Season Ticket Sales Up - Ipswich Town News

Town’s season ticket sales for 2014/15 are currently around 200 up on last year's total and are approaching the 12,000 mark.

The Blues increased prices slightly on last season with an adult seat in the lower tier of any stand purchased before the early bird deadline costing £399 compared with £390 in 2013/14.

The club will announce matchday prices for the season ahead in the next couple of weeks and will continue with the policy of grading games at different rates as well as holding regular promotions.

Meanwhile, Town have announced ticketing details for a number of this summer's pre-season friendlies, including the home game against West Ham and the Leyton Orient away match the week before the Championship campaign begins.

Elsewhere, ex-Blues keeper Neil Alexander, 36, has joined Hearts back in his native Scotland as a player-coach having left Crystal Palace at the end of the season, while former Town midfielder Conor Hourihane, 23, has moved to Barnsley from Plymouth Argyle for an undisclosed fee, signing a three-year deal.

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