SearchReserves 0-1 Charlton Reserves Thu 17th Jan 2002 00:12
Match report by Old Git (oldgit@postmaster.co.uk) at Reserves-Fellowship Of The Reserves**** | Karic Hits Out! Thu 13th Dec 2001 11:16
Forgotten Town man, Amir Karic, has launched an attack on Ipswich Town and club manager George Burley. The completely out of favour former reserves defender is highly critical of the Town boss and makes claims of dressing room disharmony in an EADT article bound to impress the club. | Bramble Refuses Contract Extension Tue 11th Dec 2001 11:48
Dropped Town youngster Titus Bramble has refused to sign a two-year extension to his current contract which ends in the summer of 2004. Bramble was omitted from the side which lost 1-0 to Newcastle on Sunday and has had an up and down season up to now. | Town 0-1 Newcastle Sun 09th Dec 2001 18:53
Town fell to yet another home defeat as Nolberto Solano, last year's red card villain in this fixture, scored a first half winner for Newcastle. Town huffed and puffed and as ever had loads of possession, but as usual the crossing wasn't up to much and clearcut chances were very far and few between. | Newcastle 4-1 Town Tue 27th Nov 2001 23:30
A stunning first half striking display from Newcastle saw Town out of the Worthington Cup. Goals from Robert, Ameobi and two from Shearer, all before the break put the home side four-up. Darren Bent hit Town's goal late in the second half. | Ipswich Town Reserves 2-1 Arsenal Reserves Tue 13th Nov 2001 23:27
by your Official Reporter, ColdGit@Reserves.
I have promised to be more direct. Here goes:
Darren Bent is an absolute gem. I've been saying all season that he should be in the first team and a really gamey brace tonight, leaving the winning goal till the 90th minute, will surely have clinched that exciting, fully justified reality.
A promising young Arsenal team had led, at the interval, via their dainty young centre-forward, Jermaine Brown, begloved and with corn-row hair (is that what you call it?) who took advantage of the temporary absence upfield of attack-minded Thomas Gaardsoe, to beat man-in-black Andy Marshall with a breakaway goal after 35 mins.
As crowd favourite Darren would have said afterwards, had I been able to speak to him, "I should have had at least a hat-trick, Old Git, with two half-chances just before the half hour mark, the second of which I tapped into the goalie's ample bosom - was it Richard Wright? And then, five minutes into the second half, Brian, I gently, deftly, accurately, oh no, tickled one over the bar. So far, this season, I should have scored an Axeldahl of reserve match goals."
It took an hour for Bent to strike, but it was worth waiting for. In the area, he was moving left, but flicked the ball inside his man, then curled it round the goalie and inside the right post. You beauty. 1-1.
At the death, his second goal was another peachy plum, partly because of the pin-point quality of excellent Darren Ambrose's cross from the right; all Bent had to do was control it and tuck it away, again inside the right post. He looks like Finidi George, but it's time for Finidi to take his hat off to Darren; both Darrens, for that matter: Ambrose is of the same school: eager, direct, a winner. 2-1.
Don't let's get too warmed up, though; it wasn't that sort of night for all of us. The Darrens were beacons in the mist. Urgent Yoof Ambrose replaced anonymous Nicholls after an hour, allowing begloved Nabil Abbadabba to come in from the cold on the wing into central midfield, where he continued to show delightful touch but ineffective overall impact.
Yet, in an uncertain, bump-into-things world, it was re-assuring to lie back and accept the freezing embrace - an average FPR temperature tonight of 7 degrees Celsius, whatever celcius is, but, as your Official Reporter, I have to accept that I have a worldwide audience and mustn't mention good old Fahrenheit. Mother said it was cold in Sydney today but I promise you that a couple of hours at damp Portman Road tonight would have reminded her why she emigrated 36 years ago, (and, with a worldwide audience, it is nice for them that I should make an international reference)...and yet I still cannot say, 'in Sydney' without pangs of Carry On double entendre...whoops, digressionamundo...the freezing embrace of a November evening at the Reserves, with the bizarre guarantee of safety created by a report on the BBC saying that Osama Bin Laden is an Arsenal fan. We're watching Arsenal Reserves (though this is only the official title of this team. The term has come to mean, in general conversation, something quite different: 'the team you put out against teams like Ipswich or Worthington Cup opponents.' I doubt that any of Arsenal's team tonight will ever play in the Premiership for them. Surreal. Their Yoof winger, Jerome Thomas - all their Yoof's forward line has 'J' first names - was their gem. Fabian found him to be 'unstoppable'. Umm, that doesn't make Thomas unique, though, does it? Come on Fab, shave that carpet sample off the top of your head, and play a bit. You're only up against Chris Makin.)
I'm not really digressing. It was a match without passion, without much meaning. Without Bent actually winning the match, it would have been very ho-hum, but he was this week's 'Mumo' Peralta, who was the emerging star of my last Reserves Report, and who, so soon after, is October's Third Best Player Of The Month.
In the absence of Mumo, Tommy Miller was given the opportunity to audition for Jim Magilton's shirt, but he took an early knock and that perhaps stunted his growth. Miller was derisory about Sir George's audacity, in playing 'the best midfielder in the Nationwide' on the wing; it's because Our Tom shares Our Jim's fear of wide open spaces. He feels that that circle around the centre of the pitch is there for a reason, and, tonight, he never left it. In fairness, he can sweep the ball about, though it's a little laboured, as are all his movements, as if he's a middleweight boxer with heavy legs (like Reuser, who we're coming to.)
Our team was:
Marshall
Wilnis — Gaardsoe - Justin Miller (c) - 'Gary'
Abbadabba - Tommy Miller - Ashley Nicholls - REUSER!!!!!!
Bent - 'Log' Logan | Southampton 3 - 3 Town Thu 25th Oct 2001 01:46
Town drew their fourth consecutive match as the Blues twice came from two goals down to end the game 3-3. It was an exciting encounter with the home side looking like they would score with every attempt, and a return to last year's form in the second half for Town. | Training Centre Opens Tue 16th Oct 2001 16:46
The new Ipswich Town Football Club Training Centre was opened today by sports minister Richard Caborn. Training was switched to the afternoon due to the opening of the new £2 million centre. | Bruce Admits Naylor Interest Fri 12th Oct 2001 11:54
Crystal Palace manager Steve Bruce has admitted that he is interested in unsettled Town striker Richard Naylor. Stories surfaced last week linking the two but George Burley moved quickly to say he knew nothing of it. | Reserves 3-2 West Ham Thu 04th Oct 2001 00:15
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