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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

4 years

The moment we’ve all been waiting for! #LineOfDuty

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

3 years

Ed sheeran at Norwich away next season…

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

5 years

‘Long ball by the Ipswich left back, lovely touch by mcgoldrick who crosses it in. If they score here they don’t deserve it. And they’ve scored. Unbelievable. UnFUCKINGbelievable.’ #itfc

Sky Bet

@SkyBet

5 years

🗣️ What is the best ever piece of commentary in football? Quote/reply.

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

5 years

There’s a Newcastle fan here giving it the big un to Sunderland 😂

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

7 months

Fabio Wardley doing big things in boxing Ed Sheeran one of the most successful singers in the world Pushing for a second promotion in two years What a great time for all those connected to Ipswich Town

IPSWICH TOWN

@IpswichTown

7 months

The strength of a Suffolk Punch 👊 Until next time, Champ.

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

10 months

Amazes me how many go to Ipswich games and still don’t realise that our whole game plan and style is built around inviting the press and then playing through it to exploit the space The whole ‘get rid’ is very tedious Altho woolfy does need to remember to pass to a blue shirt😅

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

7 months

When we got promoted last season I thought we’d have a nice fun, quiet season maybe flirting with the playoffs Didn’t think I’d be tuning in to Plymouth v Leicester on a Friday night desperate for a Plymouth win What a result tho, always said I liked Plymouth…

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

3 years

Nice to see chambers getting the big ovation, no matter how it ended etc he gave a huge part of his life and career to the club and I’m sure he’ll be back one day too

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

1 year

Great to see Paul cook’s chesterfield doing so well in national league Obv McKenna is an upgrade but it can’t be forgotten that he started the revolution by binning all the dead wood and bringing in a lot of these great players came across as a top bloke but needed better coaches

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

3 years

Shock Norwood back in the side and scores incredible that people want rid of him just because he’s struggled with injuries and is a character 🤦🏻‍♂️ Fit and in a decent side he gets 20 goals a season

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 months

I’m a grown, married man With 30 approaching dangerously on the horizon Yet I’m reduced to intently studying the background of #itfc training photos to see if Burns/Hirst are there Football hey 😅

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

2 years

My brother met some #itfc fans tonight who genuinely want McKenna out… In reality I’d rather those fans were ‘sacked off’, go and support cor u or similar They certainly shouldn’t be allowed to celebrate success that I’m sure will come under McKenna

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

8 months

What a fantastic signing Moore has been, we knew he’d act as that figurehead but his goalscoring has been fantastic too

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

2 years

@BarnsleyFC Confused lads, I thought you’d been ready for 5 weeks? Would you like us to give you another 5 week wait and then you may be ready to actually give us a game

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

Don’t know what #itfc fans expect lambert to say... he knows we’re not good enough, he’s spoken at length about needing help But he also has struck me since day 1 at being confident he can keep us up Can’t believe people are already turning against him, he’s our best hope

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

Tyson fury, the second best ever gypsy boxer after this man

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

At least the sad state of Bolton might make #itfc fans realise that, while Evans has made countless errors, in some ways we’re lucky to have someone who will at least try run the club sensibly and semi sustainably

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

5 years

@RonnieTheFrog Kinder gentler politics

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

2 years

Can’t quite believe Amazon would cut ties with Jeremy Clarkson after how successful the grand tour and now clarksons farm are. At worst it just means another service/channel will pick him up Look at how top gear has gone downhill after the three left

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

7 months

@1940Medal @FightingOnFilm Spotted these bales that were far too big for the Second World War machinery (and wrapped) in masters of the air…

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

1 year

Harvest 2023 summed up in one picture yesterday 🙃

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

Even as an Ipswich fan, I’m personally delighted @SUFC_tweets have been promoted to premier league means my 95 year old grandpa, a season ticket holder for 80+ years, gets to see them in the prem once more, when a few yrs ago when they were in lg1 he thought he never would #sufc

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

9 months

@jimmaxcricket Come back to bite you a bit here Jim, irrelevant of how the test ultimately finishes I really like you, please don’t descend into becoming a typical biased Aussie unable to analyse in a balanced manner ‘Bazball’ has turned us from no hopers into a real competitive side

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

9 months

Forgot just how good that Williams run and shot was What a player to have for the run in IF he can get sorted

IPSWICH TOWN

@IpswichTown

9 months

⚽️ Town’s goals from when we faced Preston at PR.

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

2 years

Contract extension confirmed ✅

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

7 months

@lcfcgeorgee Only one team in the top 3 race has literally been found guilty of cheating, and it ain’t little ol Ipswich

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

10 months

Williams sharing the itfc match day insta post doesn’t exactly seem like someone on their way out of the club pronto…

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

7 months

Plenty of football left to play/Leicester’s game in hand but how mad is it that with 7 games left , freshly promoted Ipswich are back TOP OF THE LEAGUE, especially when you consider the money/squads of the other clubs there This could genuinely be happening, we’re not going away

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

7 months

@WindsorDebs Because famously anyone receiving treatment for cancer never ventures from their sick bed of course…

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

7 years

You know what? I'm bloody delighted for klug and his team! They deserve that brilliant win for making everything at #itfc seem more positive in the last few weeks, get in! #itfc

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

7 years

Love this quote from jonas Knudsen 😂 #itfc

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

5 years

Boxing Day hunt meet ✅

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

4 years

Today as a throw away comment I said maybe H will be James Nesbitt seeing as he was a bent copper in bloodlands. Never expected that he’d then feature in the episode tonight! #LineOfDuty

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

We've won like 2 in 23 in 2018, one of those under klug Time was right for change either way, it may work with hurst it may not But why aren't #itfc being applauded for giving a young British manager who'd earnt his chance with an impressive lower league record a chance+ time?!

Adrian Durham

@TheAdrianDurham

6 years

Ipswich fans, with no win in your opening 11 matches, are you missing Mick McCarthy?

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

5 years

‘Just a shame a couple of idiot #itfc fans ended up on the pitch celebrating that goal’ oh fuck off brenner!

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

2 years

@JohnnyMercerUK I’m not a veteran but as an outsider even I can see the work and commitment you put into your role and into governing. I really hope you don’t quit politics at this frustrating time, this country needs more people like yourself (and @mercer_felicity ) and less career politicians

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

8 years

I'm grown up enough to admit Portman road isn't the loudest stadium but how quiet were the scummers? Silent for 85 minutes #itfc

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

2 years

@Saund65 So when nodge were in league 1 you didn’t celebrate any wins? Or nowadays you not celebrate wins because its the championship and it’s such a fall from that time you beat Bayern or participated in European competition? Weird comment to make

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

7 years

7th with a third of the season gone, this isn't fluke anymore, we genuinely have got something despite issues. Time to all get behind #itfc

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

If you dump your girlfriend because the relationship has gone stale And then it doesn't work out with your next girlfriend It doesn't mean dumping the first one was the wrong choice #itfc

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

Much better from #itfc tonight Yes it’s not a win and we’re still 9 points off But a vastly improved performance against a very good side If we can play like that every week there’ll be a lot of positivity going into league 1 That’s all we want to see in this situation

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

1 year

@ElaineCox11 @PamAyres Genuinely unsure what you would prefer? This is a roadside hedge, should it be left long so vision is obscured and a nasty accident happens

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

10 months

Spurs ruined this move from the start by cup tieing him, we saw with Hutchinson etc how playing in the cup helped them integrate. A shame it didn’t work out for all parties

IPSWICH TOWN

@IpswichTown

10 months

📰 The Club can confirm Dane Scarlett has been recalled by Tottenham Hotspur. The striker returns to his parent club with our best wishes for the future. #itfc

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

8 years

I reckon come 11 #itfc will have: Signed no striker Sold chambers Lost to derby

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

Those that were adamant hurst had lost the dressing room.. look at that result and get fucked! #itfc

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

8 years

Any #itfc 'fan' who booed at the end tonight needs to never come back. Booing has its place but not after a draw against a 'top' team

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

3 years

Anyone who decided Norwood was finished and should be gone needs to be eating a lot of humble pie now. Right place at the right time for the goal but also so full of running and energy, helped penney on that side when he was struggling. My MOTM (from many candidates)

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

5 years

The most influential, passionate and committed player since Holland/Magilton/de vos Really hope we get a birthday fist pump and he gets to lift the title in May

IPSWICH TOWN

@IpswichTown

5 years

We'd like to wish Town captain Luke Chambers a very happy birthday! 🥳🎉 Have a great day, skip! #itfc

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

9 months

@Saund65 Another for the honours board I guess

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

1 year

@Benno1uk Knew we were missing something all this time 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

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@BigEdBanthorp

1 year

Follow someone from school on Instagram who’s vegan and always posts the usual innacurate anti livestock farming rhetoric, just seen them proudly showing off their new plastic lawn they’ve just fitted The irony… the things that provide 0 habitat for any living creature

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

5 years

Petition to get Tomas holy to do an interview with club media every week @IpswichTown #itfc

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

9 months

When he was talked of as a centre half I didn’t quite understand why we were signing him at the time How wrong I was What a signing both on and for the pitch

Second Tier podcast

@secondtierpod

9 months

On this day in 2023… 🗓️ Ipswich signed Harry Clarke! #ITFC

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

#TheyShallNotGrowOld ; simply incredible. The work that must've gone into making it. Somehow having it in colour/with people speaking makes it seem so much more real than black and white footage. Should be shown to everyone about what past generations went through for the nation

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

@tractorgirlamy8 @ministerofmemes @theresa_may @jeremycorbyn What light? I'm literally retweeting something proving that corbyn had lied about saying something Maybe one day you'll see the light that saint jeremy is just as slimy and two faced as every other MP

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

3 years

Sir Bobby is building a hell of a team somewhere 💙

Karl Fuller

@fullerflavour

3 years

Three of the greatest now reunited.

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

1 year

Hope some read this and felt embarrassed

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@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

If you don't think skuse should start every game for town (till we find a replacement anyway-adeyemi?) you're clueless. Need him sitting in front of the back four with attacking players around him. Same for chambers-simply for his captaincy and passion as much as anything #itfc

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

Imagine spending all night crying about waghorn leaving and abusing him, only to find out he's not asked to leave and there's no on going bid 😂😂😂 #itfc

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

Even Derby fans are saying we look like a team that when it clicks will do well in this league. We're investing in sports science etc. We're building s project where the good signs are already there But please tell me again how we're gonna struggle and get relegated 😴 #itfc

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

5 years

@DMAC102 I like you darragh and I think you’re a really good owner, but come on our squad was as much full of kids/reserves as yours-you even brought on your main men! We’re allowed to be a bit smug after the ‘playing Bolton’s Kids’ comments previously

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

1 year

I apologise in advance to All my new farming followers from my tweet about the angry neighbour for the deluge of tweets about football every Saturday evening, specially if I’ve had a beer or two after rugby 😂

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

1 year

@EdNesling Apparently he’d got out of bed and dressed specially… which probably caused more disruption to the house than a combine going past

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

Future manager and assistant right there 😍

IPSWICH TOWN

@IpswichTown

6 years

Find someone who looks at you the way Chambo looks at Skusey... 🥰 #itfc

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

10 months

Has anyone ever traced why sky hate Ipswich so much? Because it really comes across in their commentary and analysis How there can be pressure on a newly promoted side competing with the three relegated sides I don’t know

Stuart Watson

@Stuart_Watson

10 months

Sky Sports' EFL pundit Don Goodman has been talking about #itfc and the Championship promotion race. He says that 'the pressure is on' Ipswich and that they need to strengthen in defence, as well as attack this month. Full story ↪️

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

3 years

Only ipswich could sign a penalty specialist who then has his first penalty for us saved 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

4 months

Voted for Kieran McKenna, after all he knows exactly what we need

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

Odds on Theresa May doing a mick? Banging the table and shouting 'it's not my problem anymore, I'm off' and walking out? #itfc

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

1 year

We’d take 4 points from the next 2 realistically wouldn’t we? We have to lose at some point and hull and Preston are likely two tough opponents I just hope if we lose at least one people don’t panic en masse

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

5 years

Don’t think there’s much denying Ipswich-Norwich will be a championship game again next season. The only bit up for debate is how many goals we’ll win by and how many of them James Norwood will score... #itfc

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

Of course this season big mick can be smug that post him we’ve got relegated But I think Ireland’s game today and the general fan reaction shows why #itfc fans wanted a change, never mind all the conflict too For better or worse we now have a manager who ‘gets’ the fans etc

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

7 months

Leicester really don’t deserve to go up, not automatically anyway Cheated last season yet avoided a points deduction and with a squad that should be running away with this league We HAVE to take advantage of another slip up and win tomorrow

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

@jonathanl50 Lazy article. Lambert has been probably the most widely welcomed and accepted appointment since magilton. Even most of the few fans who were worried about his past were won over on Saturday. General consensus is he'll probably keep us up. Tho you are at least right it won't be 4

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

8 months

Off on a stag do to Budapest tomorrow. 19 lads, all farmers or involved in farming, at least half from Suffolk and Norfolk

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

1 year

@_rskid26 It was Saturday night anyway! Not even a week night

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 months

Promotion in a series of photos If anyone wants me I’ll be drowning in beer

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 months

@MickDennisReal We’re (hopefully) about to get promoted Mick, I don’t think this is the time to attempt to start crowing about football Also a man at your senior age using ‘1p5wich’? Bit sad don’t you think Never mind the fact that was years ago and were constantly told history is irrelevant…

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

2 years

dRoP wAlToN

playmakerstats

@playmaker_EN

2 years

🛡️Fewest goals conceded in 2022 ( #EFL ): 36⚽️: 💪IPSWICH💪 38⚽️: Leyton Orient 42⚽️: Sheffield United 44⚽️: Bolton, Sheffield Wed. #itfc

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

7 years

The problem with supporting a perennially average side like #itfc is just when you come to accept another season of mid table mediocrity they pull a great win out of nowhere like tonight! It's the hope that kills you!

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

We may well still go down But from the players to the fans, all through the manager, #itfc are now more together and committed than the early good years under McCarthy. That’s all the fans wanted, If we can stay up then this club will be in such a better place than 12 months ago

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

8 years

It's sad mm will probably be remembered for this season rather than heroically keeping us up and almost taking us up on a shoestring #itfc

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

3 years

If Paul cook isn’t the man to get us promoted with his record I’d love to know who at this level is…. Been successful at every club and he will be here. Pretty much every club in this league and some in the league above would have him as manager tomorrow

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

1 year

On a stag do in benidorm (yes it’s every bit as chavvy and horrific as you can imagine-but that’s what makes it fun right?) and yet we still managed to bump into a load of farmers ffs 😂 stood on the dance floor at 3am chatting about combining

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

5 years

😍😍 Altho In this picture he does look a bit ‘ffs are they still this shite’ #itfc

IPSWICH TOWN

@IpswichTown

5 years

👋🔵⚪️ #itfc

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

I knew lambert was a steady hand and the sort of bloke we need in our situation But I have to say I underestimated him He seems to be a brilliant man manager and a very good coach who can hopefully bring some good things #itfc

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

Fans of teams who’ve been in league 1, and more sensible Norwich fans (the few there are) say 2 things We’ll need experienced heads like Chambers in league 1 And lambert will sort the club out and bring us back But of course a few Ipswich fans know better... 🙄

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

2 years

@BarnsleyFC What a strange tweet to put out, imagine the ridicule if we win tonight. Acting like Ipswich have broken the rules when actually all we’ve done is stick to them

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

7 years

I hope #itfc do give tommy smith a testimonial, even if it's in the summer. He deserves it for being a loyal blue. Hope he enjoys the MLS, sadly not a starter at town anymore so makes sense for him to try a new adventure under a manager he likes too

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

3 years

Good old brenner making another dominant town display sound like we’re hanging on It’s like he’s deliberately negative

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

Absolute bits happening at #itfc What a brilliant week if we signed donacien and tilt, kept waghorn then won on Saturday

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

2 years

Can’t express anything other than a weird sense of calm amazement that’s it done. I could cry, I could shout from the rafters I love you Ipswich

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

1 year

So after all the irresponsible ‘reporting’ it turns out the police weren’t chasing them at all We have to find a balance between holding the police to account when necessary and not just accusing them of wrongdoing every single time A lot of people looking rather silly

Sky News

@SkyNews

1 year

CCTV shows seconds before the road crash that killed two teenage boys in Cardiff. Kyrees Sullivan, 16, and 15-year-old Harvey Evans were riding an electric bike when the collision occurred. Read more 👉

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

I really hope hurst can turn it around, one because given time he is the sort of project manager a club like us needs. And two to give a massive fuck you to all those who still pine for mick/have already decided he's definitely not up to it/are already planning for league 1 #itfc

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

1 year

@NorwichPure @TalkNorwichCity @ChrisReevo @cjsouthwell1902 What a strange thing to say and then tweet out. Only need to look at what happened what Barnsley tried to ‘banter’ us Odds on morsy smashing this bloke into next week in the first 50/50 of the derby?

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

3 years

Drilling a new variety of spring wheat were growing for seed, not bad going for February 2nd, on sometimes horrible heavy land after beet

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

Paul Lambert you absolute hero 😂 taking the term ‘going down fighting’ literally What a way to endear yourselves to the town fans once and for All

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

Sad Irony of #itfc ’s position is I don’t think I’ve seen a squad so together since the play off year. New Year’s Day when Jackson scored: the dropped, ex player of the season bialkowski was the person on the bench encouraging people most. That’s a metaphor for the whole side

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@BigEdBanthorp

1 year

@Martyn1988 Our tractor driver isn’t even from Suffolk and he’s still managed to come across like he is 😂

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

6 years

Not quite sure why Norwich fans are so obsessed they were commenting all over the chambers re-signing news Can only assume they hate him because he bleeds blue and famously mugged them off about their OTT celebrations for a draw Yet more small club mentality

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Ed Banthorp

@BigEdBanthorp

3 years

And #harvest21 is a go!

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