Fans Around the World Meeting Up to Watch the Derby - Ipswich Town News
With Sunday’s even-more-crucial-than-usual East Anglian derby at Norwich City being shown live on TV in the UK and abroad, Town fans across the country and around the globe will be meeting up in pubs and bars to cheer the Blues on to victory (Sky Sports 3 from 2pm, KO 2.05pm).
The South-West Branch of the Supporters club has two venues. Those way out west, can pop along to the Volunteer Inn in Sidmouth, while Toto's is the place to be in Bristol city centre. Any queries, email Tony Stimson.
Berlin-based fans are meeting up in Belushi’s on Rosa Luxemburg Straße, 10178 Berlin. The closest U-Bahn is Rosa Luxemburg Platz (U2) and the tram stop of the same name (tram M8 or bus 142).
If you’re watching Saturday’s match at a pub or bar in some far-flung part of the nation or world, post it below. Please do not post links to illegal streams here or on the forum.
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McKenna: An Inevitable DecisionTown boss Kieran McKenna says it was an ‘inevitable decision’ for referee Stephen Martin to abandon the Blues’ match at Blackburn Rovers and expects to return to Ewood Park to restage the contest.
Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Ipswich Town - Match AbandonedTown look set to face a return trip to Blackburn Rovers later in the season after this afternoon’s game was abandoned after 80 minutes due to a waterlogged pitch with the home side 1-0 up and with the Blues down to 10 men. Jacob Greaves was shown a straight red card four minutes after the break for hauling down Yuki Ohashi, then Rovers skipper Todd Cantwell netted a penalty on 59, but the heavy rain had made the game increasingly farcical the longer it progressed and in the 80th minute referee Stephen Martin took the players off and then 25 minutes later abandoned it entirely.