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Boniek – Poles apart.

Russell Anthony

Those of you of a certain age will no doubt remember your salad days of watching the World Cup in the eighties with absolutely no clue about any of the players gracing our TV screens. In those days, with the exception of the home nations, it was rare to switch on the BBC to watch a World Cup fixture and be familiar with more than the odd player. Great players such as the Soviet Unions Oleg Blokhin or Belgiums Jan Ceulemans were seldom known in the UK and Zibigniew Boniek, arguably the most talented Polish player of all time, was … Continue reading Boniek – Poles apart.

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Dutch Connection – Ipswich Town in the 70/80s

Russell Anthony

It’s fair to say that the great Bobby Robson and Ipswich Town already had history with Frans Thijssen and Arnold Muhren long before the Dutch duo graced Portman Road in the late seventies. Ipswich had come up against the dutch pair’s FC Twente side in European Competitions in both 1973 and again in 1975 so Robson knew the quality he was bringing into Ipswich in the 1978/79 season. Muhren made the switch from Twente first, signing for £150k in August 1978. Thijssen followed suit for £220k in February 1979. This was an Ipswich side that were going places, having won … Continue reading Dutch Connection – Ipswich Town in the 70/80s