By Aston
November 21 2006

Town midfielder Gary Roberts has revealed the personal pain in the week building up to Town’s game with Norwich.

A friend of his, Ben Nowak was one of four armed services personnel killed when their patrol boat was attacked on the 12^th of November.

 

Roberts: “Ben was a close friend of mine. He loved his football and it really knocked me back when I heard the news, last week wasn't a good one for me at all. The manager gave me a few days off to go home and see his family and mine as well.

 

“I was very upset through the week but knew I had to get my head right for what was a big game on Sunday.

 

“I wore a T-shirt under my Ipswich shirt in tribute to Ben for the game and although I was obviously delighted we won, what happened to Ben puts everything into perspective.

 

“It will change the way I look at things because sometimes in this game you can get down if things are not going your way but my mate has lost his life. That says it all.”

 

Source: Ipswich Town – the official website

 

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