Blues chief executive Simon Clegg will be carrying the Olympic torch through Keswick in the Lake District during the 92nd day of its tour of Britain later today. Prior to joining Town in 2009, Clegg, who is an official attaché for the Pacific island of Guam during London 2012, had spent 20 years and 12 summer and winter Games with the British Olympic Association as deputy general secretary and then chief executive.

The Town chief, who led Team GB to 47 medals - 19 gold, 13 silver and 15 bronze — in Beijing as chef de mission four years ago, was involved with the 2012 bid from the start and was amongst those to sign the contract giving the Games to London.

He says he was pleased to be asked to take part in the torch relay: “I’m hugely flattered to have been invited to run with the torch carrying the Olympic flame from its journey from Olympia to London.

“Whilst my focus has for the last three years been on Ipswich Town, I could not pass this opportunity by, having spent so much of my career in the Olympic movement.”

The torch will be in 16 Suffolk towns and villages on July 5th, 6th and 7th, full details here.

Elsewhere, former Blues loanee Keith Andrews is reportedly close to joining Bolton Wanderers having turned down the chance to move to Celtic.

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RegencyBlue added 22:08 - Jun 21 Clegg is a walking public relations disaster. Every time he opens his mouth its only to put his foot in it! I'm sure he has talents but running a football club is clearly not one of them!!
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Surco72 added 08:39 - Jun 22 H32 what an arrogant little man you are to assume what my life is like because i do not agree with your forever negative views of Ipswich . Just because i do not live in the past of the 70s and 80s ,probably when you had the only happy part of a miserable life i lack ambition ? I could be arrogant and say how successful my business is ,how good my life is allowing me to attend the majority of Ipswich games every season . Do you honestly think a very successful businessman like Evans , a very successful chief executive in Clegg and a manager who managed in the top flight for a number of seasons want to be or are happy with mid table in the championship ? They all have ambition and it is not a lack of that or by any supporters who live in a real world of financial restraint . It is easy to sit and criticise others all day long ,but in my experience those doing so are the ones who have done very little with their lives and are full of regret

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HARRY10 added 11:12 - Jun 22 "...........want to be or are happy with mid table in the championship ? " It's not about what they are happy with, it's what they have been able to achieve. TV couches are littered with ex football managers who were not happy with their team failing, doesn't mean they are still with the club. Keane wasn't happy, why didn't we keep him. We are gojng backwards at an alarming rate. Either things are so bad that there is nothing that can be done by anyone or those responsible are the cause. Sticking your head in the sand does nothing, other than reveal the 'wrong side' of you.

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Surco72 added 11:45 - Jun 22 The main reason we have not achieved over the last few seasons was the appointment of Roy Keane as manager ,who has set this club back a number of years and anyone who had taken over would have faced the same problems . That problem was addressed by the men in charge after admitting what a mistake Keane was . I am not pro Jewell if he does not turn things around this season he will have to go ,simple as but the constant changing of managers ,coaches and ideas will never lead to the consistency fans crave . There is a big difference in working to a long term plan than to " sticking your head in the sand " and wanting instant success,even with all the money Man Citys owners had it took more than one season to get to where they wanted ?

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dirtydingusmagee added 12:05 - Jun 22 aaaah bless,who'd have believed it, mind how you trip Cleggie .i trust there will be someone nearby with a firebucket .
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BlueVelvet added 12:37 - Jun 22 that many years on the gravy train and more recently with crawler Coe, my god, what a life
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stringtheory added 13:46 - Jun 22 Thanks Surco72 - my feeling too. I would just add that h32 probably has extreme and simplistic opinions on most things...
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Dozzells_Bobblehat added 14:03 - Jun 22 h32 - you seem to have started name calling again, I thought we had spoken about that, naughty boy. Surco72- excellent posts, couldn't agree more.
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s6blue added 15:51 - Jun 22 snoozers
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h32 added 23:35 - Jun 22 ........' birds of a feather flock together' springs to mind - and as for Surco sprouting about your Business achievements - take it from me you are NOT the only one who could / can do that - believe me. But 'some' don't feel the need to do so. Dozzells Bobblehat - I thought we had spoken previously about you getting your facts right - naughty boy. HARRY10 - excellent posts, couldn't agree more.

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h32 added 23:40 - Jun 22 ...... oh forgot you Stringtheory - maybe - but REALITY is always a key word.
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h32 added 23:49 - Jun 22 ...... and certain people STILL blame KEANE for everything, even now - and probably forever will.
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dirtydingusmagee added 07:39 - Jun 23 KEANE OUT !
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stringtheory added 13:23 - Jun 23 h32 - if reality is key to your thinking you surely must realise that one man alone will not determine the success or failure of the club. If you're going to attempt to prove that is the case it would make more sense to blame Jewell.
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Dozzells_Bobblehat added 14:22 - Jun 23 h32 - firstly what FACT did i get wrong ??, you have called several other posters SAD, FOREVER SATISFIED CHARLIES !! secondly please dont claim u dont " feel the need " to spout on about your achievements, u do it all the time, telling us what a successful "WINNER" you are in life !!! Thirdly maybe you get so many " birds of a feather" flocking against you for a reason.

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HARRY10 added 14:33 - Jun 23 You are mistaken It is one man who is responsible for the manager, responsible for making sure he does a good job, ensures that the players and coaches etc do a good job, and pretty much everyone else at the club is achieving at the highest level possible He is the one man who is ultimately responsible.......... unfortunately the man who apppointed him doesn't appear to give a stuff, so it should be no surprise that we have a CEO who is failing through either incompetence or lack of any real concern Which will give us another season where the squad is patched up with short term hopefuls, 'not up to it' lower league players and numerous loanees - no forward planning, merely responding by putting a bucket under the biggest leak, as it appears Ticket sales will continue to amble along without any aggresive marketing, players will constanyly be linked and then go elsewhere and PJ will repeatedly tell us all tha the has made some more mistakes, as much Clegg tells us he is still learning At best we will stay up while we watch other teams pass us by ... at worse, well maybe League 1 is the final wake up call many need

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Dozzells_Bobblehat added 16:38 - Jun 23 HARRY10 - could you please explain to me why you think ME doesnt " give a stuff" ??. He has invested a huge amount of money into the club and without him we would be in a worse situation. Are we really going backwards at an alarming rate ??. Do you honestly not think things are better now than under RK ? Cos i do. They are far from great and i would like to see much more but the football is better and IMO the squad is a more exciting one, which i agree still needs some work. As for SC, i have no particular fondness for the bloke but most of the criticism of him on this site is to be honest, pathetic. One minute we are signing way too many players, the next we cant close deals. It would be very interesting to speak to all the bosses of the moaners on here and see how these 'experts' perform in their own roles.

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h32 added 21:41 - Jun 23 Dozzell's Bobblehat - the hat obviously fits you well .............. so wear it !!
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h32 added 21:53 - Jun 23 stringhteory - agree with you, and if you check back thro' my posts you will have no doubts about my opinion of Mr Jewell, and his very limited capabilities.
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Dozzells_Bobblehat added 22:04 - Jun 23 h32 - ah i see, if you have no reasonable answer to the points just make a non-sensical comment.
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HARRY10 added 01:06 - Jun 24 If ME actually' 'gave a stuff'' he would not have appointed Clegg, he would not be charging us interest on a £30m plus debt that he bought for £6m. He might also explain where the £11m from the sale of Walters/Wickham went. As to us being better now, then check the average attendances, the season ticket sales and the annual income - all down year on year, as has our league position is. The only thing that has gone up is our debt, to a staggering £70m plus. An odd way to be investing 'a huge amount of money'. As to the squad we currently have, at best, 15 first team players of which Scotland is yet to sign a new contract. No recognised keeper or even right back. As to your last sentence Bobblehat that is absurd, the matter under discussion is the lack of ability of Simon Clegg. Are we to say that relegation is acceptable because those pointing out how bad the team are aren't the best employee at work !

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Dozzells_Bobblehat added 07:41 - Jun 24 HARRY10 - You yourself say we owe 70 million and then ask where the Wickham cash went. Where do u think !!. The subject under discussion wasn't just clegg it was all the points I made and it is not absurd to suggest that the majority of people who come on here whinging have absolutely no proof of most of their allegations, little or any idea of how to run a football club or indeed exactly how good a CEO/owner ME and SC are. I'm going to gamble and trust the judgement of a multi millionaire as apposed to a few negative people who take the easy option of criticising everything.

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h32 added 17:38 - Jun 24 Bobblehat - I'm sure you've never made a sensible statement of fact in your life - it's whatever comes to mind at the time.
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HARRY10 added 19:11 - Jun 24 "HARRY10 - You yourself say we owe 70 million and then ask where the Wickham cash went. Where do u think !!. " eh ? "have absolutely no proof of most of their allegations, little or any idea of how to run a football club or indeed exactly how good a CEO/owner ME and SC are. " I think you'll find the empty seats at PR are proof, the published drop in income and season ticket sales and the league table are proof enough. Maybe you should show us some proof of "exactly how good a CEO/owner ME and SC are"

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Dozzells_Bobblehat added 05:35 - Jun 25 HARRY10 - i thought it was self explanatory but i will spell it out. The Wickham cash was re-invested in Chopra,JET,Cresswell and contracts/loan fees for Stockdale, Andrews,Collins etc and the rest i would imagine went toward the debt. If you read any of my previous posts you will see that i am not what you would call pro PJ/SC i am just fed up of the constant negativity of people on this site. I dont think we should just blindly follow and praise the club but we certainly shouldnt just moan either. If results pick up this year then next year the season tickets will be up, will you and your fellow moaners be on here congratulating him ?? I dont think so. h32 - i give up on you. A few weeks ago i tried to engage you in reasonable conversation and for a while you did but you now seem to have returned to your previous MO of name calling anyone who DARES to have a different opinion to you.

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