Championship Fixtures Released on Wednesday - Ipswich Town News
Town’s fixtures for the 2017/18 Championship campaign will be announced on Wednesday morning at 9am when they will be available on TWTD.
The new season starts over the weekend of Saturday 5th August with the first round of the Carabao Cup - in which Town face Luton at Kenilworth Road - during the following week.
The regular Championship campaign ends over the weekend of Saturday 5th May with the play-off final set for Saturday 26th May.
In a change to the usual scheduling the Championship play-off final will be the first of the three to be played to give an extra couple of days ahead of the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia.
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