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Town End Pre-Season With Trip to Orient - Ipswich Town News

Town will finish their pre-season programme with a visit to League One play-off finalists Leyton Orient on Saturday 2nd August (KO 3pm). The O's squad includes former Blues striker Kevin Lisbie.

The club had planned to stage a home friendly that weekend but now the only Portman Road game of pre-season is the match against West Ham on Wednesday 16th July.

The Town squad will be back at Playford Road for assessment and tests on Thursday and Friday of next week with pre-season training getting underway in earnest the following week.

Tickets for the game at Brisbane Road will cost £15 for adults and £5 for concessions, while prices for the match at Southend on Tuesday 29th July have also been announced with adult tickets £12.50, senior citizen/student/young person/disabled £6.25 and juniors £1.

The Blues’ friendly programme starts with a game against Shelbourne at Tolka Park, Dublin on Saturday 12th July. A full list of Town’s pre-season games can be found here.

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