Ipswich Town FC reach the Premiership
Ipswich Town having been promoted to the Premier League for the first time twenty-two years, have signs around town proclaiming their success. Here are a couple of the obvious signs - first the rubbish bins - I guess we don`t want visitors being too free with their rubbish! Although rather a good idea I thought. Then the mural on the wall of building in town proclaiming loud and clear, and not forgetting the statues outside portman Road. Sir Alf Ramsey Sir Alf Ramsey - When Ramsey originally retired from playing aged 35, he became the manager of Ipswich Town, then in the third tier of English football. Ipswich rose through the divisions over the next six years, winning the Third Division South in 1956–57 and the Second Division in 1960–61. In the 1961–62 season, Ipswich's first-ever campaign in the top division, Ramsey's team defied expectations to become champions of England. Ramsey took charge of the England team a year later. It is for this reason his statue now stands in f...