Former Ipswich Town striker Tamas Priskin has been reflecting on his time with the Blues after announcing his retirement from football.
ROSS HALLS spoke with the Hungarian about a range of memories, including joining the club from Watford, his relationship with Roy Keane, League Cup semi-final goal against Arsenal and his time at Portman Road as a whole.
In total, he made 60 appearances for Town, scoring nine goals, while being capped 63 times by Hungary, scoring 17 goals and appearing twice at Euro 2016.
COMING TO ENGLAND
It was a massive step for me, coming from Hungary to England, but at the time I had already played 65 games in the first division of the Hungarian League, so already I had the taste of senior football.
It was a dream for me to play in the Premier League and I was really happy when I could sign my contract at Watford.
JOINING TOWN AND £1.7M TRANSFER FEE
I had a very nice three years at Waford, but I had this opportunity from Ipswich to join the club. I spoke with the manager (Roy Keane) and owner (Marcus Evans) - they had a very good project for the future.
Of course my dream was to play again in the Premier League so that's why I thought it would be a great opportunity for me to go to Ipswich Town and play for promotion.
I was never thinking about this fee, I was only thinking about doing my best, but I was really happy that the club paid this kind of money on me.
ON TOWN BOSS ROY KEANE
Our relationship was not the best as sometimes I was playing and sometimes I was out from the team so it was a really hard time for me, but of course he's a legend so it was a great experience for me as well.
He was a hard character but a straight guy and spoke with me a lot when I was doing well and not so well but the first season was not easy for me.
ON TOWN TEAM-MATE AND FELLOW HUNGARIAN MARTON FULOP
He was one of my best friends, so when he joined the team I was really happy. It gave me a boost which was a massive help and I enjoyed playing with him at Ipswich. It was sad when he passed away.
HIS LEAGUE CUP SEMI-FINAL GOAL AGAINST ARSENAL
I'm really happpy that I could score that goal and won the game. It was a big thing for me. I will never forget that night.
Of course I remember the offside goal which was unfortunate because it was a nice goal, but as I said I was really happy after the game because I scored the winning goal.
The feeling of that night was unbelievable, the celebrations with the Ipswich fans. I will never forget that.
Now as we speak of this goal, I only have good memories and most of the time when I speak to people from Ipswich, they always recognise me from this goal so this goal will follow me all my life.
LOOKING BACK AT HIS TIME AT TOWN
Of course, the club, players and me had big ambitions to play for promotion but unfortunately it didn't work out and of course I was disappointed because we didn't reach our goal.
To be honest, I really enjoyed my life at Ipswich. I really loved the town and of course the stadium as well. The fans they always created special atmosphere for the team.
I just would like to say good luck to the team and hope they do really well. I'm planning to go to England to watch some games at Watford and Ipswich. I hope we will see each other soon.
PLAYING FOR HUNGARY, RETIREMENT AND WHAT'S NEXT
I'm really proud that I could play a total of 10 years for my country. It was a big dream when I was a kid so I was really happy that I could play 63 times.
Of course, I was really happy to play at the Euros in 2016 because before this Hungary hadn't played at that tourment for 30 years so I was happy we could qualify and I could participate.
After a 20 year career, it was a hard decision to retire of course, but unfortunately last season I had alot of injuries so I was basically planning to retire throghout the season.
Now I have finished playing I would like to learn more and get some work at Győri ETO where I started and finished my professional career.
I'm planning to get some experience to be a coach or maybe a director at the club, so we will see what the future will bring.
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