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Six of Sir Alf Ramsey’s squad which took the club to its only First Division championship in 1961/62 will be back at Portman Road for the Barnsley game on March 31st. This year is the 50th anniversary of Town’s title, which came in the Blues’ first season in the top flight after they had won the Second Division the previous year.
Blues Legend Carberry Dies
Monday, 29th Jun 2015 11:40
Larry Carberry, who played right-back in Sir Alf Ramsey’s Town sides which won the old Second Division and the First Division championship in successive seasons, died on Friday, aged 79.
Liverpool-born Carberry was signed by Ramsey in May 1956 after he had watched him playing amateur football for Bury Town while he was completing his National Service with the army at Gibraltar Barracks in the West Suffolk town.
He was a member of the team which won the Third Division South in 1956/57 and then went on to win the Second Division in 1960/61 and then the First Division title at the first attempt in 1961/62 when he was ever-present in the league.
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John also told us something about each of the players who wore the blue shirt that season.
Larry Carberry (61/62 League appearances 42, goals 0) His great asset was his speed, tremendous pace had Larry He had the advantage of Ramsey being a full-back when he was a player. Ramsey could tell him all the facets of being a full-back.
Kenny Malcolm (3, 0) I always felt very sorry for him. He played three games and then had a bad back and John Compton came in for the rest of the season. Malcolm was an outstanding left-back, one of the best we have ever had, very hard he was. He helped the players in front of him as wingers very rarely went past him. If the ball did then the player certainly didn t!