Life's a Pitch Legends Special - Ipswich Town News

Town stars of the past such as Micky Stockwell, Alan Brazil, Ray Crawford, Simon Milton, Colin Harper, Jason Dozzell and Bryan Hamilton, as well as ex-chairman David Sheepshanks and also Peterborough United director of football Barry Fry, will be amongst this week’s special guests on BBC Radio Suffolk’s Life’s a Pitch, which is live over Saturday lunchtime direct from Portman Road (midday to 2pm). Presenter Mark Murphy is joined by the show’s other regulars, legend-in-residence Kevin Beattie, football’s youngest pundit Tractorboy and TWTD’s Phil Ham.

Blues legends galore will be at Saturday’s game against Hull City with the ex-players’ dinner having taken place on Friday evening. They will also be in Legends after the game for Legends in Legends.

Fry will be speaking ahead of his sporting dinner at Greshams in Tuddenham Road on Friday 19th April (7.30pm).

A single ticket to the dinner costs £25 (10% discount for Greshams members), while a table of 10 is £225. All prices are inclusive of VAT.
To reserve or purchase tickets, please call or email 07813 919655 or mark@mccontracts.co.uk.

You can join in with the show via email, the programme’s Facebook page, Mark’s Twitter or during the show by phone on 01473 212121 or text to 81333 starting your message with SFK.
The show can be heard on 95.5FM, 95.9FM, 103.9FM and 104.6FM or online here. Last week's programme can be heard here.

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