Alan Curbishley's Portman Road poser

Alan Curbishley was spotted last night, well out of his manor, at Portman Road for Ipswich's 2-0 win over Cardiff.

Interestingly, he was accompanied by his assistant from his days as manager of Charlton and West Ham, Mervyn Day.

Curbishley is free to work again after his £2million Hammers pay-off yet insisted he was at Portman Road to see his pal, Cardiff boss Dave Jones.

So nothing to do with Ipswich's plight under Roy Keane then, though the Tractor Boys eased relegation fears by beating the play-off hopefuls.