 with 681 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
I disagree. I have found the last 3 seasons great but they still don't live up to the play off final and European runs (especially after so many seasons failing in the play offs). I struggle to believe that anyone who saw the Robson years has enjoyed this more than them. If we could get established in the Premier League and get to the new Wembley in a cup or go on another European adventure those things would eclipse the recent success. I am confident that there are still good times ahead.
Perhaps nothing will ever live up to winning the top division at the first attempt but I wasn't there to see that and I suspect the Robson years came very close to eclipsing it. |  |
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| Ipswich 4 Forest Green 0 in Feb 23 to Ipswich 0 Liverpool 0 at half time on 23:04 - Mar 28 with 630 views | CopfordBlue |
| Ipswich 4 Forest Green 0 in Feb 23 to Ipswich 0 Liverpool 0 at half time on 21:59 - Mar 28 by Nthsuffolkblue |
I disagree. I have found the last 3 seasons great but they still don't live up to the play off final and European runs (especially after so many seasons failing in the play offs). I struggle to believe that anyone who saw the Robson years has enjoyed this more than them. If we could get established in the Premier League and get to the new Wembley in a cup or go on another European adventure those things would eclipse the recent success. I am confident that there are still good times ahead.
Perhaps nothing will ever live up to winning the top division at the first attempt but I wasn't there to see that and I suspect the Robson years came very close to eclipsing it. |
I grew up watching the Robson teams so as much as I loved them I think I just assumed it would always be as it was then. The 91/92 promotion season and start of the following season were great and obviously finally winning promotion, nearly making the champions league and playing in Europe in the early 2000s was fantastic . For me though early 2023 until the start of this season has been my most enjoyable ever as a supporter. The atmosphere has ever been consistently good as it was for that year and a half, the late winners, fantastic passing football, so many high scoring games with late drama, the togetherness of the whole club after nearly 20 years on the slide was very special. I’d all but lost faith that we’d ever see success again or the ground full on a regular basis. | |
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| Ipswich 4 Forest Green 0 in Feb 23 to Ipswich 0 Liverpool 0 at half time on 05:24 - Mar 29 with 534 views | flykickingbybgunn |
Dificult to compare Robson's years with McKenna's.
The success of the 70's became "the standard". We expected it
I remember Dad had a rep stay with us and he came down to a Uefa Cup match. He was very excited to be watching European football. Dad replied "Really ? It's normal for us."
Great as that time was, and we had some seriously good players, I believe the last few years has it pipped simply because of where we have come from. The desperation of the years before Game Changer, the depths that we had sunk to were very low.
The excitement comes not from where we are but from where we have come from.
I once spoke to an Arsenal supporter on the day after they won the FA Cup for the second time on the trot. I congratulated him. He then spent the next 20 minutes telling me how cr.p their manager was. He was not that excited because it was his norm, he expected them to win something.
3 Years ago our norm was appalling. So the success is that much greater.
But buckle up, renew your ticket, because this ride a'int over yet. |  | | |
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