Saturday 16 March 2024

Best display of the season ... so far!

Saturday 16 March 2024, Ipswich Town 6 Sheffield Wednesday 0 - Championship, Portman Road

Great display by the Town, best display of the season- Chaplin was not even missed.



Tuesday 12 March 2024

Winning in the rain

Tuesday 12 March 2024, Ipswich Town Under 21s 2 Bristol City Under 21s 0 - Professional Development League, Bent Lane Training Ground

It rained, and rained but we won - great first half with Bristol dominating the second half.



Saturday 9 March 2024

At least the second half was better!

Saturday 9 March 2023, Redhill 1 Epsom & Ewell - Combine Counties, Premier South, Kiln Brow



Was expecting much better, Redhill pushing for a promotion place but I think the first half only saw one good attempt on goal.



The second half had to be much better - and it was ! Redhill taking the lead then having a few more good chances, but they never too them - so at the death, Epsom got an equaliser and almost snatched victory in the last few minutes.






Wednesday 6 March 2024

Poor display at times, but great night

Tuesday 5 March 2024, Ipswich Town 3 Bristol City 2 - Championship, Portman Road

Poor first half, behind twice, then the subs saved us and we are still second!!





Monday 4 March 2024

Local side dominate

Monday 4 March 2024, Trimley Red Devils 6 East Bergholt United 0 - Suffolk Senior Cup, Semi-final @Felixstowe and Walton United

Local football watches had informed me that Trimley had been the pick of the local league, one of the best teams in a weak Suffolk Ipswich League and they started as if they were in a hurry to get this game over and done with.


They dominated the first 20 minutes and took the lead after 13 minutes but they then seemed to run out of ideas and let Bergholt back into the game.


Second half started and again Trimley dominated but this time they kept the pressure on and got the goals there play deserved, they scored at regular intervals and added the last in injury time after the Bergholt just managed to keep out a back pass/deflection only for the ball to fall at the feet of a Trimley player.

Wednesday 28 February 2024

East Anglian Double

1pm
Colchester United Under 18 2 Charlton athletic Under 18 4
Professional Development League
Florence Park (Col Utd Training Ground)



Played on pitch furthest from office block- so a boggy walk to pitch, pitch fully railed and portable dug outs on far side. Plenty of chances in first 5 minutes for both sides so expected plenty of goals but we only got one in the first half with the hosts going in front after 34 minutes.

Second half did see plenty of goals with Charlton getting back on terms after 48 minutes then going in front after 64, only to be pegged back to 2-2 after 77 minutes. However Charlton were now dominating and went back in front after 82 minutes and added a 4th in injury time.


7.45pm
Ipswich Wanderers 2 Lowestoft Town 1
Isthmian League, North Division
Humber Doucy Lane

Big crowd for the Suffolk derby match - Lowestoft were sitting at the top of the division, whilst Wanderers have struggled in their first season at this level. First half was a close contest without either team looking close to scoring, with the visitors having most of the ball. Not sure anyone was expecting what happened in the second half.

Within a minute of kick off Wanderers had taken the lead and then added a second 3 minutes later- no need for the Trawlermen to panic, with 40 minutes left to get back in the game. Wanderers left Blake up front but everyone else was now back and Lowestoft laid siege to the Wanderers goal. But the home team held on and it was not till the 79th minute did they get a goal back, but they could not get the second, so a shock win for Wanderers and one that would have pleased their closest rivals, Felixstowe, who sit second in the Division. Ipswich Town now have a policy of loaning out as many of their U18 and U21 players as possible to local teams, and the very young Ipswich Town keeper, Danny Cullum was man of the match for the Wanderers.

Monday 26 February 2024

Windy Essex

Monday 26 February 2024, Colchester United U21 2 Cardiff City U21 0 - Professional Development League, Park Drive (Maldon).


A game that was always going to be difficult for both sides due to the strong wind, neither keeper had to do much for the first 40 odd minutes with Cardiff looking slightly more dangerous. Then in the 43rd minute, Colchester were awarded a soft penalty that they scored from, this caused the Cardiff coach to send plenty of abuse towards both the  Ref and the lino, but 2 minutes later it was the Colchester fans he was arguing with after the hosts added a second with a great shot from distance. The Cardiff coach was quick to tell the Colchester fans that the Welsh side would still win.


He was wrong! Thought Colchester would struggle with the wind in their faces in the second half but in fact they came closer to scoring that Cardiff but the game ended up with a comfortable win for United.