Villa Game Close to Sell-Out - Ipswich Town News

Town are close to selling out their 2,900 allocation for the FA Cup third round tie at Aston Villa on Saturday 5th January. Tickets go on general sale by phone only from 9am tomorrow with no additional seats being made available.

Ticket office manager John Ford told the club site that the remaining tickets — which include some restricted view seats — will go on sale first thing on Tuesday: "We are closing in on selling out our full allocation of 2,900 tickets.

"We will have tickets on sale tomorrow but all sales will now be via telephone only on 0844 80 11 555, with lines open from 9am.”

Meanwhile, the Town squad celebrated their annual Christmas party in London at the weekend, taking the train back down south from Leeds alongside supporters after Saturday's game, while striker Michael Chopra has tweeted a photo of himself with Bradley Wiggins after the Tour de France victor was named the Sports Personality of the Year last night.

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