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Practicing Survival
Ipswich Town 1-0 Le Havre (Friendly) So what do we know about Le Havre? A port city in Normandy on the north coast of northern France, it’s probably as close to Portsmouth as it is to Paris? One of the oldest French football clubs around, Les Ciel et Marine (The Sky & Navy) have been in Ligue 1 since 2023 and were three times national champions during their amateur years at the turn of the twentieth century. Current Head Coach is a former PSG and Middlesbrough midfielder in D
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Parking Ticket
Ipswich Town 1-1 Luton Town (Friendly) Saturday 24th April 2004 was the last time I was in Ipswich. A couple of goals from David Johnson helping my team Nottingham Forest beat his old team at Portman Road, Johnno's very welcome neat finishes coming either side of a Dean Bowditch strike for the Tractor Boys. That action came in English football's second tier, a level which Town have recently been promoted back to after a few rough years in the doldrums, people my age, or older
Jul 26, 20238 min read
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