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[Frosty]

Hi All,

Well this is weird, guess I better re introduce myself. I was a member on here in its early days.


I'm a massive Ipswich fan for a "long" time and a St holder for the last 15 seasons. I rarely miss a game.


So again.....Hello.

Well, let me 're-welcome' you back then

It's great to have you back, and I look forward to your contributions that follow.

Cheers Dave

[Bluemike]

Hi All,

Well this is weird, guess I better re introduce myself. I was a member on here in its early days.


I'm a massive Ipswich fan for a "long" time and a St holder for the last 15 seasons. I rarely miss a game.


So again.....Hello.

"Foxy" Welcome back my little away day buddy.

[Foxy Lady]

Hi All,

Well this is weird, guess I better re introduce myself. I was a member on here in its early days.


I'm a massive Ipswich fan for a "long" time and a St holder for the last 15 seasons. I rarely miss a game.


So again.....Hello.

Well, let me 're-welcome' you back then

It's great to have you back, and I look forward to your contributions that follow.

Cheers Dave

Thanks Dave

[Foxy Lady]

Hi All,

Well this is weird, guess I better re introduce myself. I was a member on here in its early days.


I'm a massive Ipswich fan for a "long" time and a St holder for the last 15 seasons. I rarely miss a game.


So again.....Hello.

"Foxy" Welcome back my little away day buddy.

Lets get them away day sorted

[Bluemike]

Hi All,

Well this is weird, guess I better re introduce myself. I was a member on here in its early days.


I'm a massive Ipswich fan for a "long" time and a St holder for the last 15 seasons. I rarely miss a game.


So again.....Hello.

"Foxy" Welcome back my little away day buddy.

Lets get them away day sorted

Absolutely....Brentford here we come !!!

[Foxy Lady]

Oh yes can't wait

[clifferat]

I am 45 and live in the U.S. I was first introduced to ITFC when I was 12 years old during the summer of 1981 when my father was stationed at RAF Lakenheath. I had always played as a youth and was overwhelmed by the passion for the sport in Britain. I attended about 10 matches a year from 1981-1984. It was a real eye opener for an American kid. Even though we have amazing coverage of all EPL games here in the states I am still a diehard Ipswich Town fan. I have not chosen one of the EPL "Big 6" out of some random fan false loyalty like most of my countrymen. I have tried to follow the Tractor Boys over the years but it has been difficult here in the states. Anyway, I decided to give this site a try and keep up with the club that fueled my passion for the game. Yes, I will sometimes type "soccer", and I know you are all going to cringe at your computer screen or mobile device. That's what we call it here and I will try to fit in and use the term football as much as possible. I hope to save up enough money to get back over to the U.K. someday and see a match as I did back in my youth.

Dave

[Chambo's Fist Pump]

Hello.

I was a member back in the day - some of you may remember me as Diddy Dubz.

To all my old friends - i'm back!

[Frosty]

welcome back fella!


now behave!

[Chambo's Fist Pump]

I always have

[Bluemike]

Welcome back to the madhouse.

[Earl Blue]

Hello.

I was a member back in the day - some of you may remember me as Diddy Dubz.

To all my old friends - i'm back!

Nice you see you back on here 'Oh Little one'

[Chambo's Fist Pump]

Less of the little... Pensioner!

[Earl Blue]

Less of the little... Pensioner!

Well I guess I am getting close now mate..

[itfc76trev]

Hello.

I was a member back in the day - some of you may remember me as Diddy Dubz.

To all my old friends - i'm back!

welcome back Mate!

[jraudy]

Tell us about yourself...

I am 74 years old, an American living in California. I am writing for my father-in-law, Eric Smith, at age 87. He lived in Ipswich until he moved here in 1980. He worked for Ransom and Rabies (sp.) As is not technically savy, I am going to cut and paste group comments for him and will type in comments he wants to send back. I hope doing this is ok. He is a 'died in the wool' Blues fan and follows the team from here with local newscasts and an occasional game on TV. He tells me he was very excited about the first few games this year but has since been disappointed. Jim Raudy

[arana peligrosa]

Tell us about yourself...

I am 74 years old, an American living in California. I am writing for my father-in-law, Eric Smith, at age 87. He lived in Ipswich until he moved here in 1980. He worked for Ransom and Rabies (sp.) As is not technically savy, I am going to cut and paste group comments for him and will type in comments he wants to send back. I hope doing this is ok. He is a 'died in the wool' Blues fan and follows the team from here with local newscasts and an occasional game on TV. He tells me he was very excited about the first few games this year but has since been disappointed. Jim Raudy

There's only two other Americans on these pages, myself and Ohio Tractor Boy. Take the opportunity to welcome yourself and Mr Smith to the pages, hope you enjoyed today's game. Any further questions don't be afraid to ask or PM if the need arises.

[Charnwood]

Tell us about yourself...

I am 74 years old, an American living in California. I am writing for my father-in-law, Eric Smith, at age 87. He lived in Ipswich until he moved here in 1980. He worked for Ransom and Rabies (sp.) As is not technically savy, I am going to cut and paste group comments for him and will type in comments he wants to send back. I hope doing this is ok. He is a 'died in the wool' Blues fan and follows the team from here with local newscasts and an occasional game on TV. He tells me he was very excited about the first few games this year but has since been disappointed. Jim Raudy

There's only two other Americans on these pages, myself and Ohio Tractor Boy. Take the opportunity to welcome yourself and Mr Smith to the pages, hope you enjoyed today's game. Any further questions don't be afraid to ask or PM if the need arises.

Hey Jim, i’ve only just read this with great interest as most of my family worked for Ransomes & Rapier at their Waterside Works site Ipswich, these include my father, my grandfather, two of my uncles, and three cousins. I even spent 6 months there myself after being made redundant in 1972.

[vaalae]

Hello.

I was a member back in the day - some of you may remember me as Diddy Dubz.

To all my old friends - i'm back!

!!!! I missed this!! I never knew! Welcome back big fella.

[charlton837]

I very rarely look on the non football related pages but interesting to actually get a feel for who people are. Im 29 and been an ITFC season ticket holder for 17 not so glorious years...

Outside of football my main hobby (aside from spending time with family) is that is am a keen triathlete racing on behalf of Ipswich Triathlon Club. Raced my first Ironman in Austria this year which was great. Not sure if there are any others on here into Triathlon? Its a brilliant sport.

[nicscreamer]

I very rarely look on the non football related pages but interesting to actually get a feel for who people are. Im 29 and been an ITFC season ticket holder for 17 not so glorious years...

Outside of football my main hobby (aside from spending time with family) is that is am a keen triathlete racing on behalf of Ipswich Triathlon Club. Raced my first Ironman in Austria this year which was great. Not sure if there are any others on here into Triathlon? Its a brilliant sport.

I did my first sprint Tri on 30th Sept in Bedford. Was great fun and I am now working towards an Olympic distance. I do lots of running (including Ultras) but loved the work ion the bike and swimming. Its tough as you get to my ripe old age (50) to do new sports, but the Tri seems fairly accessible and its a very friendly community. I am not sure I could do an Ironman, so respect to you.

[charlton837]

I very rarely look on the non football related pages but interesting to actually get a feel for who people are. Im 29 and been an ITFC season ticket holder for 17 not so glorious years...

Outside of football my main hobby (aside from spending time with family) is that is am a keen triathlete racing on behalf of Ipswich Triathlon Club. Raced my first Ironman in Austria this year which was great. Not sure if there are any others on here into Triathlon? Its a brilliant sport.

I did my first sprint Tri on 30th Sept in Bedford. Was great fun and I am now working towards an Olympic distance. I do lots of running (including Ultras) but loved the work ion the bike and swimming. Its tough as you get to my ripe old age (50) to do new sports, but the Tri seems fairly accessible and its a very friendly community. I am not sure I could do an Ironman, so respect to you.

Well done on the sprint, that's how we all start! Ive contemplated doing an ultra, was looking at the Stour Valley 50k (or maybe even the 100k) but my wife was not so keen on me doing it. Most of the Tri community is great and speaking from my experience with the Ipswich group they are brilliant at getting people involved without making it feel elitist or anything. Always very supportive of all ages and abilities too. When I joined a couple of years back I always felt and IM was not realistic for me, but I signed up to do a half, I found it very difficult but I learnt a lot. Following that I decided I really wanted to achieve one so I got myself a coach and signed up for Austria, a year of hard work (training anywhere between 10 and 15 hours a week) saw so much improvement and the IM was not as bad as I feared to be fair. One thing I have learnt is that anyone can do it, just everyone has different goals within it, if you can do an ultra you certainly could (if you wanted to obviously).

Great to start as you have and move on to Olympic distance as well, I did 2 Olympic distance this year, one in London and one in Clacton, not sure where you are based by if reasonably local I recommend Clacton, its in September, fairly cheap but well run and a nice course if weather is kind!

[nicscreamer]

Clactons not too far away, so might just give it a go... although next year is already busy for me... Ultra Tour of Arran in April (2 x 30 mile days over mountains) , The Wall in June (1 x 69 miles in a day) , Man v Coast in July, Man v Lakes in July, Man v Mountain in September.... Lots of hard miles there

[charlton837]

Clactons not too far away, so might just give it a go... although next year is already busy for me... Ultra Tour of Arran in April (2 x 30 mile days over mountains) , The Wall in June (1 x 69 miles in a day) , Man v Coast in July, Man v Lakes in July, Man v Mountain in September.... Lots of hard miles there

Sorry hadn't realised you had messaged. 69 miles in a day? Ouch! All of those sound like torture to me! Good luck though, will be great fun in a sadistic kind of way I'm sure!

[penlost]

Not been here for ages, so thought I would say hello! Looking forward to this season, even got a season ticket for once!

[AzzurroMark]

Not been here for ages, so thought I would say hello! Looking forward to this season, even got a season ticket for once!

Just looking and see you are a veteran (excuse the terminology ) on this site, based on when you first joined. Welcome back, always good to have more people posting.

[penlost]

Not been here for ages, so thought I would say hello! Looking forward to this season, even got a season ticket for once!

Just looking and see you are a veteran (excuse the terminology ) on this site, based on when you first joined. Welcome back, always good to have more people posting.

Thank you , its been a while! Good to see the site is still going

[Bluemike]

Yes welcome back, always good to see new names either appearing or reappearing, stick at it.

[Frosty]

Not been here for ages, so thought I would say hello! Looking forward to this season, even got a season ticket for once!

Welcome back, please keep posting mate

[number 9]

I’m feeling nostalgic, so I thought I’d share a little about my history for anyone who cares. I have dual citizenship British & American. I left England in the 80s when I was 16 years old. Graduated High school in the U.S. and joined the U.S. Navy at 20 years old. I served for approximately 13 years as a Navy photographer mostly in video and film. The last five years of my military tenure I was attached to Combat Camera in Norfolk, Virginia. I did tours in the Middle East & Bosnia, in addition to several assignments in Europe proper. I decided to depart the Navy in 1999 as I was tired of being away from my family. I
have two beautiful daughters and they are the most important accomplishments in my life. After leaving the Navy, I got hired as a TV News cameraman at the CBS affiliate in Dallas, Texas. It was a very interesting & demanding period in my life probably more so than my military experience. Fast forward 20 years, and I got laid off during the pandemic after 20 years working for CBS. It was almost welcome as I had become disenchanted with American broadcasting & news coverage, but it also created a daunting task of figuring out what was I gonna do now. Consequently I decided to leave the news business even though I had numerous job offers at other news affiliates. My youngest daughter was in dire straits, so I decided to move to Georgia where she lives. After months of unemployment even though with my news experience I was more than qualified to be hired at an Atlanta tv station, I turned down the offers as I didn’t want the stress of news anymore. I now work for Amazon processing customer orders, pack and quality control. It’s not as prosperous or exciting as being a news cameraman, but I now know what time I go to work and what time I get off. Needless to say I have supported ITFC almost 50 years, and I will continue to do so until I die.