Kids for a Quid Boosts Crowd for Villa Match - Ipswich Town News

More than 17,000 tickets have been sold for Saturday’s game against Aston Villa at Portman Road, caretaker-boss Bryan Klug’s first home match in charge, with the Blues running a Kids for a Quid promotion for fans aged under 19.

All under-19s will be admitted for just a pound, although all under-13s will have to be accompanied by a paying adult. Tickets are on sale at Planet Blue and via ITFC Direct.

Villa, fourth in the Championship table and still chasing an automatic promotion place, have sold out their 2,000 seat allocation.

As ever, the FanZone will be open from midday, when the Elena Baltacha Tennis Foundation, Suffolk Cricket and a Panini 2018 World Cup sticker shop swap will be amongst the attractions, and then again after the game until 6pm.

Boots2Africa will be hosting another of their preloved football boot donation events from 1pm.

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