Town Appoint Financial Director Mon 30th Oct 2000 19:51 Town have announced that Mike Cooper will start work as the club's first ever Director of Finance from January 1st. Cooper is a local man and a Town fan and had been working as a director at KPMG for 17 years, five spent on in London and twelve in Ipswich. At KPMG he managed companies of varying size, some with turnovers as large as £60 million. One of the companies he was involved with was Ipswich Town. |
Ipswich Res 0 - Arsenal Res 3 Wed 18th Oct 2000 21:03 Whilst the scoreline may flatter the London club, Arsenal certainly did deserve the victory as they had more chances, and ran the midfield. None of the players on this showing alone deserve to make the first eleven on Saturday, but was a good run-out, keeping the fitness levels high. |
Town to be Reported Thu 12th Oct 2000 18:46 The increasingly bizarre Gert Verheyen Affair (or Verheyengate) has twisted a new turn today with reports suggesting Town are to be reported to FIFA over their handling of the deal/non-deal. |
Arsenal to Field Reserves Fri 29th Sep 2000 10:57 Town are likely to face an understrength Arsenal side in October 30th's Worthington Cup tie at Highbury. The North Londers warn fans on their tickets that they are unlikely to field a full stregth side in the competition, although like any of the major players in the Premier League even their reserves are pretty fearsome. Town manager When the suggestion of Arsenal putting out a less than full strength side George Burley said "what's a weak Arsenal side?" a reference to the fact that their bench contains several high profile stars. Burley added that the draw was "a good one for the fans". |
Leeds 1 - 2 Ipswich Sat 16th Sep 2000 18:00 Town won their first away game if the season 2-1 with a fantastic display of passing and grit at Leeds despite falling a goal behind in the third minute. Goals from James Scowcroft and Jermaine Wright saw the Blues home as the Elland Road side looked well short of their Champions’ League status. |
The John Scales Column Fri 15th Sep 2000 16:05 John Scales in his first column of the season talks to Gavin Wilding about his injury hit start. He tells us how the injury developed, his thoughts on our opening games, and what we must do to survive in the Premiership... |
Match Quotes Thu 07th Sep 2000 10:32 Town manager George Burley was unhappy at the lack of chances created and surfeit of errors. He was particularly annoyed bythe second goal: "Richard Wright will be unhappy with the second goal but he is a smashing lad and also made some good saves. He has done well for us for a long time now." |
Sheepshanks out by Wednesday Mon 04th Sep 2000 11:16 Town chairman David Sheepshanks continues his recovery in hospital and is likely to be out before Town take on Leicester on Wedensday. However, he will not be fit enough to travel to Filbert Street and will listen to the game on the radio. In his absence the club has been run by the other members of the board, although the chairman has attempted to keep an eye on things from his hospital bed. |
Reserves Face Leicester Wed 30th Aug 2000 10:49 Town are to field a strong reserve side in tonight's first home game with Leicester City. Gary Croft, Martijn Reuser, John McGreal, Wayne Brown and Keith Branagan are amongst the experienced players in the squad for the game which kicks off at 7pm. The game will be an ideal opportunity for players such as McGreal to stake a claim for a first team place. Town's Dutch youngsters Nabil Abidallah and Guillermo Graaven are included before they meet up with their U18 international squad next month. Also in the squad is Benoit Subrin who is a 17-year-old right back on trial from Lyon. Town squad: Branagan, Pullen, Nicholls, Croft, McGreal, J Miller, Brown, Moffat, Reuser, Niven, Abidallah, Midgley, Graaven, Subrin, English and Artun. |
Town 1 - 0 Sunderland Sat 26th Aug 2000 17:36 Town stormed to their first Premiership win with a superb display for which Sunderland had little answer. A magnificent Kevin Beattie-like goal from centre-half Titus Bramble gave Town the points, but in truth the margin of victory should have been much much more. |