It seems to me that every time I watch Soccer Saturday, I find myself saying aloud: “He used to play for Ipswich,” and this got me wondering, just how many former ITFC players are now playing competitive football for teams in England?
So I did some research and found out that just under a quarter of teams in both the Premier League and the Football League have at least one former Ipswich Town player in their side.
There are at least thirty five former Blues plying their trade at various levels in English football and of the thirty five, fifteen have graduated through the Town academy. It’s even possible to compose a half decent starting eleven from these former academy players. Below is my former academy XI, but feel free to comment with your starting eleven. Also, I know some players are playing out of position but it’s harder than it looks!
Goalkeeper – Lewis Price
Defence – Matt Bloomfield, Titus Bramble, Tom Eastman
Midfield – Keiron Dyer, Darren Ambrose, Ian Westlake, Danny Haynes
Strikers – Jordan Rhodes, Darren Bent, Connor Wickham
Subs – Ed Upson, Dean Bowditch, Liam Trotter, Owen Garvan
But if all you hardcore Tractor Boys out there are thinking this is either too boring, too inaccurate, too restricted or whatever then here is another selection for you. This one is made up of some of the former Blues I mentioned above. Again, here is my selection but feel free to comment with any changes or your own starting eleven.
Goalkeeper – Kelvin Davis
Defence – David Wright, Gareth McAuley, Hermann Hreidarsson, Dan Harding
Midfield - Keiron Dyer, Darren Ambrose, Jonathan Walters
Strikers - Jordan Rhodes, Darren Bent, Connor Wickham
Subs – Lewis Price, Titus Bramble, Alex Bruce, Danny Haynes, Owen Garvan, Shefki Kuqi, Alan Lee
Reserves – Pim Balkestein, Gavin Williams, Gary Roberts, Liam Trotter, Jon Stead.
Happy management!
Sunday, 30 October 2011
Friday, 28 October 2011
Space or Snip?
So apparently when I was born I was the 5,339,825,872nd person alive on planet Earth and the 80,426,362,696th person to have lived since history began. Absolutely standard I know.
Now, besides the fact that I can’t say either of those numbers aloud, it did get me wondering if there will ever be a point when the Earth will reach its maximum population and can no longer support the human race.
A crazy thought I know, but it does seem that if the Earth keeps gaining people at its current rate, then surely at some point in the future, with old people living longer and dirty scum bags having children younger and younger, that soon the Earth will have to put out its ‘No vacancies’ sign.
Then what do we do? Have gladiatorial battles to kill off the weakest of us? Have enforced games of Russian roulette? There will of course be only so much food to go around so we may even be forced to turn to cannibalism in this bleak, bleak future.
I can see it now, being able to buy ‘Dave and chips’ or ‘Steve, mash and gravy’.
A world where humans are packed in tighter than sardines in a tin is of course thousands and thousands of years away but entirely possible. We cannot stop people having children just as much as we cannot help people living longer.
You sci-fi fans out there are going to love this next bit.
At this current point in time, space travel and even accommodation is coming on leaps and bounds and that too got me wondering if someday, we will all live in space stations, just visiting the Earth for a nostalgic holiday or lad’s weekend away.
Will people talk one day of which planet has the best nightlife, Jupiter, Earth or Mars? Or which has the best theme park, Saturn or Pluto?
This is one possible fun solution to the issue of overcrowding on Earth or do we take the less favourable route of things like a one child policy, enforced sterilisation of women or even mandatory ‘snips’ for men.
Living in a space station or having my testicles assaulted by a sharp implement. I know which solution to overcrowding I prefer.
Now, besides the fact that I can’t say either of those numbers aloud, it did get me wondering if there will ever be a point when the Earth will reach its maximum population and can no longer support the human race.
A crazy thought I know, but it does seem that if the Earth keeps gaining people at its current rate, then surely at some point in the future, with old people living longer and dirty scum bags having children younger and younger, that soon the Earth will have to put out its ‘No vacancies’ sign.
Then what do we do? Have gladiatorial battles to kill off the weakest of us? Have enforced games of Russian roulette? There will of course be only so much food to go around so we may even be forced to turn to cannibalism in this bleak, bleak future.
I can see it now, being able to buy ‘Dave and chips’ or ‘Steve, mash and gravy’.
A world where humans are packed in tighter than sardines in a tin is of course thousands and thousands of years away but entirely possible. We cannot stop people having children just as much as we cannot help people living longer.
You sci-fi fans out there are going to love this next bit.
At this current point in time, space travel and even accommodation is coming on leaps and bounds and that too got me wondering if someday, we will all live in space stations, just visiting the Earth for a nostalgic holiday or lad’s weekend away.
Will people talk one day of which planet has the best nightlife, Jupiter, Earth or Mars? Or which has the best theme park, Saturn or Pluto?
This is one possible fun solution to the issue of overcrowding on Earth or do we take the less favourable route of things like a one child policy, enforced sterilisation of women or even mandatory ‘snips’ for men.
Living in a space station or having my testicles assaulted by a sharp implement. I know which solution to overcrowding I prefer.
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