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Coca-Cola Football League Championship
Game 44: Saturday 23 April 2005
Leeds United 1 - 1 Ipswich Town
(Half-time: 1 - 1)
Crowd: 29607
Referee: C Webster (Tyne and Wear)
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On the day Sunderland reached wonderland, Ipswich were held up
by Humpty Dumpty. They should have got away without any damage but
a draw leaves them two points behind Wigan and in danger once again
of falling down the rabbit hole of the play-offs.
A patched-together side made it awkward for Ipswich but their
own failings were decisive. They gave away a soft equaliser seconds
after taking the lead and discarded a chance labelled "eat me" in
injury-time at the end.
Darren Currie, Tony's nephew, has never played in the
Premiership and after his last-minute miss perhaps he never will.
He was obliged to deploy his impressive passing range - off either
foot and from either flank - in the lower divisions until Brighton
finally gave him the opportunity his class cried out for at the
start of this season. He joined Ipswich only in December, just
after his 30th birthday, when Joe Royle shelled out #250,000, the
only transfer fee he has paid in three seasons in charge at Portman
Road.
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