Walsall First For Town - Ipswich Town News
Town will open their Nationwide League Division One campaign with an away game at Walsall's Bescot Stadium on August 10th. The first home league game of the season sees the Blues face Leicester a week later, while there is an early derby on September 14th at Portman Road.
August 24th sees a trip to Millwall before cash-strapped Bradford pay a visit to Portman Road. August is completed by a last day trip to Preston.
March 1st sees the second derby of the season, while Boxing Day sees Town fans taking a trip to Leicester. New Year's Day will be celebrated with Millwall the visiting fans.
Rotherham will make their long-awaited visit to Portman Road a year and a day after Inter Milan made their Portman Road bow. The Millers are in Town on December 7th.
The last day of the season could see a cracker, if both Town and Derby require points to ensure promotion. Town are due to visit Pride Park for the May 4th game.
TWTD will not be running the full list due to the prohibitive amounts of money requested for use of the list by the Football Data Company, the commercial and licensing division of the Premier and Football Leagues. The full list is officially announced at 10am.
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