Town Face Shelbourne in Pre-Season - Ipswich Town News
Town will face Dublin side Shelbourne at their Tolka Park home in a pre-season friendly on Saturday 6th July (KO 5pm).
Boss Mick McCarthy plans to take the squad to Ireland for a week’s training at Carton House in Kildare with the game following at the weekend. The former Ireland manager and skipper is only looking to play one friendly during the trip.
Shelbourne are currently 12th in the Airtricity League Premier Division, Ireland’s top flight. Tolka Park has a capacity of 9,680.
The Shelbourne match will be the first of pre-season with the only other game confirmed so far the fixture at Colchester on Tuesday 23rd July.
The proposed game at St Mirren has now been scrapped, while the Blues owe Evo-Stik League side Chippenham Town a friendly a part of the deal which saw Tyrone Mings move to Portman Road in December.
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