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West Ham in Portman Road Friendly Talks - Ipswich Town News

TWTD understands the Blues are in talks with Premier League West Ham United regarding the Portman Road pre-season friendly on Saturday 28th July.

Town recently announced that there will be a home friendly taking place on that date after a two-year hiatus but the opponents are yet to be confirmed.

The match will be new manager Paul Hurst's first in charge of the Blues at Portman Road.

Town and the Hammers most recently met in pre-season in 2014, also in Suffolk, when the game ended in a 0-0 draw.

Town have already confirmed first-team friendlies away against Braintree, Crawley (at East Grinstead), Barnet and the MK Dons with further details on TWTD’s pre-season fixture list.

The Blues are also sending young XIs to Brightlingsea Regent on Saturday 14th July and Grays Athletic on Wednesday 1st August, a game arranged as part of the deal which saw Kai Brown join the academy in January.

A Town XI will also travel to the Melbourne Community Stadium to take on Chelmsford City on Wednesday 25th July.

Coggeshall Town have also confirmed that Town's U23s will play their now annual fixture at West Street on Saturday 28th July, kick-off 3pm.

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