On this day 1983 13:37 - Feb 5 with 1381 views | Tommyparker | Portman's Road's new 1.4 million Pioneer Stand is officially opened by Sports Minister Neil MacFarlane. Ipswich Town 1 Manchester United 1 Town Cooper Putney Gernon Osman Butcher Thijssen Wark McCall O'Callaghan Brazil Mariner Att 23,581. | | | | |
£1.4 million eh....... on 13:47 - Feb 5 with 1335 views | Bloots | .....you couldn't even buy a Kayden Jackson for that 18 months ago. | |
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On this day 1983 on 14:02 - Feb 5 with 1290 views | Coastalblue | Was that the beginning of the end? | |
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On this day 1983 on 14:06 - Feb 5 with 1275 views | monty_radio |
On this day 1983 on 14:02 - Feb 5 by Coastalblue | Was that the beginning of the end? |
It certainly arrived just as the need for it was waining, and saddled us with a debt which hurried us along the route to the destination at which we have now arrived. Whether it will turn out to be a terminus is probably in the balance. | |
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On this day 1983 on 14:30 - Feb 5 with 1224 views | londontractorboy57 |
On this day 1983 on 14:06 - Feb 5 by monty_radio | It certainly arrived just as the need for it was waining, and saddled us with a debt which hurried us along the route to the destination at which we have now arrived. Whether it will turn out to be a terminus is probably in the balance. |
Personally i cannot see ITFC being around in 10-15 years time. Had a season ticket for 2 years in pioneer stand that was the beginning of the end. | | | |
On this day 1983 on 14:38 - Feb 5 with 1205 views | GlasgowBlue |
On this day 1983 on 14:02 - Feb 5 by Coastalblue | Was that the beginning of the end? |
Yep. That and not getting in a proven top manager to replace SBR. We only lost Arnie and Mick Mills from our treble chasing side when SBR left to take the England job. Within a year we had lost so many more of that great team to pay for the stand. Had an "Alex Ferguson" become our manager he may have kept us more competitive and retained more of our better players. | |
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On this day 1983 on 15:09 - Feb 5 with 1156 views | hoppy |
On this day 1983 on 14:38 - Feb 5 by GlasgowBlue | Yep. That and not getting in a proven top manager to replace SBR. We only lost Arnie and Mick Mills from our treble chasing side when SBR left to take the England job. Within a year we had lost so many more of that great team to pay for the stand. Had an "Alex Ferguson" become our manager he may have kept us more competitive and retained more of our better players. |
Wasn't Alex Ferguson supposed to have been instead of his namesake Bobby, or is that just folklore? | |
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On this day 1983 on 15:33 - Feb 5 with 1110 views | Radlett_blue |
On this day 1983 on 15:09 - Feb 5 by hoppy | Wasn't Alex Ferguson supposed to have been instead of his namesake Bobby, or is that just folklore? |
Alex Ferguson had already won the Scottish League with Aberdeen & turned down an offer to manage Wolves at that time. He wasn't a bad judge as Wolves went on to be relegated. I think he would have been smart enough to see Ipswich as a bad appointment - an ageing team in decline & little money with which to reinforce it so I doubt he would have considered coming. It also took him 4 years & spending a lot of money to turn around Man Utd so I doubt he would have done much for Town, although our relegation may have been delayed. | |
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On this day 1983 on 15:34 - Feb 5 with 1088 views | PhilTWTD |
On this day 1983 on 15:33 - Feb 5 by Radlett_blue | Alex Ferguson had already won the Scottish League with Aberdeen & turned down an offer to manage Wolves at that time. He wasn't a bad judge as Wolves went on to be relegated. I think he would have been smart enough to see Ipswich as a bad appointment - an ageing team in decline & little money with which to reinforce it so I doubt he would have considered coming. It also took him 4 years & spending a lot of money to turn around Man Utd so I doubt he would have done much for Town, although our relegation may have been delayed. |
He was approached but felt it was too early to move on from Aberdeen at that stage. | | | | Login to get fewer ads
On this day 1983 on 15:36 - Feb 5 with 1082 views | PJH |
On this day 1983 on 15:34 - Feb 5 by PhilTWTD | He was approached but felt it was too early to move on from Aberdeen at that stage. |
What time was it? | | | |
On this day 1983 on 15:38 - Feb 5 with 1072 views | BrianTablet |
On this day 1983 on 15:36 - Feb 5 by PJH | What time was it? |
12 minutes into injury time? | |
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On this day 1983 on 15:39 - Feb 5 with 1065 views | PJH |
On this day 1983 on 15:38 - Feb 5 by BrianTablet | 12 minutes into injury time? |
I am not sure if Fergie Time was invented until he had been at Man U for a while. | | | |
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