14th December 2002- New Division One, Ipswich Town 4 Watford 2

Programme image courtesy of Matt Hall

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BSAD: Of all the admirable features of Ray Lewington’s reign thus far, the ability to send the team out with their minds fixed on the task has been among the most prominent – so often, we appeared ill-prepared and easily surprised last season; so rarely, this. Here, we were clearly wary of Ipswich for five minutes, and understandably so. For another ten, we asserted ourselves boldly, beginning to break up their passing movements and build towards positive moments in the other half, and Allan Nielsen and Stephen Glass both tried the luck from decent shooting positions. Having been convinced of Ipswich’s invulnerability by their startlingly effective display at Vicarage Road, we were beginning to make them look nervous. And we should’ve scored. You think of that moment as the scoreboard clock reaches zero and a minute of injury time begins. Should’ve, should’ve, should’ve.

Sunday Telegraph, 15 Dec 2002