Hugely saddened to hear about the death of Sir Bobby Robson.
I was born and raised in Suffolk, so am a proper tractor boy, and lifetime Ipswich fan. Robson’s Ipswich squad from the late 1970’s, when I was an impressionable lad, were a legendary team. I can remember collecting all the special editions of the national and regional papers after they won the FA Cup in 1978 (I was 11). Sir Bobby has as strong an affection in the hearts of Town supporters as he does with United.
Robson was walking in Alf Ramsey’s footsteps when he took on the England job. Sir Alf managed Town before going on to win the World Cup with England in ‘66. There were a few of us who thought history would be repeated in 1990, with Robson as manager, and the old enemy to beat in the Semi. But it wasn’t to be.
Since 1992 I’ve lived in County Durham and of course Sir Bobby returned home and managed United. Even so, now that I have a son of my own, I have to confess that he has an Ipswich Town strip, not the black and white stripe.
Ipswich and Suffolk will today be as sad a place as the Tyne after news of Bobby Robson’s death. There is a small patch of Suffolk relocated to County Durham just as saddened by this news. Some nice comments on the itfc website. This photo’ reminds me of my youth, happy times and the man. RIP Bobby.
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