Town have so far sold around 22,500 tickets for Saturday’s crucial final home game of the Championship season against Nottingham Forest, a match which owner Marcus Evans believes is "as big as they come".
The sixth-placed Blues could seal their spot in the play-offs depending on their result against Forest and how Brentford and Wolves in seventh and eighth fare in their games at Reading and Wigan respectively. Tickets for Saturday’s match are available from ITFC Direct.
Portman Road’s highest league attendance of the season was the 26,157 who watched the 3-0 home victory over Charlton in December, while 27,933 were at the 1-0 FA Cup replay defeat to Southampton in January.
Writing in a column in Saturday's matchday programme, owner Evans praised the club's support during the Blues' best season since his 2007 takeover.
"Another year of progress doesn’t really do justice to this season’s performance, but we have come to expect so much more from our team week in, week out that it’s worth reminding ourselves of just how far we have moved forward over the last two years," he writes.
"Saturday’s game is as big as they come, hopefully to be followed by some even bigger ones! Let’s cheer the boys over the line.
"A big thanks to all of you for your wonderful support this season and for helping make Portman Road a fortress, with only three defeats in 22 Championship matches, a record that is equal to any club in the division.
"I know from talking with the players how big an influence your support has been at critical times in matches. Your backing, aligned with an increase in season ticket sales for next year, is a huge positive for the club.”
Town are advising fans wanting to go to the final day game at Blackburn on Saturday 2nd May to buy their tickets soon with around 1,250 seats already sold.
Thursday lunchtime update:
TICKETS: Sales for Saturday have surpassed 23,000 with most lower tier areas now sold out #ITFC @Official_ITFC #PackOutPortmanRoad– ITFC_PlanetBlue (@ITFC_PlanetBlue) April 23, 2015
Meanwhile, the Blues’ U21s are in action for the second time this week on Thursday morning when they face Swansea in a rearranged game at their Landore training ground (KO 11am). The match was postponed due to a frozen pitch in January with the Town squad having already made the trip to Wales.
The Blues are unlikely to include many if any senior players ahead of Saturday’s vital first-team game.