Official Ipswich Town Thread [R]

[el-capitano]

2 all v Birmingham away was a good result against a favourite for promotion.

It was almost a win as well, but a bit of panic at the end cost them all 3.....

[The Old Lady Hertha]

After a very bad start...the Tractor Boys are on a role! :)

3-1 vs Sunderland, very good result after they do were on a role. Alan Lee scored twice, as did Darren Currie. The result vaults Town to 8th! place!:eek: And more importantly ahead of the scuM! :D

[sbybil]

We're playing great nowadays.
The ITFC reserves beat Oxford reserves 9-0.
Trialist Njazi Kuqi (Shefki's brother) scored three.

[el-capitano]

spanking in the last game by West Brom 1-5 at home....... :(

[sbybil]

5-0 versus Luton was pretty good.

Alan Lee is class.

[pilgrimmarc]

5-0 versus Luton was pretty good.

Alan Lee is class.

Enjoy the win while it lasts - up against Argyle on Tuesday. 2-1 win to the Greens. ;)

[Colm]

5-0 versus Luton was pretty good.

Alan Lee is class.Twas great, got to try and get a run together now, this win should give them confidence.

[The Old Lady Hertha]

Yea excellent win, and now they have Drobny on a free transfer.

[el-capitano]

Enjoy the win while it lasts - up against Argyle on Tuesday. 2-1 win to the Greens. ;)

1-1 away draw- will do us fine!:)

[el-capitano]

Those scummy looking people in yellow & green went down the biggest hole today.

3-1 to Town!!!

Go you good things!! :) :cool:

[The Old Lady Hertha]

:D :D

Darryl Haynes=legend :D

[el-capitano]

Hmmmm.... a good draw away at Cardiff- but there's starting to be a big gap between the top half and the bottom half. And the green and yellow scum are one place ahead of us.

Time to go on an unbeaten ten game run ;)

[msilverstein47]

It's getting a bit scary to the drop zone

[el-capitano]

Meh- Sure we're a long way from the playoffs- but I wouldn't even be worried about the drop zone- the bottom teams are playing so badly, that even with a 50-50 record we'll be right.

What really matters is that the scum are two places below us in the ladder- hell - they are closer to relegation than us!!

A few of wins in a row and we'll be back chasing the last couple of playoff spots! :)

[Colm]

Beat those clowns 17 miles down the road 3-2 yesterday. :D

[Rabidratz]

Hello Ipswich fans,
I have been living over here in Colorado, USA for the past 46 years and have not kept up with the boys in blue and white I'm sorry to say. Became a fan of the local team here, Colorado Rapids, many years ago and was looking through Big Soccer and found this site. How are the lads doing this season? I just found out that the leagues are different now, you have a Premier League and a Champions league. Not sure I understand what the second one is. It used to be First Division,Second Division, Third Division back in the good old days when I lived there. Would appreciate if anyone would tell me where Ipswich is positioned right now and what their chances are.
Thanks, and good luck Town.

[el-capitano]

How are the lads doing this season? I just found out that the leagues are different now, you have a Premier League and a Champions league. Not sure I understand what the second one is. It used to be First Division,Second Division, Third Division back in the good old days when I lived there. Would appreciate if anyone would tell me where Ipswich is positioned right now and what their chances are.
Thanks, and good luck Town.

Gee- a lot to catch up on!! :)

Ok you now have the Big Show- the Premier League (old 1st div), which you can relegated down to the Championship (old 2nd div), then down to League 1 (old div3), League 2 etc.

The last time Ipswich were in the Premier League was the 2001/02 season. They finished in 18th and last relegation place. Since then they've been in and around the playoffs to get back up, but havent quite got there.

02/03 they finished 7th- one spot out of the playoffs
03/04 they finished 5th- lost to West Ham in semis
04/05 they finished 3rd- lost to West Ham in semis
05/06 they finished 15th- after not getting promoted the previous year there was a lot of turnover of players who left chasing glory

and this year they are 15th with 17 games left.

Try reading this for a bit if catch up
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C.)

[Rabidratz]

Thanks for all the information, el-capitano, that was a great read. It seems to me that the Colorado Rapids and the Ipswich team appear to be very similar in that they are "always the bridesmaid and never the bride", although I think Ipswich have achieved a few more honors than our team here. We have a similar rivalry to the Ipwich/Norwich, we play against Real Salt Lake (or as we call them...False Salt Lake). It started 2 years ago and we play for the Rocky Mountain Cup. We have won the cup both years. We get to the semi-finals of the the MLS cup but never seem to get any further. Maybe this year will be the winner. We have a brand new Largest-In-The-World soccer complex that we will be playing in for the first time April 7th so our fans are pretty excited.
Thanks again for all the information,
Cheers,
Rabidratz

[el-capitano]

After a brave loss to Premiership club Watford in the FA Cup, Town have gone down to playoff hopefuls Wolves 1-0 at home.

They are now in 17th out of 24 on 39 points with the bottom three being on 31 & 32 points.

We are still ahead of Norwich by one place and two points, but they do have three games in hand.

Playoffs are 17 points and a +19 goal difference away :(

Hope the re-building worked for next year. :)

[Rabidratz]

Thanks for the update. SOunds like the boys are struggling this year, kind of on a par with our Rapids here last year. We are hoping for a better year this season as we have the new stadium, new colors, and several new players. We'll just keep the faith for both teams to do well, OK?