If you support Ipswich Town Football Club, follow every game and consider yourself to be up-to-date with all the latest news about your favourite team, then this book is definitely for you. With 1,000 mind boggling questions designed to find out how much you really know about the people and places that have shaped the Tractor Boys over the years, The Official Ipswich Town Football Club Quiz Book is a fun way to put your knowledge to the test. With sections covering all aspects of the club, including players, managers, opponents, transfers, kit, scores, fees, trophies, club honours and all those unforgettable nail biting matches that have gone to make up the Club's long and fascinating history, this book is bound to uncover some little known facts to surprise even the most dedicated Ipswich fan. This quiz book is both informative and entertaining and is certain to provide hours of fun for the whole family. A fitting tribute to the Tractor boys and one that you just won't be able to put down.
The 1980s began with Ipswich winning the UEFA Cup in an unforgettable season which also saw them come agonisingly close to capturing the League Championship and the FA Cup. Here, the story of the 1980s is told through the unrivalled picture archive of the East Anglian Daily Times and Evening Star newspapers.
Taking you through Ipswich Town FC's exploits in European competition and the fans' journeys to see them play. From Alf Ramsey's Champions playing in the European Cup, through the Bobby Robson era and the UEFA Cup triumph in Amsterdam, to the George Burley Premiership team, and the 'bonus' season in Europe ending under Joe Royle. The inside story of how the trips were organized as planes, boats and a train were chartered, and the memories of traveling fans, club officials and sports commentators. Every European game is summarized, and most are illustrated, while Coach Bobby Ferguson gives his appraisal of Town's tactics and the leading players of the glorious 1980-81 team.
Ipswich Town's Championship win of 1961/62 was one the greatest shocks in the history of professional football in England. No one could have conceived of how a small-town club would break into the top division of English football and take the Championship trophy at their very first attempt, a feat never achieved before or since. This is the story of that season in a match-by-match account set against the background of the news stories of the day. Also included is an analysis of the players, the team tactics and the manager Alf Ramsey, plus a statistical breakdown of the season.
Were you the kid who grew up so immersed in football it impacted your whole life? Are you close to someone whose life is dominated by the love of a particular football team and do you wonder why? If you'd like to understand this strange obsession, or maybe share the experiences of a fellow-sufferer, read this real-life adventure of an extreme fan who has followed his team through thick and thin and was selected by his club's players, manager, directors and other supporters as their all-time Superfan. It doesn't matter which team you follow, the dedication and irrational behaviour will always be the same. All profits from this book will be donated to Colchester Hospital Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) in thanks for care given to the author's youngest daughter Leah on her birth.
A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SPORTS BOOK OF 2022 A football fan's dream come true – every complete UK PANINI sticker album 1978-1985 reproduced together for the very first time. 'This book delivers a thousand memories'. Mark Lawrenson 'Swapsies', 'Got, Got, Need' and 'Shinies'... This landmark illustrated book is a fantastic feast of nostalgia for any football fan of a certain age. PANINI albums were a must-have if you were a football-mad kid growing up in the late 70s and 80s, when player stickers were bought, bartered and collected in a treasured rite of passage. This book will bring back all those 'I had that one', 'I'd forgotten about him' and 'look at that haircut!' memories as well as providing in-depth details on all the players and teams of the era. Licensed by PANINI, this is a comprehensive collection of PANINI'S UK domestic football albums from 1978 to 1985 inclusive. Covering all English First Division and Scottish Premier teams, it features not only all the great teams and players of the era, but the one-season wonders and the also-rans as well. Inside the book: – Nearly 5,000 images of iconic PANINI stickers, album covers and sticker packet designs. – Hundreds of clubs including Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Celtic, Rangers, Manchester City, Spurs, Newcastle United, Dundee United, Nottingham Forest, Sunderland, Aston Villa, Aberdeen and West Ham United. – Photographs and pen portraits of the great players of the day, such as Bryan Robson, Glenn Hoddle, Kevin Keegan, Ossie Ardiles, Ian Rush and John Barnes, plus World Cup winners in the twilight of their careers and young stars in the making, like Peter Beardsley, Chris Waddle, Mark Hughes and Gary Lineker.