Town Back in Europe! - Ipswich Town News

own will be playing in the UEFA Cup for the second season running next season after being one of the two sides to qualify via the Fair Play League draw. Town and SK Sigma Olomouc (Czech Republic) were the sides to come out of the hat in the draw in Switzerland this evening.

Town will now go into the draw for the UEFA Cup qualifying round on 21st June
(11am), held in Geneva. The matches will be played on August 15th and 29th.

If Town progress to the competition proper then the draw for the first round is on August 30th, again at 11am, but this time in Monaco.

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