Members of ITFC South West have donated £600 via the club’s Purchase and Donate initiative, which was launched as part of the #PackOutPR campaign yesterday.

Purchase and Donate is an online mechanism through which seats can be gifted to fans who wouldn’t otherwise be able to attend games via the Ipswich Town Foundation and FIND Ipswich, the food bank charity which has recently become a charity partner of the club.

Jon Banger, who heads up the ITFC South West Supporters Branch, said: “A few of us had a conversation after watching the Fans' Forum on Monday and being impressed by the club taking up the idea of a collective fund where fans who can spare a bit of cash can pay for the tickets of those who can't. It's another sign that ITFC is getting things right off the pitch.

“We put the idea to branch members that we could make a one-off donation and I thought we might get a couple of hundred quid. I must admit I was blown away as the pledges came in throughout Tuesday.

“Combining the money from individual members with some from branch funds we've reached £600 which is the equivalent of 40 adult tickets.

“The generosity is very much in keeping with what I know about our fans in this part of the world. We're spread over a large area from Cornwall up to Wiltshire and beyond, and there is a lot of lift-sharing that goes on as people help others to get to both home and away games.

“In the overall scheme of things our donation won't fill the stadium on its own but I hope others, if they feel able, will follow suit.”

Photo: ITFC South West

foshizzle added 09:16 - Sep 7 Just warms the heart doesn't it :)
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trncbluearmy added 09:34 - Sep 7 Being a bit of an old git don't normally comment on these sort of things but this is just fecking brilliant Think I might make a small donation myself
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CityBlue added 09:50 - Sep 7 Outfu#@ingstanding
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JewellintheTown added 09:59 - Sep 7 Well done all who contributed and involved. Hope the club match that or give away the equivalent number of seats to the cause.
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trncbluearmy added 10:12 - Sep 7 Just for info. You can also make a donation using your team card points
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churchmans added 11:14 - Sep 7 Out of interest what happens if the 40 seats available don't get taken up! Do they remain empty?
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Europablue added 12:00 - Sep 7 It's really kind of the individuals and good of the club to facilitate it, but as soon as the club acknowledges this scheme it feels a bit poor for the club to just profit off of charitable folks when they have thousands of seats going spare. I'd really love to see the club donating thousands of tickets to local school children and less well-off adults.
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timkatieadamitfc added 13:51 - Sep 7 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
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BurleysGloryDays added 15:26 - Sep 7 Fantastic. Club and fans at its best.
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Runner added 21:33 - Sep 7 Europablue: I think the club must already give foc tickets to schools & not say too much about it. At the Barnsley match i was sitting in SBR stand, upper, where it was reported this stand had sold out before the day. I could see all the other three stands clearly and no way was there 5000 free seats. I would say the 25001 was just the paying customers. (Please bear in mind I worked at Portman Road for many years)

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MVBlue added 21:44 - Sep 7 The legends of the South West
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