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“Ipswich Town played an England XI in a testimonial match for Sir Bobby Robson at Portman Road in 1979. The game ended in a 2-2 draw, with Paul Mariner and Alan Brazil scoring for Ipswich. George Best played for Ipswich in this match. This event was part of a series of tributes to Robson, who managed both Ipswich and England.”
Bizarrely it was Bobby Fergusons side midway through the 85-86 season
It appears we played 4 games.... 2 each against Bahrain & Iraq
13th/14th Feb 1986 v Bahrain, winning 2-1 and 1-0 2/4th March 1986 v Iraq, winning 1-0 and drawing 0-0
I can't remember why there was such a massive break in the fixtures to allow this? Strike? Bad weather?
I'm sure the UK had bad snow around February 1986, from memory? I remember a programme cover for the game against Forest (I think) which was a heavily snow covered Portman Road.