Town are supporting the homelessness charity Shelter’s #NoHomeKit campaign during the Christmas period.

The #NoHomeKit campaign aims to highlight the necessity of a home to football supporters, particularly at this time of year.

Due to EFL regulations, Town are unable to wear a kit other than the home strip when Oxford United visit on Boxing Day, having already worn the black third kit for the Derby County match. Clubs are only permitted to switch away from their home kit once a season.

However, the club is supporting the campaign by encouraging fans to wear their away or third shirt, while mascots Bluey and Crazee will be donning the away strip with their shirts subsequently signed by the first-team squad and donated to Shelter.

Further information on Shelter can be found here.

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sotd78 added 18:37 - Dec 20 This is so Woke to be almost Broke. Let's just play football in our blue kit whenever and wherever we can. I fear I am getting too old for all this clap trap
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PositivelyPortman added 18:47 - Dec 20 sotd78 ffs cheer up love. If it raises sums of money for a more than wonderful charity then I'm all for it. Being ‘woke' has f*** all to do with it, this is a case of being decent to others less fortunate, at this time of year.
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Paulc added 19:10 - Dec 20 Sotd78 what a ridiculously uneducated comment. This is a great gesture from the club. I would rather we stuck 2 fingers up to EFL and wore what we wanted as long as it didn't clash with the opposition. I'm losing my patience with football authorities, bunch of jobsworths.
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HighwoodsBlue added 19:24 - Dec 20 sotd78 - have you read the article? We are playing in blue!
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Marcus added 21:49 - Dec 20 Silly rules. How about they all play naked, isn't that what #nokit means? ;)
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Cloddyseedbed added 22:40 - Dec 20 What better way to advertise the necessity of a home than wear your home shirt to home games. Whoever came up with wear no home kit, I'm afraid I'm on the side of sotd78. I also didn't agree with the wearing of the black kit at a home game either. I'm glad we have to play in blue, for once I agree with the EFL. We are Ipswich, we play in blue and white at home. I agree with the club that the club and supporters should highlight the campaign and people should be encouraged to donate generously towards the cause. Wear whatever you want. I hope many collection buckets are located around the ground so we can all donate. None of our own should be homeless when illegal immigrants are put up in hotels, fed and clothed, whilst our own are left uncared for.

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MalcolmMeatballHead added 23:07 - Dec 20 This is fantastic virtue signalling and will change people's lives forever I am sure Seriously though, what a load of nonsense
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MattinLondon added 07:25 - Dec 21 Raising awareness for homeless issues can only be a good thing. Well done ITFC.
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Rozeeboy74 added 07:54 - Dec 21 Wear the away kit for the warm up sessions, switch to blue before the official walk down the tunnel.
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tivo added 08:33 - Dec 21 SOTD - If 'woke' means helping raise money for charity then let me be woke. Most people who throw the word around in a negative manner cannot even define it anyway..
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AbujaBlue added 08:40 - Dec 21 Sorry PP downvoted you by accident. This is a great campaign to get involved with, whatever the trolls might say...
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SamWhiteUK added 08:41 - Dec 22 We'd be able to take part "properly" if we didn't waste our kit switch on a pointless marketing exercise
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