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Rolling With The Punches

Rolling With The Punches

By: 2020 Recordings
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The game we love goes beyond scoring goals. Rolling with the Punches is a series where we explore, celebrate and challenge the role of football clubs in their local communities.


When Ipswich Town Football Club, a storied old institution, dropped to the third tier of English football in 2019, they were in danger of becoming irrelevant. But a US takeover in 2021, propelled them to back-to-back promotions and a place in the Premier League, after 22 years in the wilderness.


Ipswich - a small provincial town - is suddenly a Premier League destination again, with a football club worth over 200 million pounds and owners keen to capitalise on the momentum built over the last three years. But the pressure and scrutiny is about to increase as the club scrambles to try and establish itself in the top division. For the town, in need of its own revival, this could be an opportunity it can’t afford to miss.


Created by Richard Popple

Produced by 2020 Recordings


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2020 Recordings
Football (Soccer) Science Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Running Towards Adversity - Ep. 6
    Nov 20 2024

    Ipswich Town’s remarkable transformation continues. But after re-living our improbable and epic return to the Premier League, reality is beginning to bite. For three years, the club has barely put a foot wrong, but what happens when adversity strikes? How can a football club maintain its effectiveness when results aren’t so good? And as the series concludes the focus shifts to the future. The club’s success has breathed life back into the town, but can it be sustained?


    Featured music:

    Willow by Brown Horse

    Elvis by Chest

    Ipswich Town Rising by Chris Hackett



    Created by Richard Popple

    Produced by 2020 Recordings

    Supported by The Blizzard


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    35 mins
  • The Ipswich Way - Ep. 5
    Nov 20 2024

    Following a first promotion in twenty years, we look at some of the underlying reasons behind the club’s rebirth. Football charities, supporters clubs and the women’s team are all under the microscope as we discover why a ‘one club’ mentality is integral to a football club’s sustained growth and ability to impact in all areas of its operations.


    Featured music:

    Blood Thinners by Kaspar Larsen, Kitty Perrin, Alexander Carson

    Don’t Tell Me You’re Happy by Chest



    Created by Richard Popple

    Produced by 2020 Recordings

    Supported by The Blizzard


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    32 mins
  • Brand Ipswich - Ep. 4
    Nov 20 2024

    Ipswich, unlike the rural beauty of Suffolk that surrounds it, has never been seen as much of a destination. The former industrial town has lost its way, searching for its post-manufacturing identity. But with every down-turn there is an opportunity. We meet some of the people here, who are determined to change the narrative around the town. Meanwhile the football club is starting to flex its new financial power on the pitch.


    Featured music:

    Bloodstain by Brown Horse

    Oh Jocelyn by Sophie the Great

    Indigo Moon by Guranfoe



    Created by Richard Popple

    Produced by 2020 Recordings

    Supported by The Blizzard


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    33 mins

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