Sir Bobby Robson: Ipswich update former manager's image above club shop

The company asked to update an image of former Ipswich Town manager Sir Bobby Robson above the club shop say it is an "absolute honour".

Work has begun to remove the existing image installed in 2009 and replace it with one of Sir Bobby holding the Uefa Cup, which Town won in 1981 by beating Dutch club AZ Alkmaar 5-4 on aggregate in a two-leg final.

"We'll be done by Friday, we're hoping," Tom Wright of the Needham Market-based Hudson Group told BBC Radio Suffolk.

"Taking off the old is more tricky than putting on the the new. Sometimes it comes off in nice pieces like wallpaper, other times it comes off in really small pieces.

"The club decided the new image and it was trial and error to get it to suit the proportions of the building above the club shop. The actual image isn't the problem, it's how, when you blow it up, the resolution is correct and it's nice and clear blown up so large."

Sir Bobby was in charge of Ipswich from 1969 to 1982 before going on to manage the England national team for eight years and then other club sides including Barcelona and Newcastle United.

"Sir Bobby brought so much success to the football club, he's an icon and walking down to Portman Road, it'll be the first thing you see, it'll be great," added Wright.

"I'm very excited about seeing the finished product as I'm sure the club are as well. It's Ipswich Town's biggest success so I imagine that's the reason the club picked that image."

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