| UEFA Cup 1981 09:54 - May 10 with 2953 views | charpur |
Hello, I am a journalist at The Athletic.
I would love to speak to anyone who attended the 1981 UEFA Cup second-leg final and has some interesting stories to tell. Boat trip over, interactions with players/manager, celebrations, memorabilia, any nuggets would be great.
UPDATE: Thank you for all your help with the research.
John Wark and Russell Osman share their stories in the piece, enjoy!
https://theathletic.com/2597390/2021/05/20/when-ipswich-town-ruled-in-europe-and [Post edited 20 May 2021 8:23]
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| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:03 - May 10 with 2172 views | SitfcB |
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| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:16 - May 10 with 2134 views | 66notout |
Lazy journalism and how do we know you’re even genuine? | | | |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:22 - May 10 with 2109 views | SomethingBlue |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:16 - May 10 by 66notout |
Lazy journalism and how do we know you’re even genuine? |
That's not lazy journalism — but it's a lazy phrase from you and one that, the more it gets used, actually does the people who coin it few favours. Not that they'll ever realise it. | |
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| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:24 - May 10 with 2091 views | SitfcB |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:16 - May 10 by 66notout |
Lazy journalism and how do we know you’re even genuine? |
Lazy journalism? Getting fan accounts of big events? Na, probably the complete opposite of lazy!
...and she was directed here by me, so genuine. [Post edited 10 May 2021 10:32]
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| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:26 - May 10 with 2084 views | bournemouthblue |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:22 - May 10 by SomethingBlue |
That's not lazy journalism — but it's a lazy phrase from you and one that, the more it gets used, actually does the people who coin it few favours. Not that they'll ever realise it. |
Journalism can be done in many forms
Why wouldn't you come on a busy fan forum and interact with people who like posting stuff about Ipswich when they aren't talking about Cheese, CoVid, Brexit and Derby County (in that order) [Post edited 19 May 2021 16:26]
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| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:26 - May 10 with 2078 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:16 - May 10 by 66notout |
Lazy journalism and how do we know you’re even genuine? |
Have a lie down. |  |
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| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:28 - May 10 with 2075 views | footers |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:16 - May 10 by 66notout |
Lazy journalism and how do we know you’re even genuine? |
Asking sources for information is something journalists do a fair bit.
And it will be until time travel is invented. |  |
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| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:30 - May 10 with 2062 views | TIB |
Dropped you a DM, know a guy that has some beer related content that might be of use?  |  |
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| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:34 - May 10 with 2022 views | Lord_Lucan |
I'll PM my experiences later today / early evening.
Good luck. |  |
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| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:39 - May 10 with 1985 views | farkenhell |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:34 - May 10 by Lord_Lucan |
I'll PM my experiences later today / early evening.
Good luck. |
PM? Come on, spill the beans to all of us! | | | |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:54 - May 10 with 1941 views | PJH |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:03 - May 10 by SitfcB |
Paging PJH... |
Ha, well I was there.
Went by ferry from Dover with my dad and a couple of mates.
I remember looking in various sex shop windows but did not go inside.
Remember various ladies sitting in windows in Amsterdam.
We stayed overnight on the night of the match but I can't remember where.
Had a couple of drinks in Amsterdam after the game.
We were on the back of the coach and I remember having eye contact with a (presumably) Dutch lady driving a car behind us and she gave me a nice wave.
I left some chicken bones on the coach overnight and my dad and mates complained about the smell in the morning.
Went to a football match as well and it was all very easy when Frans Thijssen put us 4-0 ahead on aggregate but not so easy after that. [Post edited 10 May 2021 10:55]
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| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:56 - May 10 with 1905 views | Bluefish |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:54 - May 10 by PJH |
Ha, well I was there.
Went by ferry from Dover with my dad and a couple of mates.
I remember looking in various sex shop windows but did not go inside.
Remember various ladies sitting in windows in Amsterdam.
We stayed overnight on the night of the match but I can't remember where.
Had a couple of drinks in Amsterdam after the game.
We were on the back of the coach and I remember having eye contact with a (presumably) Dutch lady driving a car behind us and she gave me a nice wave.
I left some chicken bones on the coach overnight and my dad and mates complained about the smell in the morning.
Went to a football match as well and it was all very easy when Frans Thijssen put us 4-0 ahead on aggregate but not so easy after that. [Post edited 10 May 2021 10:55]
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3 paragraphs in and I'm calling bs |  |
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| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:57 - May 10 with 1915 views | Lord_Lucan |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:39 - May 10 by farkenhell |
PM? Come on, spill the beans to all of us! |
Nothing scandalous happened, I was just a 15 year old who went with some bigger boys in a Cortina and slept in the blooming thing. Naturally alcohol, drugs and prostitutes were involved but this is a time when life was for the living.
It was very lively few days but anyone who was lucky enough (and old enough) to have gone will concur that life is now relatively boring and sanatised back to what it was then. | |
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| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:57 - May 10 with 1905 views | PJH |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:56 - May 10 by Bluefish |
3 paragraphs in and I'm calling bs |
I did look in sex shop windows, I think someone took a photo of it. | | | |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 11:13 - May 10 with 1844 views | Bluefish |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:57 - May 10 by PJH |
I did look in sex shop windows, I think someone took a photo of it. |
Not that bit.... | |
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| UEFA Cup 1981 on 11:26 - May 10 with 1786 views | Lord_Lucan |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:54 - May 10 by PJH |
Ha, well I was there.
Went by ferry from Dover with my dad and a couple of mates.
I remember looking in various sex shop windows but did not go inside.
Remember various ladies sitting in windows in Amsterdam.
We stayed overnight on the night of the match but I can't remember where.
Had a couple of drinks in Amsterdam after the game.
We were on the back of the coach and I remember having eye contact with a (presumably) Dutch lady driving a car behind us and she gave me a nice wave.
I left some chicken bones on the coach overnight and my dad and mates complained about the smell in the morning.
Went to a football match as well and it was all very easy when Frans Thijssen put us 4-0 ahead on aggregate but not so easy after that. [Post edited 10 May 2021 10:55]
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Bloody hell PJH, no offence but that all sounds as boring as feck.
You didn’t go with The WI did you? | |
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| UEFA Cup 1981 on 12:03 - May 10 with 1683 views | PJH |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 11:26 - May 10 by Lord_Lucan |
Bloody hell PJH, no offence but that all sounds as boring as feck.
You didn’t go with The WI did you? |
It was not exciting as in the Lucan train journey scale of things that is for sure.
No it was not with the WI, it was through official ITFC travel though or whoever they used at the time. | | | |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 15:25 - May 19 with 1257 views | charpur |
Thanks you so much for all these tales.
Piece will be on The Athletic on Thursday and I'lll drop the link in here for those that are interested.
Cheers and stay well, Charlotte | | | |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 15:47 - May 19 with 1189 views | Lord_Lucan |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 15:25 - May 19 by charpur |
Thanks you so much for all these tales.
Piece will be on The Athletic on Thursday and I'lll drop the link in here for those that are interested.
Cheers and stay well, Charlotte |
Ah hell, I forgot to get in touch, I presume I'm too late | |
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| UEFA Cup 1981 on 15:49 - May 19 with 1184 views | hype313 |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:16 - May 10 by 66notout |
Lazy journalism and how do we know you’re even genuine? |
Now now George. |  |
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| UEFA Cup 1981 on 15:55 - May 19 with 1167 views | footers |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 15:25 - May 19 by charpur |
Thanks you so much for all these tales.
Piece will be on The Athletic on Thursday and I'lll drop the link in here for those that are interested.
Cheers and stay well, Charlotte |
I look forward to reading about PJH's sex shop adventures in the Athletic soon. | |
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| UEFA Cup 1981 on 16:00 - May 19 with 1150 views | benrhyddingblue |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 10:16 - May 10 by 66notout |
Lazy journalism and how do we know you’re even genuine? |
No it isn't, what do you think he should do - phone up everyone in the Ipswich phone directory (if such things exist) and ask if they went to Amsterdam in 1981?
Explain what's lazy about it, as a journalist, I'm genuinely interested in your thought process on this. | | | |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 16:25 - May 19 with 1091 views | longtimefan |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 12:03 - May 10 by PJH |
It was not exciting as in the Lucan train journey scale of things that is for sure.
No it was not with the WI, it was through official ITFC travel though or whoever they used at the time. |
Going via Dover seems a long way around. I went on official travel that was basically day return. Train to Harwich I seem to remember and then ferry to the Hook. Coaches were laid on there to take us direct to Amsterdam and then straight back after the game and then night ferry back to Harwich. | | | |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 16:54 - May 19 with 1018 views | jaykay |
went by plane.
a travel agent in ipswich buttermarket (j.easter if my remember correctly) was offering match tickets plus chartered plane from southend airport. plus champagne on the way back if we won.
so went with that. first port of call was dam square, it was packed out with town supporters.
always remember a lady of the night moaning ,that ipswich fans only wanted to drink, no jig jig like the derby fans who used her personal services, a season or two earlier.
on to the olympic stadium , which seemed to be covered in ivy.
then found out our tickets were behind the goal in the away end.i remember the first goal for the town, which was at the other end. the rest is a blur ,due to the drink catching up with me and being sick everywhere. next thing i can remember
is waking up on the plane asking where the champagne was , only to be told we are now landing at southend airport |  |
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| UEFA Cup 1981 on 16:58 - May 19 with 1009 views | hype313 |
| UEFA Cup 1981 on 16:54 - May 19 by jaykay |
went by plane.
a travel agent in ipswich buttermarket (j.easter if my remember correctly) was offering match tickets plus chartered plane from southend airport. plus champagne on the way back if we won.
so went with that. first port of call was dam square, it was packed out with town supporters.
always remember a lady of the night moaning ,that ipswich fans only wanted to drink, no jig jig like the derby fans who used her personal services, a season or two earlier.
on to the olympic stadium , which seemed to be covered in ivy.
then found out our tickets were behind the goal in the away end.i remember the first goal for the town, which was at the other end. the rest is a blur ,due to the drink catching up with me and being sick everywhere. next thing i can remember
is waking up on the plane asking where the champagne was , only to be told we are now landing at southend airport |
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