![]() ![]() ![]() Ipswich will be heavily dependent on Murphy in their 96th and 97th meetings with Norwich, who are the favourites and have had the better of their neighbours in winning the last four games against them, including both of this season's. ![]() Ipswich's forthright manager Mick McCarthy, who once took the Republic of Ireland to the last 16 of the World Cup, said he was "astounded" that Bamford won the individual award ahead of his striker Daryl Murphy, whose 27 goals in an unfancied side were eight more than the Chelsea loanee. Striker Patrick Bamford, 21, on loan from Premier League champions Chelsea, was nevertheless named Championship Player of the Year. The lowest scorers among the top eight teams - with 68 goals compared to Brentford's 78 - they had much the best defensive record, conceding only 37 times in 46 games. They did so in 2009 and have rarely looked like returning since then until this season, when head coach Aitor Karanka, the Spanish former assistant manager of Real Madrid, has overseen a campaign based on tight defence and all-round strength. The north-east club, UEFA Cup finalists in 2006, have traditionally regarded themselves as a top-division side who occasionally drop into the second tier. Those results mean Middlesbrough have won five and drawn one of the last six League meetings between the clubs, who have rarely found themselves in the same division during the past 70 years. ![]()
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