Old Pictures of PORTMAN ROAD, & Ipswich.
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Lol no, I was definitely there that day. I’d just qualified as a physio ( Sheffield Hallam Uni) and a lot of my tutors were from Barnsley just 15 miles away from Sheffield . They’re a great family club , so similar to us. (Which is why I wanted them to win this years PO v Weds).goldandblack wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:45 pmdoes look a bit orderly aye,
bet Shed and Mike are there, should imaging Hallam was too young to go, or perhaps not even born,
We’d beaten Barnsley 3times in that season and when I’d talked to some of their fans in Leicester Square before the game they were expecting to get stuffed - which we did lol !
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Blimey you must have been very young then, also you must mean Sheffield Hallam Junior School You keeping well i hope,hallamblue wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:31 amLol no, I was definitely there that day. I’d just qualified as a physio ( Sheffield Hallam Uni) and a lot of my tutors were from Barnsley just 15 miles away from Sheffield . They’re a great family club , so similar to us. (Which is why I wanted them to win this years PO v Weds).goldandblack wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:45 pmdoes look a bit orderly aye,
bet Shed and Mike are there, should imaging Hallam was too young to go, or perhaps not even born,
We’d beaten Barnsley 3times in that season and when I’d talked to some of their fans in Leicester Square before the game they were expecting to get stuffed - which we did lol !
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Re: Old Pictures of PORTMAN ROAD, & Ipswich.
Same image, slightly less ghastly watermark:
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Thanks Mauswara, that's past me how to edit pic's,
you could actually be the Editor-in-chief for this thread . the wages are nothing to write home about tho
you could actually be the Editor-in-chief for this thread . the wages are nothing to write home about tho
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Lol, thanks for the job offer. Didn't modify the image though, just set the webpage to load in Reader View and the image there is less mutilated.
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Thanks Mauswara, it’s so clear I just spotted myself and both daughters walking down Wembley Way after lunch at Wembley Hilton just a few minutes from the stadium. It was the only game we all went too together which made it memorable for more than just winning promotion.
Like others I’ve had a fond affection for Barnsley FC and their fans ever since, had we lost it may well have been a different story.
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Come on, Charnwood……. Get a arrow on you and yer daughters. Let’s see you all.
Or……
Can we play a “Spot the Ball” type comp?
Spot the Charnwoods
Or……
Can we play a “Spot the Ball” type comp?
Spot the Charnwoods
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Another one here, might help in the hunt.
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you sure thats Ipswich Town v Barnsley. looks a bit Orange to me, our G Taylors fav colour
Could be Blackpool v Cardiff City ? ......it cant be the Blackpool v Lincoln City fans arriving on wembley way, neither have that many fans
chances are your correct Mauswara and just a poor pic,
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Can only be something significant that you are seeing in such a big crowd, Charnwood to spot yourself.
I'll guess at the half white, half blue wig at the bottom in the above photo? That's you innit?
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see those four constable's in the pic, It couldn't be could it think i spelt that right
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Few pics amongst that lot lost of me, Wolfie
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Guess the year these pics were taken
Portman Road.
1961-1963 or1965.
Tower Ramparts
1991- 1990- or 1993
Norwich Road
1965- 1965 or-1982
Ipswich Docks
1977-1978 or-1979
Fore Street
1967-1962 or 1971
Cattle Market
1960-1963 or -1965
Kingfisher Pub
1973 – 1975 or -1990
Westgate Street
1953 – 1955 or 1957
Portman Road.
1961-1963 or1965.
Tower Ramparts
1991- 1990- or 1993
Norwich Road
1965- 1965 or-1982
Ipswich Docks
1977-1978 or-1979
Fore Street
1967-1962 or 1971
Cattle Market
1960-1963 or -1965
Kingfisher Pub
1973 – 1975 or -1990
Westgate Street
1953 – 1955 or 1957
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Only joking Marko, it just brought back some great memories of the day and certainly we weren’t far away and the rest of the post was bang on true.
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Yeah, not a great quality image is it, but am sure it's Us V. Barnsley as the photo is from here:goldandblack wrote: ↑Sun Jun 25, 2023 6:16 pmyou sure thats Ipswich Town v Barnsley. looks a bit Orange to me
https://twitter.com/BarnsleyFC/status/6 ... 5688566784
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yeah did look orange but your correct its Barnsley fans, I can see a club badge on that fella at the end of Wembley Way,Mauswara wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2023 12:09 am
Yeah, not a great quality image is it, but am sure it's Us V. Barnsley as the photo is from here:
https://twitter.com/BarnsleyFC/status/6 ... 5688566784
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Town fans behind bars keeping them off the pitch, or are they their for keeping the players on the pitch
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Legendary Ipswich Town striker Ray Crawford today recalls the infamous match-fixing scandal which surrounded a game at Portman Road in 1962.
On December 1 that year, Crawford scored both goals as the Blues defeated Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 at home.
It was a welcome result for the Suffolk club as Sir Alf Ramsey’s team, who had won the top-flight title at the first time of asking the previous season, were struggling in the follow-up campaign.
Eighteen months later, the Sunday People newspaper reported that the Sheffield Wednesday trio of Peter Swan, Tony Kay and David ‘Bronco’ Layne had placed bets on their own side to lose that day.
their winnings amounted to the princely sum of £100 each.
All three were subsequently convicted of fraud, jailed and banned from football for life.
Swan’s ban was eventually lifted and he played one final season for Wednesday in the early 70s.
The talented centre-back didn’t get the chance to play in the 1966 World Cup though, having previously been ahead of fellow defender Jack Charlton in the pecking order.
Crawford recalled: “If you watched that match you’d never think those players were on a back-hander. They all had fairly good games.
“Peter Swan always used to kick me when we came up against each other and it was certainly no different that day I can tell you.
“And Tony Kay was the stand-out man-of-the-match, he was that good.”
Crawford, now aged 77 and living in his hometown of Portsmouth, added: “We always used to beat Sheffield Wednesday, we were their bogey side back then and everyone joked how we had the evil eye over them.
“When someone offered those players money for losing the game they probably thought ‘Ipswich always beat us, we’ll take it’.
“I believe Peter Swan now runs a pub. I’d love to speak to him about it one day.”
Speaking in an interview back in 2006, Swan said: “The game went like it always did at Ipswich.”
Asked what would have happened if it had been 0-0 with five minutes to go? He replied: “I don”t know what I would have done.
“My money was on us to lose and money is the root of all evil. It’s easily done.
“I could have miskicked a ball into my own goal. I could have given away a penalty.”
When it finally came to Nottingham Crown Court in January 1965, Swan was one of 10 punished. Found guilty of bribery, corruption and defrauding the bookmakers, he spent 10 weeks slopping out in high-security Lincoln Prison and gardening in the more open Thorp Arch.
“Prison was horrible,” Swan recalled. “There’s nothing more degrading, doing everything in a little pot in front of other prisoners.”
As for the FA hearing, he did not even attend.
“I wasn’t going to pay money to go down to Lancaster Gate to hear them say I was banned.
“I did feel cheated because the only thing I had done – and I knew I had done it and done wrong – was the bet.
“I think they wanted to set an example.”
Swan playing for England in a World Cup qualifier against Portugal in May 1961
Later life and death
Swan was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in the mid-2000s. He died on 20 January 2021, aged 84. =
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CAKE WALK
Thieves break into Ipswich Town’s Portman Road stadium and have FOOD FIGHT with frozen cheesecakes
THIEVES broke into Ipswich Town’s stadium to stage a FOOD FIGHT with frozen cheesecakes.
Portman Road has twice been broken into over the past few days as the robbers stole a number of giant televisions.
The same gang have struck twice over the past week
One of the boxes was next to chairman Marcus Evans' private one
And they made a bit of a mess once they stumbled upon the cheesecakes
The plasma TVs were nicked from the public areas around the ground on their second visit.
Suffolk Police were called to the ground 7.50am on Sunday and at 6.00am on Wednesday.
It is understood that the same gang of at least four were responsible on both occasions.
Police confirmed that they have yet to make any arrests and inquiries are still ongoing.
A spokesman for the Ipswich said: "We can confirm there have been two incidents over the last week of intrusion at the stadium.
"The police are aware and are investigating.
"We have increased our security as a matter of course."
And are looking for two devious cheesy looking males captured on CCTV leaving the ground recently.
No connection to these pic's the spokesman added
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,1969/70
Ipswich Town fans at Old Trafford
Ipswich Town fans at Old Trafford
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Great post, Wolfie ..... some great pictures of the past here. Ipswich v Wolves ----->> Always a great fixture.
As a massive Ipswich Town fan (mainly due to all the Greggs) I must pray Ipswich win......., but there is another reason. That little w*nk-stain Doherty still plays for those Wolves ----->> Its a MUST WIN for the ITFC!
As a massive Ipswich Town fan (mainly due to all the Greggs) I must pray Ipswich win......., but there is another reason. That little w*nk-stain Doherty still plays for those Wolves ----->> Its a MUST WIN for the ITFC!
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yeah he has just come back, what did he do to make you like him so much, ?. talking of those days what happened to wee Leigh Griffiths,marko69 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:16 pmGreat post, Wolfie ..... some great pictures of the past here. Ipswich v Wolves ----->> Always a great fixture.
As a massive Ipswich Town fan (mainly due to all the Greggs) I must pray Ipswich win......., but there is another reason. That little w*nk-stain Doherty still plays for those Wolves ----->> Its a MUST WIN for the ITFC!
Only missed this match by 30 years, attendance 72,805
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpiwGL0M51k
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Matt Doherty laughing in his post match presser after being pumped 5-1 by Hertz in the Cup Final. He had to leave after that. To say fans were irate is an understatement. To be maybe 5% fair to the lad; he no doubt misjudged the enormity of the occasion ——->>> but 95% unforgiven.
Good player, but ……. Tw@t.
Good player, but ……. Tw@t.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpiwGL0M51k
That link you posted there, Wolfie which ive pasted here……… you read a few of the comments?
Seems there are a lot of “great uncles” and “great grandfathers” in that video.
This happens a lot with old footage.
“The Hibs 1955 Euro tie? My grannys second cousins nephew played in that!”
That link you posted there, Wolfie which ive pasted here……… you read a few of the comments?
Seems there are a lot of “great uncles” and “great grandfathers” in that video.
This happens a lot with old footage.
“The Hibs 1955 Euro tie? My grannys second cousins nephew played in that!”
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Yeah don't think he is the sharpest knife in the drawer, when we sold him to Spurs he made a statement at the press call that he has always been an Arsenal fan,, not exactly the best comment before you've even kicked a ball for Spurs aye,marko69 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 9:07 amMatt Doherty laughing in his post match presser after being pumped 5-1 by Hertz in the Cup Final. He had to leave after that. To say fans were irate is an understatement. To be maybe 5% fair to the lad; he no doubt misjudged the enormity of the occasion ——->>> but 95% unforgiven.
Good player, but ……. Tw@t.