Old Pictures of PORTMAN ROAD, & Ipswich.

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Re: Old Pictures of PORTMAN ROAD, & Ipswich.

Post by goldandblack » Thu May 11, 2023 9:30 pm

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Re: Old Pictures of PORTMAN ROAD, & Ipswich.

Post by hallamblue » Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:31 am

goldandblack wrote:
Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:45 pm
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Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:45 pm
Had to find out what this one was by getting link address......, Ipswich v Barnsley fans on route to Wembley. Looked a friendly atmosphere. No segregation.


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does look a bit orderly aye,
bet Shed and Mike are there, should imaging Hallam was too young to go, or perhaps not even born,
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).
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.

Post by goldandblack » Fri Jun 23, 2023 3:21 pm

hallamblue wrote:
Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:31 am
goldandblack wrote:
Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:45 pm
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Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:45 pm
Had to find out what this one was by getting link address......, Ipswich v Barnsley fans on route to Wembley. Looked a friendly atmosphere. No segregation.


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does look a bit orderly aye,
bet Shed and Mike are there, should imaging Hallam was too young to go, or perhaps not even born,
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).
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 !
Blimey you must have been very young then, also you must mean Sheffield Hallam Junior School :wink: You keeping well i hope,

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Re: Old Pictures of PORTMAN ROAD, & Ipswich.

Post by Mauswara » Sat Jun 24, 2023 1:00 am

Same image, slightly less ghastly watermark:

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Post by goldandblack » Sat Jun 24, 2023 1:10 pm

Thanks Mauswara, that's past me how to edit pic's,
you could actually be the Editor-in-chief for this thread 8) . the wages are nothing to write home about tho :wink:

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Re: Old Pictures of PORTMAN ROAD, & Ipswich.

Post by Mauswara » Sat Jun 24, 2023 3:08 pm

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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Re: Old Pictures of PORTMAN ROAD, & Ipswich.

Post by Charnwood » Sat Jun 24, 2023 4:03 pm

Mauswara wrote:
Sat Jun 24, 2023 1:00 am
Same image, slightly less ghastly watermark:

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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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Re: Old Pictures of PORTMAN ROAD, & Ipswich.

Post by marko69 » Sat Jun 24, 2023 5:57 pm

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

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Re: Old Pictures of PORTMAN ROAD, & Ipswich.

Post by goldandblack » Sat Jun 24, 2023 8:00 pm

marko69 wrote:
Sat Jun 24, 2023 5:57 pm
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

Image Alert. Call security Marko,

We have person’s entering this until recently a no go zone.
8) :wink:

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Re: Old Pictures of PORTMAN ROAD, & Ipswich.

Post by Mauswara » Sat Jun 24, 2023 11:38 pm

Another one here, might help in the hunt.

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Post by goldandblack » Sun Jun 25, 2023 6:16 pm

Mauswara wrote:
Sat Jun 24, 2023 11:38 pm
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 8)
Could be Blackpool v Cardiff City ? ......it cant be the Blackpool v Lincoln City fans arriving on wembley way, neither have that many fans :lol: :lol:
chances are your correct Mauswara and just a poor pic,

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Post by marko69 » Sun Jun 25, 2023 6:30 pm

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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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Post by goldandblack » Sun Jun 25, 2023 6:53 pm

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Sun Jun 25, 2023 6:30 pm
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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?
see those four constable's in the pic, It couldn't be could it :shock: think i spelt that right :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Post by goldandblack » Sun Jun 25, 2023 7:44 pm

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Post by marko69 » Sun Jun 25, 2023 8:21 pm

Few pics amongst that lot lost of me, Wolfie :lol:

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Post by goldandblack » Sun Jun 25, 2023 8:47 pm

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Sun Jun 25, 2023 8:21 pm
Few pics amongst that lot lost of me, Wolfie :lol:
and to me mate, sure there are folk on here who can put a title to each one,
the bottom pic is connected to folk watching those chimneys being demolished further up.

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Post by goldandblack » Sun Jun 25, 2023 9:09 pm

Guess the year these pics were taken
Portman Road.
1961-1963 or1965.

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Tower Ramparts
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Norwich Road
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Ipswich Docks
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Fore Street
1967-1962 or 1971

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Cattle Market
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Kingfisher Pub
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Westgate Street
1953 – 1955 or 1957

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Re: Old Pictures of PORTMAN ROAD, & Ipswich.

Post by Charnwood » Sun Jun 25, 2023 11:18 pm

marko69 wrote:
Sat Jun 24, 2023 5:57 pm
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

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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Re: Old Pictures of PORTMAN ROAD, & Ipswich.

Post by Mauswara » Mon Jun 26, 2023 12:09 am

goldandblack wrote:
Sun Jun 25, 2023 6:16 pm
Mauswara wrote:
Sat Jun 24, 2023 11:38 pm
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
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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Post by goldandblack » Mon Jun 26, 2023 10:29 pm

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
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, :lol:

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Post by goldandblack » Mon Jun 26, 2023 10:33 pm

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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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Post by goldandblack » Tue Aug 01, 2023 9:22 pm

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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.
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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.
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“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.
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“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.”
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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.”
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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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Post by goldandblack » Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:34 pm

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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.

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The same gang have struck twice over the past week

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One of the boxes was next to chairman Marcus Evans' private one
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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 8) the spokesman added


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Post by goldandblack » Thu Aug 10, 2023 9:11 pm

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Post by marko69 » Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:16 pm

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! :lol:

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Post by goldandblack » Sat Sep 02, 2023 7:09 pm

marko69 wrote:
Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:16 pm
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! :lol:
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,

Only missed this match by 30 years, attendance 72,805

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpiwGL0M51k
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Post by marko69 » Sun Sep 03, 2023 9:07 am

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.

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Post by marko69 » Sun Sep 03, 2023 9:15 am

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. :lol:
This happens a lot with old footage.

“The Hibs 1955 Euro tie? My grannys second cousins nephew played in that!” 🤦‍♂️👍👌

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Post by goldandblack » Sun Sep 03, 2023 1:10 pm

marko69 wrote:
Sun Sep 03, 2023 9:07 am
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.
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,

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