| If you had a time machine 16:33 - Jan 28 with 2933 views | BlacknGoldnBlue |
and could go back to the time that you decided to support Ipswich....would you make the same decision? Explanations? |  |
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| If you had a time machine on 21:46 - Jan 28 with 502 views | Horsham |
Not from Suffolk but my family was.
First match I saw in 83 or 84 was Brighton and I could easily have gone that way. Second was Ipswich and we won 5-1 against Stoke so that was that.
Being down here I’ve known a few Brighton folk and to be honest despite everything they have now and everything they’ve gone through ground wise etc they really aren’t that happy.
I’ve no regrets. |  | | |
| If you had a time machine on 23:04 - Jan 28 with 453 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
I only started going in 2009 as an assistant to a friend with a recently diagnosed brain tumor. He was advised that he may only have had a couple of years to live but being a stubborn so and so he hung on until last year, so there will always be a part of me that wishes I never started going. But what a journey it was. |  |
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| If you had a time machine on 23:16 - Jan 28 with 432 views | Churchman |
| If you had a time machine on 23:04 - Jan 28 by BanksterDebtSlave |
I only started going in 2009 as an assistant to a friend with a recently diagnosed brain tumor. He was advised that he may only have had a couple of years to live but being a stubborn so and so he hung on until last year, so there will always be a part of me that wishes I never started going. But what a journey it was. |
RIP your friend. Turning that around, I think that journey and shared experiences is a very good reason to go. He is part of ITFC along with all those who’ve passed away.
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| If you had a time machine on 23:19 - Jan 28 with 431 views | patrickswell |
| If you had a time machine on 23:04 - Jan 28 by BanksterDebtSlave |
I only started going in 2009 as an assistant to a friend with a recently diagnosed brain tumor. He was advised that he may only have had a couple of years to live but being a stubborn so and so he hung on until last year, so there will always be a part of me that wishes I never started going. But what a journey it was. |
I’m particularly pleased that your friend hopefully got to see us come back so strong in the last couple of years. |  | | |
| If you had a time machine on 00:02 - Jan 29 with 418 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| If you had a time machine on 23:19 - Jan 28 by patrickswell |
I’m particularly pleased that your friend hopefully got to see us come back so strong in the last couple of years. |
Absolutely and especially considering the years before that. He was very present for the glory days before my time though but had lapsed as a regular spectator before his diagnosis.
I got to take him to Peterborough during that promotion year and his last away was at Highbury which was a military operation in the planning, added drama provided by the sniffer dog noticing his medicine on the way in! (managed a discreet word with security and they didn't look too hard in his baccy pouch to their credit !) The last game he was conscious for (just about) was the win at Bournemouth on my tablet on a hospital ward in Beccles. I think that one was just for him. [Post edited 29 Jan 0:09]
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| If you had a time machine on 05:24 - Jan 29 with 372 views | Pippin1970 |
Was born in Ipswich but been in Lancashire since I was 2. Even as a kid everyone supporting Man United, Liverpool , Preston etc etc. Made decision early on stick to where you born. Annoys me now but still free choice kids or adults choose the usual popular suspects, regardless where born or live. |  | | |
| If you had a time machine on 06:42 - Jan 29 with 358 views | LA_Tractor_Boy |
I lived near Witham and was at primary school from '77 to '84 during the Robson era.
I remember kids were either Ipswich, West Ham or Liverpool. My Dad was a Leyton Orient fan having grown up in London, but first took me to Portman Road against Arsenal in October '81.
If I'm honest, although I despise them I would quite like to have supported West Ham until they moved away from Upton Park but not now. As they say, once you've nailed your colours to the mast that's it. | | | |
| If you had a time machine on 07:43 - Jan 29 with 325 views | Keno |
| If you had a time machine on 21:46 - Jan 28 by Horsham |
Not from Suffolk but my family was.
First match I saw in 83 or 84 was Brighton and I could easily have gone that way. Second was Ipswich and we won 5-1 against Stoke so that was that.
Being down here I’ve known a few Brighton folk and to be honest despite everything they have now and everything they’ve gone through ground wise etc they really aren’t that happy.
I’ve no regrets. |
Living in Sussex I am amazed how many 'lifelong' Brighton fans 10 years ago were supporting Chelsea, Arsenal, one of the top teams, or Spurs
Ive also noticed a few starting to drift back |  |
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| If you had a time machine on 08:07 - Jan 29 with 313 views | DJR |
I moved to Ipswich from Brighton when aged 7.
My dad wasn't a Brighton fan. Indeed, he wasn't really a football fan having grown up in an area with no football team, and thus being a rugby man more than a football man.
When I was around 8 there were two desires that many boys in my class had. One was to wear long trousers at school, the other was to go to watch Ipswich. By osmosis, I was the same, and I think it was long trousers that came first for me.
But I finally managed to persuade my dad to take me to a game shortly after I turned 9. I went with him on a couple more occasions, but from then on I went to games, standing in the Churchmans, with my fellow 9 year olds, and going on the No. 5 bus to and from the game from Broke Hall estate: in those days, parents weren't paranoid about letting their children out of their sight.
And guess how lucky I was, with my first game only a couple of weeks after Bobby Robson took over.
I then barely missed a home game until I left Ipswich for good in 1978.
I never thought First Division football would ever end, which means my greatest disappointment (and there have been a few) was our relegation in 1986.
And going back to the question in the OP, the answer is no. [Post edited 29 Jan 12:01]
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| If you had a time machine on 08:42 - Jan 29 with 273 views | muccletonjoe |
I went to school in north Norfolk, where the vast majority of kids has parents who supported Norwich city. My parents were and so were my siblings. I quickly decided that the snot coloured shirt was not for me. I took delight in winding up the nodge supporters and quickly realised that nothing wound them up more than the mention of Ipswich Town. Over a short period as I was following Ipswich through 1972- 73 season, I became a town supporter and went to portman road for the first time. That was it , hook , line and sinker. Of course Bobby Robsons team was starting to hit its stride and I had many great games watching with my family, never more so than beating them 1 - 0 at carrow road ( whymark) my favourite player as kid getting the goal.
As a footnote. Many years later I was researching my family tree and found out that my grandfather and grandmother were both born in Ipswich and the family name came from Ringshall. Coincidence? I dunno ! |  | | |
| If you had a time machine on 08:54 - Jan 29 with 257 views | fabian_illness |
I was born within a mile of the stadium.
First ITFC memory is making paperchains and helping my mum decorate the front of the house for the 78 final.
Was never really given a choice, the whole family followed the club. |  | | |
| If you had a time machine on 08:59 - Jan 29 with 251 views | soupytwist |
Choice? There wasn't one. I was born in Bury St Edmunds although my mum lived over the border in Thetford at the time. However, she had spent her formative years in Suffolk and north Essex, going to Town games herself fairly often in the mid 60s. So ITFC were my team and went to my first game, against Newcastle, in March 1975. A 5-4 win with a (have just looked up) Bryan Hamilton hat trick.
I've never lived in Ipswich or Suffolk, just various places in Essex and inflicted the club on my wife, son and daughter. [Post edited 29 Jan 9:00]
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| If you had a time machine on 09:46 - Jan 29 with 218 views | Churchman |
| If you had a time machine on 08:42 - Jan 29 by muccletonjoe |
I went to school in north Norfolk, where the vast majority of kids has parents who supported Norwich city. My parents were and so were my siblings. I quickly decided that the snot coloured shirt was not for me. I took delight in winding up the nodge supporters and quickly realised that nothing wound them up more than the mention of Ipswich Town. Over a short period as I was following Ipswich through 1972- 73 season, I became a town supporter and went to portman road for the first time. That was it , hook , line and sinker. Of course Bobby Robsons team was starting to hit its stride and I had many great games watching with my family, never more so than beating them 1 - 0 at carrow road ( whymark) my favourite player as kid getting the goal.
As a footnote. Many years later I was researching my family tree and found out that my grandfather and grandmother were both born in Ipswich and the family name came from Ringshall. Coincidence? I dunno ! |
The snot coloured shirt line made me laugh. As said before, my mum and her family are all from Norfolk. When we stayed at my grandmother’s, my dad took me to a Norwich game or two (to get out of the house) - after I’d been to my first Ipswich games. I did wonder if he was testing me out, giving me an option or just finding something to do to use up the days. I think it was the last option.
The first game I went to at the hovel was against QPR. I must have been about 10. I couldn’t believe the colour of those shirts, the smell of decay in the ground and just how ghastly it all was. The game was rubbish too. There’s no way I could ever have followed them.
On this topic, it’s interesting how different people have different reasons to follow ITFC. All of them valid, but the majority seem to be place and family. I think with big city clubs it’s often but not always a little different. My mate has followed Chelsea all his life going back to the late 60s when his brothers first took him. I guess he had a choice of all the London clubs, but did he?
A former work chum and golfing mate was a Brummie (sadly passed away now). He for a while went to watch all the Birmingham clubs with his mate Alan Smith (ex-footballer on the tv). They finally decided on WBA and a more fervent Albion fan you could never wish to meet, including a major contributor to one of their forums.
West Ham supporters like my neighbour tend to be local to that area, as do most supporters of most clubs bar Arsenal, Spurs, Man U, Chelsea, Man U and now Man City with their Johnny come lately brigade. Then there is the tourists - people from the far east on packages that we saw last season. There were lots at Palace on Sunday, all with their half and half scarves (not just them - every other person in the ground seemed to have bought one, strangely).
In conclusion, it takes all sorts, each to their own but it is interesting. | | | |
| If you had a time machine on 09:50 - Jan 29 with 216 views | LuciBlue |
Yes, Home Towen! |  |
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| If you had a time machine on 09:52 - Jan 29 with 214 views | itfcjoe |
I'm from Ipswich, went to first game when I was 6 and haven't stopped since - don't regret my choice for a second, even if it wasn't a choice I guess there have been plenty of off ramps |  |
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| If you had a time machine on 11:36 - Jan 29 with 182 views | MathieandMarshall |
Absolutely! The highs and lows of following a team like Town, for me, is what football supporting is all about. I'd hate to follow a "top 6" side, numb to anything other than qualifying for the Champions league and struggling to get tickets ahead of corporate/tourist fans.
Since following Town in 1993 I've seen play off drama, promotion, European football, relegation, administration, the Evans era and a half empty stadium, another relegation, new owners, back to back promotions... another relegation.. Its been a rollercoaster ride! and those lows make the highs so much sweeter!
(Confession.. My Dad was a huge West Ham fan and as a toddler I was draped in West Ham kits. Living in Felixstowe growing up he made the mistake of taking me to Portman Road and I fell in love!) |  | | |
| If you had a time machine on 11:56 - Jan 29 with 175 views | SomethingBlue |
Grew up a 25 minute walk from the stadium, I don't know how it could even be a decision. | |
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| If you had a time machine on 13:00 - Jan 29 with 138 views | carlo88 |
I was a fourteen year old lad in 1978 just getting into football after having completely ignored it in my tender years. The '78 cup final was the first football match I watched on TV and so began this tortuous love affair for 48 years... |  | | |
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