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Robson Film to Be Screened at Portman Road
Tuesday, 27th Mar 2018 11:10

Portman Road is one of three venues hosting outdoor screenings of the feature-length documentary Bobby Robson: More Than a Manager in May a week ahead of its release.

The Portman Road showing is on Friday 25th May, with similar events at Newcastle United’s St James’ Park on Tuesday 22nd May and Wembley on Wednesday 23rd May. A special guest is set to be interviewed prior to each screening.

Featuring the likes of Terry Butcher, Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, Ronaldo, Paul Gascoigne, Alan Shearer, Gary Lineker and Sir Alex Ferguson, as well as never before seen archive and emotional testimony from Lady Elsie Robson, Bobby Robson: More Than a Manager is billed as the definitive portrait of one of sport's most inspirational and influential figures.

The Portman Road screening is limited to 1,400 with standard tickets £20, including a £5 donation to the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. They are available, along with further information, from the Bobby Robson: More Than a Manager website here.

Bobby Robson: More Than a Manager is released as a digital download on 1st June and on DVD/Blu-Ray - which are available for pre-order here - on 4th June.


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bobble added 12:16 - Mar 27
last game i attended he was the manager, what went wrong ?
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jonnysuave added 12:30 - Mar 27
His acceptance speech for BBC Sports Personality Lifetime Achievement award is still for me one of the most humble and emotional bits of TV I've seen. He loved the game without the usual cynicism or blandishments usually associated with it

Cant wait to see this and hope his time at Ipswich plays a major role.
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big_gaz67 added 12:33 - Mar 27
£20, really! Where does the other £15 go - please don't tell me the club aren't making a profit out of these. Have we asked them that or are TWTD now that sycophant to ITFC they thought didn't occur to them. Surely they could put a screen on the pitch - aim for about 5000 at a tenner each, cheaper for kids, all proceeds (not profits) going to the Bobby Robson Foundation. The club should foot the hosting fees and look to make money on refreshments.
MMc should be given a seat by himself at the front!
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Reuserscurtains added 12:36 - Mar 27
Do we know if this will be screened on the practice pitch on the side or on the actual pitch? Either way, i'll be attending.
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itfc58 added 12:51 - Mar 27
i see Newcastle who fired him after their best season in years, get to see it first!! He loved us and we loved him much more than those big mouthed Geordiies
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itfc58 added 13:20 - Mar 27
Also is because of Sir Bobby Robson and all the good times he gave me supporting the club during the mid 70's and the early 80's that i still attend today and suffer the sh1t we are dished up in our run down once great home
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nineteenseventyeight added 13:22 - Mar 27
My Hero, our LEGEND
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Edmundo added 13:26 - Mar 27
Most humble and engaging football man I ever had the privilege of meeting (twice).
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itsonlyme added 13:47 - Mar 27
The most wonderful human being to be connected to football ever. Coaching genius and no one ever had a bad word to say about him. How football could do with his like now. Still so very sadly missed.
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BlueandTruesince82 added 13:55 - Mar 27
Greatest man football has had. Not just for his achievemnets, many candiates based on that alone but for the man he was.

The sports personality speech had me welling up, you could sense he maybe didnt have long left then having already kicked cancers arse on a few ocassions.

Great man and the closest thing to god there will ever be.
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BlueandTruesince82 added 13:57 - Mar 27
Also big gaz, what an utter #### you are. Never have I said this to a town fan but go ans support the scum if you dont already.
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big_gaz67 added 14:11 - Mar 27
BlueandTrue - I mean to type please tell me the club are not going to make a profit out of this? I was asking why if we are being asked to pay £ 20 the charity is only getting £ 5 and I hope the other £ 15 isn't going to the club -hope that clarifies what I mean to say......appreciate I have worded it badly and if I mean what i type you would be right in your insults!
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BlueandTruesince82 added 14:30 - Mar 27
Fair play Gaz.

I thought that sycophant conment was harsh on Phil ans Gav too.

Dont forget there will be costs for the club etc too but withdrawn
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Seasider added 14:40 - Mar 27
If it is to be an outdoor screening,I wonder why numbers are limited to just 1400 ?
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WestSussexBlue added 14:52 - Mar 27
Seasider...My first thought too.
I'd say erect a screen big enough, sit it in front of the Sir Bobby stand and allow viewers on to the pitch. It would probably attract more than some of this season's attendance figures under MM.
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yungblue added 14:57 - Mar 27
The greatest. Bar none. Dreaming of a return of the OLD Ipswich town!!
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Northstandveteran added 15:39 - Mar 27
I got what you meant big gaz67

You got my up mark despite all the downs for your

'Mick McCarthy sat up the front on his own' comment made me giggle.

Also would have thought that due to the incompetence of those responsible for club/fan relationships they may have actually put themselves out to make it affordable for the many rather than expensive for the few to see a production of not only the greatest but thoughroly most decent man to have graced our club with his presence.

Should there be anyone from upstairs that bothers to take notice of the fans, or for that matter doesn't understand our proud history, there's a statue of him outside the ground.
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TimmyH added 16:38 - Mar 27
Most entertainment you'll see at Portman Road this season...and a worthy watch no doubt.
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Edmundo added 17:29 - Mar 27
Maybe we could get a sell out and force a rethink re numbers? If you can't get a ticket cos it's sold out, lobby the club to arrange for more.
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tractorboybig added 17:52 - Mar 27
biggest gate of the season. Still a film evans won't understand. ITS IPSWICH
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massivemole added 18:11 - Mar 27
A decent home manager at the stadium for once......
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WashbrookBlue added 19:01 - Mar 27
Those lucky enough to have lived through the Robson era all have our own special memories of meetings, games or events. Mine is speaking to him on a Radio Orwell ( as was) phone in and suggesting that he might think about giving a hound defender who had just broken into the side by the name of John Wark a run in midfield! What I remember most about this remarkable man was not just his (understated) success ( has any other English manager managed so successfully across the whole European continent?) but rather his grace and dignity. He knew how to lose as well as how to win and I don't recall him ever behaving like a spoilt child on the touch line or whining about referees, other managers or the FA. It will be difficult to stomach the likes of Ferguson appearing on this film as in my view he has none of those qualities and is not fit to lace SBR's boots as a football great and guardian of all that is good ( and has been lost) about football. In an era when the word legend is devalued through ridiculous overuse, he will rightly remembered as a true great of the beautiful game and a man of great dignity and courage in how he handled years of such terrible illness. Hard to imagine ever seeing the likes of him again.
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brittaniaman added 19:31 - Mar 27
13 great years he was here !!!!!
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Nthsuffolkblue added 20:03 - Mar 27
Let's hope the current squad watch and are inspired.
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1966 added 20:19 - Mar 27
Humble , Class , Played Football on The Grass Not in The Clouds . Enough Said ...
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