Ipswich Town Q&A: Most memorable Ipswich match?

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In the third part of our Q&A with BBC Radio Suffolk's Graeme McLoughlin, he looks at some of his most memorable moments while covering Ipswich Town:

There have been so many memorable games in recent seasons - for the right reasons.

I have to give quick shouts to the 3-2 Easter Monday win over Southampton along with the 2-0 against Huddersfield that confirmed promotion to the Premier League. Oh and of course the 6-0 v Exeter that sealed Town’s return to the Championship a year earlier.

Go on, let me mention the 4-4 at Charlton a couple of years ago as well, which had been 2-2 going into stoppage time.

And yet, often in this job it’s sadly the bad games that stand out and Town’s 2-1 defeat at home to Derby in October 2012 is a night I won’t forget. There was so much speculation about manager Paul Jewell’s future at the time given his side’s woeful start to the season and, although the Blues took the lead at Portman Road, you just knew something nasty was coming.

Nathan Tyson’s last-minute winner for the Rams turned the air toxic, and when Jewell failed to show for his post-match press conference, we stayed on-air beyond our 10.30 cut-off amid rumours there would be an announcement about his departure that night.

It ended up being the following morning.