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THE PRIZE!
We did it! we made it! You cannot undervalue this achievement, getting out of League One in the 22/23 season was a brutal task, which Town made a joy. With 96 points not being enough for automatic promotion, some crazy consistency was needed. Massive congratulations to the owners, manager, players, staff and of course the Blue Army for their backing.
And now we get our reward - The Championship - and one of the biggest prizes is getting back to, in general, better and bigger stadiums! No more Forest Green Rovers at 5,140 capacity, and a miserly 1,000 away allocation. Although I am sure visitor tickets will remain like hen's teeth given the passion and commitment this team are creating.
SO WHERE MIGHT WE BE GOING?
Well with one more round of EFL games to go, it's still not clear who Town are pitting our momentum and Championship quality football (see Burnley away) against next season — where exactly will the massed blue hordes go a raiding. What with play-off battles at the top of the Championship and League One promotion still being hotly contested. Can Sunderland or West Brom depose Coventry or Millwall, and join Luton and Boro to fight it out for a Premier spot. With the state of Luton’s ‘stadium’ and ‘facilities’ already a source of great interest to the Premier League. Will Derby or Posh be joining Bolton, Barnsley and Sheff Wednesday to fight for the final promotion place?
What Premiership parachuted big guns and stadia are coming down? Will it be Southampton, Forest and Everton? Are Leeds doomed despite the Big Fat Sam roll of the dice, or will West Ham get sucked in with their tough run-in. Will George Hirst’s Leicester struggle and call back our precious transfer target as they fall into the Championship?
So where are Town definitely going, well Wikipedia have kindly put up this page including a handy map of stadia locations:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_EFL_Championship
THE AWAY STADIUM DETAILS
Below are the confirmed teams with capacity (think we'll asking for bigger allocations in many cases). I’ve added their average attendance from this season and away allocations:
Birmingham City - St Andrew's - 29,409
Average: 16,663; Away End — 3,000 (can be 4,500)
Bristol City - Ashton Gate Stadium - 27,000
Average: 20,734; Away End — 4,200
Cardiff City - Cardiff City Stadium - 33,280
Average: 19,455; Away End — 1,800
Hull City - MKM Stadium - 25,586
Average: 17,973; Away End — 2,510
Norwich City - Carrow Road - 27,359
Average: 26,065; Away End — 2,500
Plymouth Argyle - Home Park - 17,900
Average: 15,579; Away End — 1,300 (can be 2,022)
Preston North End — Deepdale - 23,404
Average: 16,065; Away End — 3,000 (can be 6,000)
Queens Park Rangers - Loftus Road - 18,439
Average: 14,870; Away End — 1,800 (can be 2,500)
Rotherham United - New York Stadium - 12,021
Average: 10,515; Away End — 2,500
Stoke City - bet365 Stadium - 30,089
Average: 20,570; Away End — 2,800
Swansea City - Swansea.com Stadium - 21,088
Average: 16,663; Away End — 2,000
Watford - Vicarage Road - 22,200
Average: 19,130; Away End — 2,200
Where are you most looking forward to going?
Once the final list of away days is confirmed, I’ll try and update, adding some further background to the grounds.
Can’t wait…
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| Ipswich CHAMPIONSHIP Ground Guide 23/24 - Part 1 on 21:27 - May 2 with 2124 views | J2BLUE |
Goodison Park or Stadium of Light. |  |
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| Ipswich CHAMPIONSHIP Ground Guide 23/24 - Part 1 on 21:30 - May 2 with 2097 views | Swansea_Blue |
No football at Ashton Gate next season. The pitch has been ruined by floods of salty tears  |  |
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| Good shout - Premiership relegation run-in on 21:34 - May 2 with 2045 views | unstableblue |
| Ipswich CHAMPIONSHIP Ground Guide 23/24 - Part 1 on 21:27 - May 2 by J2BLUE |
Goodison Park or Stadium of Light. |
Goodison Park is a great shout... especially as its the last season they ever play there.
I just can't call that Premiership relegation fight though, the run in is insane:
15th - West Ham - Man City (A), Man Utd (H), Brentford (A), Leeds (H), Leicester (A)
16th - Leicester - Fulham (A), Liverpool (H), Newcastle (A), West Ham (H)
17th - Leeds - Man City (A), Newcastle (H), West Ham (A), Tottenham (H)
18th - Nottingham Forest - Southampton (H), Chelsea (A), Arsenal (H), Crystal Palace (A)
19th - Everton - Brighton (A), Man City (H), Wolves (A), Bournemouth (H)
20th - Southampton - Forest (A), Fulham (H), Brighton (A), Liverpool (H)
I'm well up for Bristol City away.. some Ashton spice.. and a wonderful city to visit | |
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| Good shout - Premiership relegation run-in on 21:38 - May 2 with 2021 views | J2BLUE |
| Good shout - Premiership relegation run-in on 21:34 - May 2 by unstableblue |
Goodison Park is a great shout... especially as its the last season they ever play there.
I just can't call that Premiership relegation fight though, the run in is insane:
15th - West Ham - Man City (A), Man Utd (H), Brentford (A), Leeds (H), Leicester (A)
16th - Leicester - Fulham (A), Liverpool (H), Newcastle (A), West Ham (H)
17th - Leeds - Man City (A), Newcastle (H), West Ham (A), Tottenham (H)
18th - Nottingham Forest - Southampton (H), Chelsea (A), Arsenal (H), Crystal Palace (A)
19th - Everton - Brighton (A), Man City (H), Wolves (A), Bournemouth (H)
20th - Southampton - Forest (A), Fulham (H), Brighton (A), Liverpool (H)
I'm well up for Bristol City away.. some Ashton spice.. and a wonderful city to visit |
I'm less enthused having just looked at the priority list. Don't think i'll be going to any away games.
Not complaining. I think they've got the order spot on. | |
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| Ipswich CHAMPIONSHIP Ground Guide 23/24 - Part 1 on 21:40 - May 2 with 2009 views | unstableblue |
| Ipswich CHAMPIONSHIP Ground Guide 23/24 - Part 1 on 21:30 - May 2 by Swansea_Blue |
No football at Ashton Gate next season. The pitch has been ruined by floods of salty tears |
Talk us through Swansea away??? worth it? | |
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| Ipswich CHAMPIONSHIP Ground Guide 23/24 - Part 1 on 21:43 - May 2 with 1955 views | Pendejo |
| Ipswich CHAMPIONSHIP Ground Guide 23/24 - Part 1 on 21:40 - May 2 by unstableblue |
Talk us through Swansea away??? worth it? |
Yep, I was there when we won 3-2 in the relegation season, travelled up Friday came home Sunday.
Edit - should add met Swansea Blue [Post edited 2 May 2023 21:53]
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| Ipswich CHAMPIONSHIP Ground Guide 23/24 - Part 1 on 21:45 - May 2 with 1935 views | DinnernotTea |
Just 3 of those I haven't done - Rotherham, Plymouth & Swansea. This is the strangest feeling, so so so happy to be up but what a meh league because we've been there done for years and years. |  |
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| Ipswich CHAMPIONSHIP Ground Guide 23/24 - Part 1 on 21:49 - May 2 with 1896 views | Pendejo |
Out of those - Preston, despite having lived in Manchester for 4 years have never been to Deepdale.
Make that next season's weekender, but staying in Manchester, done Blackpool so many times.
Though if Everton go down, that'd be a good weekender | |
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| Good shout - Premiership relegation run-in on 10:34 - May 3 with 1462 views | unstableblue |
| Good shout - Premiership relegation run-in on 21:38 - May 2 by J2BLUE |
I'm less enthused having just looked at the priority list. Don't think i'll be going to any away games.
Not complaining. I think they've got the order spot on. |
Did you mean the below J2?? I think this was just for the end of this season games. And I assume will be wiped clean for next? and will revert to Gold Season ticket holders if that returns?
'Priority for the above fixtures is being given to supporters who have been to at least 10 away league fixtures this season, up to and including last weekend’s match against Bolton.
All of these supporters are ultimate or gold members, and tickets for those matches must have been purchased online through the Club's ticketing website or Planet Blue.' | |
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| Ipswich CHAMPIONSHIP Ground Guide 23/24 - Part 1 on 10:48 - May 3 with 1414 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Ipswich CHAMPIONSHIP Ground Guide 23/24 - Part 1 on 21:40 - May 2 by unstableblue |
Talk us through Swansea away??? worth it? |
Yeah, of course. It's a long old way to come and the ground is nothing different from any new concrete bowl. It's about 20-25 mins walk from the station or 30-35 from the City centre, so a bit out of the way. Not a huge amount of pubs around (the Harvester next door is away fan friendly). The way it's set up means that you need to try and fill a whole 2,000 away allocation to really get the atmosphere going. Anything less than 1,000 and they close the middle block which dampens the atmosphere a bit, but it can be ok still. The Swans fans off to the left as you look at the pitch make a bit of noise if they're in the mood.
Swansea itself is worth a visit. The City centre and the route from the station to the ground are nothing to shout about (the '***'s a sh*thole and I want to go home' chant is actually accurate for once!). There some half decent bars in the city centre though for pre-match drinks; anything really from small scale local brewery bars to massive chains. There are plenty of places to eat as well.
Depending on the time of year, the best sell is the local area. It's worth making a weekend of it. There's a new arena that's really nice and may have either music gig or shows on. Gower is very nice - a great place to bring a non-football family. Dump them on the beach for the day and then head into town for the footie. There's nice coastal path between the beaches too.
The marina area in SA1 isn't the worst if you've only a few hours to kill - pleasant enough walking around and plenty of little bars and restaurants plus a couple of museums (free). It's about 30 mins walk from the ground, or a bus/taxi ride away. Or if people are more active you could stay overnight in Swansea and then head to the Brecon Beacons or Black Mountains on the Sunday.
If the match is on a Tuesday night in January it could be a tough sell! [Post edited 3 May 2023 10:51]
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| Ipswich CHAMPIONSHIP Ground Guide 23/24 - Part 1 on 10:56 - May 3 with 1371 views | unstableblue |
| Ipswich CHAMPIONSHIP Ground Guide 23/24 - Part 1 on 10:48 - May 3 by Swansea_Blue |
Yeah, of course. It's a long old way to come and the ground is nothing different from any new concrete bowl. It's about 20-25 mins walk from the station or 30-35 from the City centre, so a bit out of the way. Not a huge amount of pubs around (the Harvester next door is away fan friendly). The way it's set up means that you need to try and fill a whole 2,000 away allocation to really get the atmosphere going. Anything less than 1,000 and they close the middle block which dampens the atmosphere a bit, but it can be ok still. The Swans fans off to the left as you look at the pitch make a bit of noise if they're in the mood.
Swansea itself is worth a visit. The City centre and the route from the station to the ground are nothing to shout about (the '***'s a sh*thole and I want to go home' chant is actually accurate for once!). There some half decent bars in the city centre though for pre-match drinks; anything really from small scale local brewery bars to massive chains. There are plenty of places to eat as well.
Depending on the time of year, the best sell is the local area. It's worth making a weekend of it. There's a new arena that's really nice and may have either music gig or shows on. Gower is very nice - a great place to bring a non-football family. Dump them on the beach for the day and then head into town for the footie. There's nice coastal path between the beaches too.
The marina area in SA1 isn't the worst if you've only a few hours to kill - pleasant enough walking around and plenty of little bars and restaurants plus a couple of museums (free). It's about 30 mins walk from the ground, or a bus/taxi ride away. Or if people are more active you could stay overnight in Swansea and then head to the Brecon Beacons or Black Mountains on the Sunday.
If the match is on a Tuesday night in January it could be a tough sell! [Post edited 3 May 2023 10:51]
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Great stuff. And I’m sure selling the 2000 will be a formality.
Long weekender ideal - always fancied exploring the surrounding areas and the Gower.
Long way to go as you say.
Many thanks. | |
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| Good shout - Premiership relegation run-in on 10:59 - May 3 with 1364 views | J2BLUE |
| Good shout - Premiership relegation run-in on 10:34 - May 3 by unstableblue |
Did you mean the below J2?? I think this was just for the end of this season games. And I assume will be wiped clean for next? and will revert to Gold Season ticket holders if that returns?
'Priority for the above fixtures is being given to supporters who have been to at least 10 away league fixtures this season, up to and including last weekend’s match against Bolton.
All of these supporters are ultimate or gold members, and tickets for those matches must have been purchased online through the Club's ticketing website or Planet Blue.' |
No, I will be a silver member if they don't sell out of those before I buy one!
I forgot about ST holders lol.
I was thinking it went ultimate > gold > silver but obviously it's ultimate > gold > ST > silver which is entirely fair but ST holders slipped my mind  Can't see any making it to silver apart from long midweek trips. | |
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| Ipswich CHAMPIONSHIP Ground Guide 23/24 - Part 1 on 11:03 - May 3 with 1331 views | yorkshireblue |
| Ipswich CHAMPIONSHIP Ground Guide 23/24 - Part 1 on 21:49 - May 2 by Pendejo |
Out of those - Preston, despite having lived in Manchester for 4 years have never been to Deepdale.
Make that next season's weekender, but staying in Manchester, done Blackpool so many times.
Though if Everton go down, that'd be a good weekender |
The football musuem at Deepdale was always worth a look round before our games there before they moved it to Manchester. |  | | |
| Ipswich CHAMPIONSHIP Ground Guide 23/24 - Part 1 on 11:32 - May 3 with 1255 views | Stenvict |
I've missed going to all of those regular Championship stadiums, yet at the same time, the thought of going back to stadiums like Deepdale, St. Andrews, and MKM Stadium, doesn't excite me, it just brings back memories of dull football in front of average attendances.
Hopefully this feel good factor continues and we sell out every away end, again. | |
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