Two Changes for Town - Ipswich Town News
Arran Lee-Barrett and Andy Drury return to the Blues line-up for today’s home game against Barnsley. Alex McCarthy was recalled to Reading earlier in the week, while Lee Bowyer drops to the bench.
Before kick-off the South Stand will be renamed the Sir Alf Ramsey Stand by six members of the 1961/62 Division One championship side - Andy Nelson, Larry Carberry, John Compton, Doug Moran, Ray Crawford and Ted Phillips. Full match preview here.
Town: Lee-Barrett, Edwards, Smith, Delaney, Cresswell, Leadbitter, Drury, Emmanuel-Thomas, Martin, Murphy, Chopra. Subs: Wright, Sonko, Bowyer, Stevenson, Scotland.
Barnsley: Button, Foster, Dawson, Davies, Done, Wiseman, McNulty, Smith, Cotterill, Golbourne, Gray. Subs: Lidakevicius, O'Brien, Higginbotham, Nouble, Collins.
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