| football grounds - memories of Ipswich on 20:46 - Mar 24 with 1262 views | flykickingbybgunn |
He is surprised at the intense rivalry with Norwich. After all they are 45 miles away !
But what he clearly does not realise is that such feelings do not just come from a short distance but from history.
All the great derby games are thus. Many are religious. City v United, Liverpool v Everton, Arsenal v Spurs and the greatest of them all Celtic v Rangers.
Others historical such as Derby v Leicester v Forest who are all Viking settlements.
We all know what is the greatest rivalry in cricket. And how far are they apart ?
Town v City has nothing to do with Ipswich v Norwich and has everything to do with Suffolk v Norfolk. After all the southfolk and the northfolk were knocking ten bells out of each other when Julius Caesar turned up to separate them. |  | |  |
| football grounds - memories of Ipswich on 20:55 - Mar 24 with 1238 views | Trequartista |
I enjoyed the bit where Dean Saunders morphed into Ian Rush and then back to Dean Saunders. No wonder the ref was so confused that he gave a penalty. |  |
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| football grounds - memories of Ipswich on 21:38 - Mar 24 with 1167 views | ITFC_Forever |
The Swindon 1-4 was September 1991. A day or two before I started Sixth Form, and I won £100 on the Golden Goal thanks to Swindon’s early goal.
The ground went all seater in the summer of 1992. |  |
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| football grounds - memories of Ipswich on 22:26 - Mar 24 with 1085 views | The_Major |
And Colchester seems to have moved nine miles further away. Or United played at Kelvedon for a while without any line noticing |  | | |
| football grounds - memories of Ipswich on 22:46 - Mar 24 with 1032 views | Radlett_blue |
| football grounds - memories of Ipswich on 22:26 - Mar 24 by The_Major |
And Colchester seems to have moved nine miles further away. Or United played at Kelvedon for a while without any line noticing |
I lived in Kelvedon Hatch many years ago. Which is nowhere near Kelvedon. |  |
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| football grounds - memories of Ipswich on 02:06 - Mar 25 with 926 views | Miaow |
| football grounds - memories of Ipswich on 22:26 - Mar 24 by The_Major |
And Colchester seems to have moved nine miles further away. Or United played at Kelvedon for a while without any line noticing |
Cambridge being 55 miles to the east is quite impressive seeing as there isn't any land there. |  |
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| football grounds - memories of Ipswich on 08:25 - Mar 25 with 774 views | Steve_M |
| football grounds - memories of Ipswich on 21:38 - Mar 24 by ITFC_Forever |
The Swindon 1-4 was September 1991. A day or two before I started Sixth Form, and I won £100 on the Golden Goal thanks to Swindon’s early goal.
The ground went all seater in the summer of 1992. |
Yes, a few details in there are a a bit confused. There always were away fans on the Cobbold Stand just not all of them.
Hoddle was bloody good that game. |  |
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