Town will start their 2014/15 Championship campaign with a home game against newly-relegated Fulham on Saturday 9th August and also face local rivals Norwich City at Portman Road in the opening month of the season.
Following the Cottagers’ visit - which will be shown live on Sky - and the Capital One Cup tie at Crawley, which is likely to be on the Tuesday of that week, the Blues’ first Championship away game is at Reading - where they opened the last campaign - on Saturday 16th August. Town travel to Birmingham three days later.
The first Portman Road derby against Norwich City since April 2011 is currently scheduled for Saturday 23rd August - the Bank Holiday weekend - but is likely to move to lunchtime the following day, as has usually been the case in recent years, perhaps for live Sky coverage.
Town’s tough August concludes with a visit to play-off finalists Derby County on Saturday 30th August before September begins with an international break and then home matches against Carlos Edwards’s new club Millwall on Saturday 13th September and Brighton the following Tuesday.
The month continues with a trip to Wigan (Saturday 20th September), a visit from League One play-off winners Rotherham a week later, before the Blues travel to Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday 30th September.
The second derby of the season at Carrow Road is currently scheduled to be played on Saturday 28th February but also seems likely to move to the Sunday.
In the run-up to Christmas, Middlesbrough are at Portman Road on Saturday 20th December, then on Boxing Day the Blues visit recently-promoted Brentford, while Charlton are in Suffolk on Sunday 28th December. With the FA Cup third round taking place on the weekend of Saturday 3rd January there is no New Year’s Day game.
Easter sees AFC Bournemouth visit Portman Road on Saturday 4th April with the Blues making the trip to Huddersfield on Easter Monday.
After the Easter games, Town’s run-in sees Blackpool and Cardiff at Portman Road on Saturday 11th April and Tuesday 14th April respectively, then a visit to Mick McCarthy’s old club Wolves on Saturday 18th April, a home game against Nottingham Forest a week later, then on the final day a trip to face Blackburn Rovers and Jordan Rhodes.
Distant midweek away trips include the trip to Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday 30th September, Cardiff City on Tuesday 21st October and Leeds United on Tuesday 3rd March.
The full list of fixtures can be found here.