Loach Signing Confirmed
Thursday, 19th Jul 2012 15:56

Town have confirmed the signing of Watford keeper Scott Loach on a three-year deal with the option of a further year. The Blues agreed a fee of £150,000 with the Hornets earlier in the week with the 24-year-old undergoing a Portman Road medical last night.

Loach has made no secret of his desire to play for the club, having played for the academy as a schoolboy before moving on to the Nottingham Forest, Chesterfield and Lincoln City youth set-ups.

Speaking to the Town programme when the Blues played the Hornets last season, the former England U21 international said: "I've always been an Ipswich supporter and it is here where my goalkeeping education started, so I will always be thankful to the club for that."

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Shotleytractor added 16:09 - Jul 19 Welcome back to Ipswich. Well done PJ and the managment team. Feeling good.
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bluey420 added 16:10 - Jul 19 Welcome home S.Loach v decent GK young n hungry too play for his hometown club & in the era of outrageous fees! overpriced players especially for British players this is a absolute bargain: well done Paul Jewell
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tim70 added 16:11 - Jul 19 Great Signing and a nice present for me on my birthday July 19th
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Safetyfirstmrwarke added 16:11 - Jul 19 Young keeper with potential and a good long contract. I'm encouraged by this. COYB
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DoctorPolski added 16:14 - Jul 19 Now this is news... Get in! COYB!
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irishtim added 16:14 - Jul 19 Great news. Lovely to see him holding the jersey. Now for our next targets. Things looking up at portman road at long last.
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daniel9624 added 16:14 - Jul 19 29 comments all positive woohoo!!
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Duncan added 16:15 - Jul 19 Fan Bloody Tastic!! Really looking forward to the season ahead with plenty of optimism. Can't wait to get into the north stand with a big tall goalkeeper commanding our goal line!!
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saffronblue added 16:16 - Jul 19 Very pleased, hopefully better than the last two Watford players we signed. Left wing next please
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miiikkeyyyy added 16:16 - Jul 19 I'm really happy with this signing! What a bargain! I love you PJ!! ;D
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Ipswich24 added 16:17 - Jul 19 Good signing and very cheap, lets use the funds for three top players. Keogh, Davies and Boyd. Welcome home Scotty COYB
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JeordieX added 16:17 - Jul 19 Welcome Home! Welcome Home! Welcome Home!
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enlaw added 16:17 - Jul 19 PJ_Needs_Duncan last night you were saying his failed his medical posting it all over this website, you sir are a wrong'en good signing, liking how our signings are now looking to the future!
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AlexanderFields added 16:19 - Jul 19 Phil, I prefer the old Will Hay avatar.
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Michael11 added 16:19 - Jul 19 Nice to see us offering a 4 year deal to someone who really wants to be here, nice one pj, clegg and evans this is more like it!
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buryblue77 added 16:20 - Jul 19 Glad we've finally solved our keeper issues, I will admit that I have my doubts over Loach and he wasn't my first choice but I shall welcome him to Portman Road and hopefully he will show me that I was wrong do have any doubts about his ability. Still need another GK although not priority but CB, LM, CF and maybe another CM are needed. COYB!!!
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Southamptonblue added 16:21 - Jul 19 Welcome home Scott!
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Stato added 16:21 - Jul 19 The best £150k Evans has ever spent
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martyitfc added 16:24 - Jul 19 looked forward to this for a very long time, young, hungry, wearing the shirt with pride. next get in the hearts keeper, the two french boys cant pronounce names, keogh sounds good davies and kouroma . if pj is happy with that lot so would i be. promotion this year i can feel it in me bones ITFC AND PROUD
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Taricco_Fan added 16:25 - Jul 19 Welcome back to Town!
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arc added 16:26 - Jul 19 Terrific news. Shame the goalkeeper shirt is red, though.
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Lukeybluey added 16:29 - Jul 19 Credit where credits due. Well done Clegg and Jewell! Cracking bit of business!
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Hermann_eats_puffin added 16:29 - Jul 19

This is fantastic news!

Welcome back to Portman Road Scott.

It's been far too long since we had a clearly established no: 1 who has had a long run of games in the side.

The 4 year contract (with an option for a further year) is surely a great statement of faith in Loach from the management & club and will hopefully boost Scott's confidence.

We now have a young and promising back line! We can't expect miracles in expecting them all to gel instantly the moment they get on the pitch but if they're given time & a run of games to play together along with support from the crowd I hope that we will improve and have a much more settled back 4 than in recent seasons.

I can't wait to welcome Loach back to Portman Rd and let's give him and the rest of the team the support that they deserve. By backing the team as the 12th man this can only help the entire team as the silence & moans/ groans from some doesn't do anybody any good.

I have a really positive feeling about our new approach to building a team and can't wait for the season to start. COYB!

TractorBoy666 added 16:33 - Jul 19 Wonderful news! In a new seat this time at Portman Road, in the cobbold stand. Can't wait until the season gets started! One thing, is there any more news if Kourouma is closer to signing yet?
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