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The forum is a bit quiet at the moment…save the twisted humour of GnB & his compatriot Marko. So, I thought it would be a good idea to look up former players in Wiki to see what has came of them after wearing the shirt.

My first entree is a fan favourite Pablo Counago:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Couñago

Great post No 9. Pablo Couñago was one of my favourite town centre forwards to watch and would definitely make my Top 10 list of players to wear the town No 9 shirt. I’d forgotten he had two spells at town with a spell in between at Malaga.
Whilst it was George Burley who brought Couñago to town after watching him play for Spain’s U21 team v England, it was Jim Magilton who he saved his best performances for during what must have been his second spell at Portman Road. Unfortunately the arrival of Roy Keane signalled the end of Pablo’s town career.
For a player who had only played football for his local team bar a couple of loans to nearby clubs his move to England must have been a massive decision and a huge challenge but he always played as if he was happy and enjoying himself which is why I think he was so popular with the fans.
On an aside I see he was born in Redondela, a small town in the Galicia Region of Spain which I’d never heard of until this past weekend when my wife sent me a picture of her and her friends arriving there late on Friday afternoon. Apparently it’s one of the favourite stop over points on the Portuguese Way of the Camino de Santiago which Lorraine and her friends are currently hiking albeit in ridiculously high temperatures.

The perfect centre forward!

Paul Mariner:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mariner

You just cannot get any better than this player.

https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

Not the brightest Ipswich player from the past
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=306MpG3YSyE

Ok that confirms it, Valleyroad is a scum fan

number 9 wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:36 pm

Ok that confirms it, Valleyroad is a scum fan

you seem hell bent on upsetting good forum members lately, what's your problem, just a question, ?

valleyroad wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:21 pm

Not the brightest Ipswich player from the past
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=306MpG3YSyE

Why the need to even put that on a thread celebrating Great players of the past ?

Crikey I'd actually forgotten about him !!! Yep great chant

goldandblack wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 15, 2022 11:16 pm

number 9 wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:36 pm

Ok that confirms it, Valleyroad is a scum fan

you seem hell bent on upsetting good forum members lately, what's your problem, just a question, ?

It's just an observation, Wolfie. The post seems a little out of order for this thread. Also, I'm not sure who else I've upset?...I think me an Hallam are fine after I expained the female comments.

A two for one here……., Muhren for the pass, (what a pass) …… and Alan Brazil for reading the pass, collecting and scoring. He may be an opinionated tw@t, (a lot of his opinions are correct though ——>> IMO) ….. but Alan was a great player.

https://youtu.be/gu4M2Wb1muw

Go on ^^^^^ click it. Its not a rick roll.

Super pass and great finish

goldandblack wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 15, 2022 11:16 pm

number 9 wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:36 pm

Ok that confirms it, Valleyroad is a scum fan

you seem hell bent on upsetting good forum members lately, what's your problem, just a question, ?

Guess I'll be the first on the next flight to Rawanda.
Wouldn't even call a Hibs fan scum

We’re all scum, mate. And we dont f**king care.

marko69 wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 16, 2022 3:34 pm

We’re all scum, mate. And we dont f**king care.

Ah the joys

Its a labelled a “Leither” thing! You’ll know what i am on about…… the Paisley-end? You’ll be regarded as the scum end o Glesgae! Done a contract in Johnstone back in the 90s. Man those people loved our power tools.

valleyroad wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 16, 2022 3:23 pm

goldandblack wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 15, 2022 11:16 pm

number 9 wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:36 pm

Ok that confirms it, Valleyroad is a scum fan

you seem hell bent on upsetting good forum members lately, what's your problem, just a question, ?

Guess I'll be the first on the next flight to Rawanda.
Wouldn't even call a Hibs fan scum

I always believed there is a line you don't cross in life, and one is to not call folk Scum or similar , especially if you don't even know them,

anyway back on topic, probably more for the senior members but the one Town player who i thought was great to watch was Jimmy Leadbetter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Leadbetter
1955–1965 Ipswich Town 344 (43)

Town fans often talk about the Crawford's and Phillips from those days but he was a class winger who doesn't get mentioned,

number 9 wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 14, 2022 11:35 am

The perfect centre forward!

Paul Mariner:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mariner

Has to be the best Centre Forward/ Striker ever to wear a Town shirt.

Charnwood wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 16, 2022 4:23 pm

number 9 wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 14, 2022 11:35 am

The perfect centre forward!

Paul Mariner:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mariner

Has to be the best Centre Forward/ Striker ever to wear a Town shirt.

I agree!

Charnwood wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 16, 2022 4:23 pm

number 9 wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 14, 2022 11:35 am

The perfect centre forward!

Paul Mariner:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mariner

Has to be the best Centre Forward/ Striker ever to wear a Town shirt.

IMO Trevor Whymark was better

My entry for this post would be Mick Stockwell! A very versatile player who played in every position, barring goalkeeper, and quite a rarity (beyond the Robson years) in the nunber of appearances he made for our club, wirh only Luke Chambers coming anywhere near.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Stockwell

I didn’t realize Stockwell played for Ipswich for so long!

Frans is certainly one of my favourite players from the halcyon years, but there were so many brilliant players from those years.

https://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/ipswich-to ... up-7981534

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Thijssen