The Return of 'Fortress Portman Road' & a reason why Ipswich lose out on young loanees

Another season of football at Portman Road passes. Ipswich have had an excellent record at home, and as of Monday 27th of April, have the best Home record in the division, as shown below. This graph (via here) shows that average away form...

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The Football League Awards - The Case for Daryl Murphy, Ipswich Town FC

The transformation and renaissance of Daryl Murphy has been incredible this season. Aged 32 years old, the Irishman joined Ipswich Town permanently following three separate loan spells with the Blues, and since being moved to a more central...

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The Football League Awards - The Case for Patrick Bamford, Middlesbrough FC

Patrick Bamford. Where to start with this guy. Chelsea spent £1.5m on the then 18 year old after just 12 minutes of first-team football for Nottingham Forest, following scintillating displays in the FA Youth Cup - scoring 9 goals over two...

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The Football League Awards - The Case for Troy Deeney, Watford FC

It's that (um, let's say interesting) time of year again where managers choose their players of the season for the Sky Bet Football League Awards *fanfare*. These are always interesting as there are so many people who are put out and/or disapprove...

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Goals + Assists - Offensive Impact of English Football League (EPL - L2) Players (Thu 9th Apr edition)

So, yesterday I messed around on Tableau with data from last season's League 1 players; And today, I used transfermarkt as a resource to get plain and simple goals, penalty goals and assist data for the four leagues in English football -...

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Tableau Practice v1.1 - Sky Bet League 1 Scoring (13-14 season)

https://public.tableau.com/profile/scribblr.42#!/vizhome/Messingaround/Dashboard1 So I had a mess around with Tableau, both yesterday and today - My first go was after Neil Charles put up his excellent "How to.." guide a month or so ago,...

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Unexpected Lethargy; Huddersfield vs Ipswich review

It wasn't a good day at the office, let's be honest. An extra days rest, a slightly rotated side and a buoyant mood following a draw against hotly tipped Bournemouth meant Ipswich were favourites to win the Huddersfield game, particularly...

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Simplicity, buoyancy and 'bouncebackability'

It's been a strange year so far. 2015 started with Ipswich 2nd in the league; spirits were high, there was a belief that this could be our year barring any mass injury or slip up. My enthusiasm was curbed, looking at the teams around us...

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