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Town 0-2 Arsenal Sat 01st Dec 2001 18:12
Town fell to another defeat as one of the sides immediately above them, Leicester, put a vital three points on the board. Town rarely looked like scoring despite periods of possession and forcing a large number of corners.

Boro 0-0 Town Sun 25th Nov 2001 18:16
Town were unlucky not to get their first away win of the season as first Pablo Counago and then Hermann Hreidarsson both hit the post. The game had swung both ways and was one of the more exciting 0-0 draws that you'll see.

Hamilton Returns! Fri 23rd Nov 2001 10:49
In a surprise move Town have announced the return of Bryan Hamilton, as a first team coach alongside Tony Mowbray. Hamilton's return may prove controversial after his recent spell as manager at Norwich. The former Northern Ireland, Tranmere, Wigan and Leicester manager was present at Town's game last night and will start in his new position immediately, traveling with the Town party to Middlesbrough tomorrow.

Town 1-0 Inter Fri 23rd Nov 2001 00:05
Town pulled off a famous 1-0 victory over Inter Milan as Alun Armstrong headed home a Jamie Clapham cross from the left in the 80th minute. Town had been the better side all night, but as so often this season the goal just didn't seem to come.

Plymouth Copy Town Wed 14th Nov 2001 10:50
Plymouth are emerging as the latest club to take their blueprint from Town and David Sheepshanks' five-year plan. The south-west club are developing a new stadium and are seeking to become the 'big club' of Devon and Cornwall.

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

Chelsea 2-1 Town Sun 04th Nov 2001 18:56
A last gasp wonder goal from Sam Dalla Bona won the three points for Chelsea just when Town fans were celebrating a well-won point. A first half goal from Gianfranco Zola had put Chelsea deservedly ahead, but as Town improved in the second half Marcus Stewart equalised with a penalty.

French Bid for Town? Thu 01st Nov 2001 13:59
Reports this afternoon claim that Town have made a bid for 24-year-old Lens midfielder Daniel Moreira. Moreira is a former French U21 international who has scored five goals in his last three games.

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.

Town 0-0 Helsingborgs IF Thu 18th Oct 2001 23:40
Once again Town had Matteo Sereni to thank as the Italian's goalkeeping brilliance prevented a comfortable away victory for Helsingborg. On a night when fans had hoped and expected so much Town put on their worst home display yet in a so far largely dismal season.

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