He was no John Deehan let alone an Andy Gray, Brian Little, Peter Withe or Gary Shaw but he is remembered as a massive part of our proud history. Bobby Robson believe me would never have sold us a better than average player. The two clubs were not exactly bossom buddies.
There was no history between us, and Bobby Robson never said anything.
I don't know how many people remember or even know this fact but out of the six nominations for the PFA Player of the Year in 1981, three Ipswich players finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the voting. No wonder they were in a state of shock that we beat them to the title.
Quote from: wittonwarrior on March 18, 2018, 07:53:39 PMHe was no John Deehan let alone an Andy Gray, Brian Little, Peter Withe or Gary Shaw but he is remembered as a massive part of our proud history. Bobby Robson believe me would never have sold us a better than average player. The two clubs were not exactly bossom buddies.Ipswich are convinced we were lucky in the title winning season and that they were the better team. The fact that we finished four points clear of them in the days of just two points for a win doesn't seem to compute with them. They may point out our twelfth placed finish the following year. But we could point out that whilst they were finishing second (again) we were winning the European cup.
Quote from: Big Dick Edwards on March 20, 2018, 08:41:29 PMI don't know how many people remember or even know this fact but out of the six nominations for the PFA Player of the Year in 1981, three Ipswich players finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the voting. No wonder they were in a state of shock that we beat them to the title.My first thought was that John Wark won player of the year, then I thought I vaguely remembered it was Frans Thijssen. Didn't Gary Shaw get the young player award? If I was guessing the Ipswich 1-2-3 I would go Thijssen, Wark and take a punt on Terry Butcher as the third.
Quote from: Damo70 on March 21, 2018, 10:32:06 AMQuote from: Big Dick Edwards on March 20, 2018, 08:41:29 PMI don't know how many people remember or even know this fact but out of the six nominations for the PFA Player of the Year in 1981, three Ipswich players finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the voting. No wonder they were in a state of shock that we beat them to the title.My first thought was that John Wark won player of the year, then I thought I vaguely remembered it was Frans Thijssen. Didn't Gary Shaw get the young player award? If I was guessing the Ipswich 1-2-3 I would go Thijssen, Wark and take a punt on Terry Butcher as the third.Yes, John Wark won it, with Paul Mariner and Frans Thijssen making up the Top Three.
Quote from: Damo70 on March 18, 2018, 08:01:11 PMQuote from: wittonwarrior on March 18, 2018, 07:53:39 PMHe was no John Deehan let alone an Andy Gray, Brian Little, Peter Withe or Gary Shaw but he is remembered as a massive part of our proud history. Bobby Robson believe me would never have sold us a better than average player. The two clubs were not exactly bossom buddies.Ipswich are convinced we were lucky in the title winning season and that they were the better team. The fact that we finished four points clear of them in the days of just two points for a win doesn't seem to compute with them. They may point out our twelfth placed finish the following year. But we could point out that whilst they were finishing second (again) we were winning the European cup.ok - they beat us home and away in the league and beat us in the FA Cup that season - but it's a rags way of thinking that the season is all about 2 (or in this case 3) games. We won five more games in the league than them and as is so often pointed out - this was the last season of just 2 points for a win. The season was over 42 games. OK the way we won it may have been a little strange, but we did win it - fair and square.