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Delap boosts Ipswich’s faint survival hopes by punishing Bournemouth

02-Apr-2025 21:10:48 | The Guardian

If Ipswich could be forgiven for having next season’s Championship already in mind, Bournemouth are plunging their own depths of disappointment. Winless since mid-February, cherry-flavoured European dreams are fading fast; a home defeat by struggling visitors following the weekend’s exit from the FA Cup.

Now nine points shy of safety, Kieran McKenna’s team’s survival chances remain remote but alive. The only certainty is that Liam Delap, scorer of their brilliant second goal, will be playing Premier League football next season but with eight games to play, after a first league win in 2025, a small chance is better than no chance at all.