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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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