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I had no family affiliation to Ipswich or Suffolk but landed on Ipswich for various reasons, I had a train set with an "Ipswich" platform and distinctly recall an interview with SBR and thinking he seemed a nice chap. Winning the FA Cup when I was 7 helped, but I remember being told we'd beaten Millwall, and was allowed to watch the semi-final on MotD so it was before then.
In truth, I feel blessed. Up to 2005 it seemed we had something to play for every single season.
Best memories are those walking with my dad from town. Popping into the centre circle bar which used to be open to regular fans. Having a ham roll then walking to our seats in the then churchmans. After the game having the task of getting from town to whitton on the I think number 9 bus? Think 8 was Bramford 9 was whitton and 10 was castle hill.
There actually was a random bus i think number 19 that used to go through a load of backroads that missed out the footy traffic but ended up in whitton.
Anyways. Always a blue. May not seem like it sometimes and no dont go to games now. I have no need with the Internet. But wont ever forget the days of having a ST and going with my dad.
I had full choice, no encouragement from parent, family member etc. I was P1ssed of at constantly hearing about Leeds this, Liverpool that, Arsenal this United that. At the time It was around 1980, chose Town after a thumping win over Notts County…Never looked back and wouldn’t change a thing.
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If you had a time machine on 18:14 - Jan 28 with 258 views
Im from Derby and raised in a family where nobody liked football. At age 9 or 10 i for some reason decided to support ipswich, ive no idea why, i get asked that so many times but i really dont know. Im so glad that i did though as they have been the biggest part of my life for almost 50 years now!. Through all the highs and lows over the years they have remained my pride and joy. I love this club so much and so happy that the 9 year old me made the best choice of my life!
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If you had a time machine on 18:51 - Jan 28 with 204 views
Like quite a few here, no choice ( wouldn't have wanted it any other way ), taken by my parents in 1963! 3 seats bang on the halfway line roughly halfway up the old East stand. Health and safety would have a seizure with that today!
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If you had a time machine on 19:16 - Jan 28 with 177 views
6 in 1978, had uncles who were West Brom/Everton/Man U, but lived in Borehamwood so many school friends (dads) Arsenal/Tottenham/West Ham/Chelsea but also Liverpool fans, but I remember thinking that whoever wins the FA Cup would be my team
As they were favourites, I was expecting to be an Arsenal fan, but I also liked blue & that badge (always thought blue/yellow was better anyway!)
The rest is history!
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If you had a time machine on 19:29 - Jan 28 with 165 views
Well I had a decision to make as father whilst a football fan, didn’t really support a particular club, although by family was spurs and tended to follow them. I was born and raised in cambridge who were up and coming at the time from non league but tv exposure when very young was match of the week and the club just appealed to me, especially sir Bob, this was around 1973 as I remember watching the Leeds v Sunderland cup final thinking how amazing it would be if’my club’ won the cup
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If you had a time machine on 19:36 - Jan 28 with 154 views
If you had a time machine on 19:16 - Jan 28 by VanSaParody
6 in 1978, had uncles who were West Brom/Everton/Man U, but lived in Borehamwood so many school friends (dads) Arsenal/Tottenham/West Ham/Chelsea but also Liverpool fans, but I remember thinking that whoever wins the FA Cup would be my team
As they were favourites, I was expecting to be an Arsenal fan, but I also liked blue & that badge (always thought blue/yellow was better anyway!)
The rest is history!
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So you support Town because you were a glory hunter!
Before clicking I thought the question was going to be would you choose it to be a different time to what it was?
I had the pleasure of seeing us win the second flight under Lyall at a time I was able to get to plenty of away matches. I enjoyed the Burley years, winning at Wembley and the joy of seeing us back in Europe at a time where I could go to some of the away matches too. I had the joy of Joe Royle's football ... as well as Keane, McCarthy, Jewell, and Cook's! I missed out on seeing us win the cups. Oddly, although I am old enough that I should be able to, I have no recollection of the FA Cup win - my memory just doesn't go back that far and my Dad never took me until I was older. Instead my first memories are listening to us getting relegated under Ferguson in the same season I went to my first game which I remember too.
Would I choose to have been able to enjoy to Robson's team? Would that come at the cost of not being able to see as much of Lyall's or the European away games? Would I choose to go back to Ramsey's at the cost of not seeing the Premier League, Burley and McKenna's? I think I would but it's been (and continues to be) a pretty good ride all the same.
Decide? Along with many others on here by the looks of it, there was no decision to make. I lived for football as a kid, ITFC were my local club so I went to watch. The idea of there being a decision to make would never have crossed my mind.
I don’t see how you can decide to support a club and actually be a fan. Being a fan creeps up on you over time as a result of repeatedly going and being a part of match days.
So I suppose the answer is yes, I would still be a Town fan in whatever scenario played out as long as I grew up in Ipswich.
As per most replies - never had a choice. Dad took me to my first game and bought me a shirt back in 77. I always recall my Mum coming home around that same time with a second hand Man Utd shirt she had been given. My Dad took me aside and told me he would never be seen out the house with me if I was wearing it. Kinda got the message!
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If you had a time machine on 20:48 - Jan 28 with 77 views
Oddly enough it was a choice for me, my dad's a huge utd fan and always has been, but at the time was a coach at Ipswich, so while growing up supporting utd until I was probably at secondary school - I was infatuated, just changed.. all my friends were Ipswich fans and I was practically there every weekend watching the team. So while not by whole choice, It just fit for me as a kid. Don't regret one second!
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If you had a time machine on 20:57 - Jan 28 with 66 views
If you had a time machine on 19:59 - Jan 28 by Swansea_Blue
Decide? Along with many others on here by the looks of it, there was no decision to make. I lived for football as a kid, ITFC were my local club so I went to watch. The idea of there being a decision to make would never have crossed my mind.
I don’t see how you can decide to support a club and actually be a fan. Being a fan creeps up on you over time as a result of repeatedly going and being a part of match days.
So I suppose the answer is yes, I would still be a Town fan in whatever scenario played out as long as I grew up in Ipswich.
Well that’s 53 years up the spout for me then
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If you had a time machine on 21:31 - Jan 28 with 23 views
Good question and the answer is I don’t know. I’m an Essex boy (Newport near Saffron Walden) so didn’t grow up in Suffolk and I support the mighty ITFC by pure chance. One Sunday lunchtime I was watching the Big Match with my Dad and I was looking for a team to support that wasn’t Leeds who my brother sort of supported. I was rather taken by the team in blue shirts and white shorts and asked my Dad who they were, “Ipswich” came the reply. “Is that close” I asked “close enough” he replied, “they’ll do”. This would have been 1974 or 75 and I have never wavered since and 2 of my 3 sons are now supporters so it is now a family thing.
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If you had a time machine on 21:40 - Jan 28 with 15 views
I made the choice on Saturday March 26 1983, the day before my 7th birthday. We were visiting relatives and I was asked by one of my cousins a) if I liked football and b) who I supported.
I did like football, but I had no team, so I decided to choose one. All I knew was that I wouldn’t choose Liverpool or Manchester United, because everyone seemed to support them, and I wanted a team that was mine. I looked at the half time scores on World of Sport, looking down the scores to see who might take my interest. Ipswich were playing at Manchester City. There was something about the name Ipswich that piqued my interest. It was 0-0 at half time. I resolved to watch the wrestling and then hang on for the full time scores and if Ipswich won, I would choose them. And an hour later, Bob Colston sombrely intoned “Manchester City 0 Ipswich 1” and my choice was made, though it wasn’t until the 85/86 season that I followed the results week in, week out. And in all honesty, apart from a shaky spell in February 1987, I’ve never looked back.
Looking at the results from 26/3/83, who would I have switched to if Town didn’t win at Maine Road on that day? Looking at the other winners that day, there’s a case to be made that all of them could have presented greater heights than Town have managed since 1983. Arsenal are the most obvious of course, but Stoke, Sunderland, Southampton all enjoyed more top flight seasons than Town have since the mid 1980s. Ditto Birmingham who also won the League Cup, as did Swansea who admittedly fell all the way to the fourth tier, and stayed there for a long time before bouncing back in the 21st Century. With Liverpool and Man Utd playing in the League Cup final, that meant a free weekend for Tottenham and Coventry. Did I miss out there? Next to Southampton, Tottenham have lost more Premier League games to Ipswich than any other club who’ve played in that league, could I take what they’re currently going through. Coventry had the 1987 FA Cup final, which would have meant the world to me as an 11 year old. They had all those top flight seasons too, but they also had a fall which saw them in the fourth tier, playing home games in two other clubs’ stadiums and looking a million miles away from ever getting back to prominence. It was a more brutal journey than anything we suffered under Marcus Evans.
All in all, there could have longer happier times elsewhere, but I chose well, I think. The number of people who’ve said to me over the years, “I keep an eye out for Ipswich results because of you” is always gratifying. If I’d been a Liverpool or Man Utd fan, they wouldn’t care and that’s not a diss on those clubs, but I’d be one of millions, so why bother. But to follow Ipswich Town, that takes courage, because glory isn’t always guaranteed. So people will always be more engaged. And also, no-one ever regarded Bobby Robson, George Burley or Kieran McKenna as a moody sod like Alex Ferguson.
22 minutes worth of Manchester City 0 Ipswich 1 on 26/3/83. It’s no lie to say that when this turned up on YouTube for the first time, I truly felt like I’d found my holy grail. I even sent it to my parents because I knew exactly where we were as a family when it was played. Visiting family, some 2 months before my gran died. It wasn’t just an old football match, it was a familial memory.
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If you had a time machine on 21:44 - Jan 28 with 10 views
Born in Ipswich. It's in my blood. Never ever considered anyone else. Even if we were a non league team at the time, would still have been my only choice.
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