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Win Copies of Ipswich Town Miscellany: Wednesday - Ipswich Town News

One lucky TWTD reader can win a copy of Dan Botten’s new book Ipswich Town Miscellany: Blues Trivia, History, Facts and Stats every day this week. Dan’s latest book is published on Friday.

Ipswich Town Miscellany, which has a foreword by former Blues skipper Matt Holland, covers the essential stories, trivia and obscure facts from throughout the club's history.

TWTD regular Dan has followed Town for more than 20 years and has written about the club for numerous publications including The Observer Sport Monthly, The Irish Times, Shoot! and World Soccer.

If you don’t like competitions or aren’t feeling lucky, Ipswich Town Miscellany is available via TWTD at the bargain price of £6.99 here. Dan’s previous book, Ipswich Town: On This Day, is also available via TWTD at the same price here.

To win Wednesday’s competition, answer the question below correctly, email that answer here along with your postal address before midnight and be the lucky person whose email is selected at random. The competition is only open to those in the UK.

Pint-sized Scouser David Lowe was John Duncan's first signing in June 1987. How much did he cost?

a) £75,000 b) £80,000 c) £85,000

The winner of Tuesday’s competition was Keith Brown, whose email was selected at random after he correctly told us that the London Hilton on Park Lane was the hotel that chairman Patrick Cobbold had left ten minutes before it was bombed by the IRA in September 1975.

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