There will be a little added spice to Saturday’s fixture, with former Norwich City captain Russell Martin making his first managerial trip to Portman Road – home to the Canaries’ bitter rivals, Ipswich Town.
There will be a little added spice to Saturday’s fixture, with former Norwich City captain Russell Martin making his first managerial trip to Portman Road – home to the Canaries’ bitter rivals, Ipswich Town.
Martin, who made 309 appearances for Norwich, boasted an unblemished record against the Tractor Boys during his playing career, and scored in a 5-1 victory at Portman Road back in 2011 en route to promotion from the Championship.
The manager, when speaking ahead of Saturday’s game, didn’t hide from the fact that, for him, there would be a little extra to the match, but insisted his focus is solely on securing three points for MK Dons’ benefit.
“I’m sure a few thousand will tell you it’s more important,” he said in his pre-match press conference.
“We’ll prepare properly as we do with any game but when you play for a club for so long, and they are their biggest rivals – put it this way, if there were fans then I’m sure I would’ve got stick going there.”
He continued: “It’ll be a tough game for us. They are a fantastic team and a big scalp in this division but we need to go there and enjoy it.
“I think we can go there and do what we do, be us, and look to win the game.”
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