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Town Face Bristol City Trip on Opening Day - Ipswich Town News

Town will start their 2011/12 campaign with a trip to Bristol City on Saturday 6th August. After their midweek Carling Cup tie at home to Northampton, Hull City will be the first Championship visitors to Portman Road the following weekend.

August continues with a third home game in a week with newly-promoted Southampton in Suffolk on Tuesday 16th August, before the month concludes with rare weekend trip to Peterborough, the Carling Cup second round and Leeds at Portman Road.

September sees fixtures with Blackpool (A), Coventry (H), in the Carling Cup if the Blues are still involved, Middlesbrough (A) and West Ham (A) on Tuesday 27th September.

Boxing Day sees Town off to Leicester and Reading on New Year’s Eve, with Nottingham Forest at Portman Road on Monday 2nd January. The FA Cup third round is on the following Saturday.

As for Easter, the Blues are in Derby on Saturday 7th April, while Town are at home to Leicester on the Monday.

After those fixtures, the Blues end the season with games against Crystal Palace (A), Birmingham (H), Millwall (H) and finally Doncaster (A).

Annoying midweek away trips include Burnley on Tuesday 29th November, Southampton on Tuesday 6th March and Birmingham on Tuesday 1st November.

The full list of Town’s fixtures can be seen on TWTD here.

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