Those nice people at Coca-Cola have provided TWTD readers with the chance to win two directors' box tickets to Saturday's home game with QPR. The soft drinks giant is currently running its annual Buy a Player scheme which could see Town chairman David Sheepshanks dye his hair blue and flip burgers.
Promotional packs of Coca-Cola and Coke Zero have a code on the label which can be registered on the Buy a Player website or via text (number 80094 - normal network charges apply).
One in every two codes will reveal prizes worth £10 million, ranging from 50p to £100,000. Fans that win a £100,000 prize for their club or £10,000 for themselves. Most prizes will be at lower levels but as fans register their codes, the pot grows with the club given the total in the pot at the end of the promotion. If all codes are redeemed, Coca-Cola will have given £10 million to Football League and SPL clubs.
So far, Ipswich Town fans have raised for the club via the Buy a Player promotion.
Football League and SPL clubs are backing the promotion in a variety of ways. Chairmen and managers have made pledges to encourage their fans to raise money. Town's David Sheepshanks has promised to dye his hair blue and white and serve burgers behind the North Stand if Town fans manage to raise more than £100,000.
Each week the fan who has raised the most money for each club will be labelled a Superfan and will be rewarded with Town's prizes including Coca-Cola branded mountain bikes, MP3 players, Colchester Zoo and Pleasurewood Hills tickets, match tickets as well as an overall Superfan prize — being given a squad number for next season, having their picture taken with the squad at the official photocall and enjoying a unique behind the scenes match day experience.
To win the directors' box seats, send the answer to the following question to cokequiz@twtd.co.uk before Thursday. Which Town player left Portman Road for QPR on a free transfer in July 2004?
The answer to question in the previous QPR competition was Russell Osman. The central defender, whose twin sons are currently on trial at Portman Road, was the man sent off along with Simon Stainrod in the Milk Cup tie between the Blues and QPR at Loftus Road on January 28th 1985 and was the last Town man to be red-carded in the competition in any of its many guises. The winner of the two Greene King Stand tickets, picked at random, was Peter Jay from Hadleigh.