Town’s home derby against Norwich City, controversially moved to noon on Sunday 24th August from the previous day earlier this week, could be set for a further switch with a meeting to discuss issues surrounding the match taking place later this week.

The clubs, the police and local councils will be amongst those attending a meeting on Friday afternoon to talk about matters relating to the game, including the rail engineering work which is taking place between Norwich and Ipswich on the Sunday.

Town club secretary Sally Webb told BBC Radio Suffolk’s Mark Murphy Show: “We are meeting on Friday at Suffolk Constabulary headquarters where a lot of people will be getting around the table to talk through the issues about the game and all those factors which are now becoming known, including disruption in the town centre to do with roadworks.

“All these things are coming to light and we need to sit down and discuss them all and go through this very, very carefully to ensure that we come to the right conclusion.”

We understand that a Saturday kick-off, most likely at lunchtime, has not yet been entirely ruled out and Webb confirmed that the current scheduling could change: “I’m not going to say it’s cast in stone. The likelihood and the recommendations have been to hold it on a Sunday.”

She added: “It’s possible that Sky may be interested, they do have a slot on a Sunday at 1pm, that’s a possibility.”

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TractorCam added 16:42 - Jul 2 Oh my god
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Ipswich_Crazy added 16:49 - Jul 2 Of for **** sake! Just give us the 3 points and move on to the next game!
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hoppy added 16:50 - Jul 2 "Town's home derby against Norwich City, controversially moved to noon on Sunday 24th August from the previous day earlier this week, could be set for a further switch with a meeting to discuss issues surrounding the match taking place later this week." I think one of the main issues surrounding the match taking place later this week would be that we've only just started pre-season training, so I think it ought to stay within the confines of the official season dates to be honest...

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WeirdFishes added 16:51 - Jul 2 MONDAY
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Marcus_Evans added 16:58 - Jul 2 Turnstile Blue will be furious as no-one has invited them......
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Wickets added 17:25 - Jul 2 3pm Saturday or 5.30 if Sky are interested please.
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Ipswich_Loyal added 17:42 - Jul 2 Please noooo. Keep it to sunday so I can make it :(
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Tufty added 18:00 - Jul 2 Whats the point of releasing a fixture list how about we just turn up on the off chance
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Scuzzer added 18:01 - Jul 2 No....for me it really needs to be Saturday....12 would be fine. Sunday no trains! Complete farce here. Some need to have a good slap.
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lupadon81 added 18:12 - Jul 2 FFS, it's not like we are being asked to fly to Islamabad to watch it.... Just confirm a bloody date so I can book it off work, already booked the Sunday off .... Boooh hiss hiss
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lupadon81 added 18:12 - Jul 2 FFS, it's not like we are being asked to fly to Islamabad to watch it.... Just confirm a bloody date so I can book it off work, already booked the Sunday off .... Boooh hiss hiss
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CornardBlue added 18:14 - Jul 2 What is the point of having this meeting and wasting every ones time until Sky decide if they want to cover this game. Don't the Club, the Police, the Council, and the Supporters trust get the message. Sky TV dictate kick off times not any of your groups.
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TractorBoy666 added 18:16 - Jul 2 I thought it was confirmed that it will be on a Sunday?? Then I hear it could be moved again so it hasn't really been confirmed then?! Honestly don't see the problem of it being played on a Saturday at 3pm unless televised. I've also noticed Leeds already have their first televised game confirmed, their first home game! Do you think we'll have more televised than them in a month? No chance.

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Whitecaps_Fan added 18:18 - Jul 2 For me a 12 noon kickoff means me watching it at 4am in Vancouver, so I'd much prefer a 5.30pm kickoff
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jas0999 added 18:24 - Jul 2 This is a bit of a shambles. I suspect this wasn't thought through, and now all parties have realised the problems with travel on the Sunday. Needs to be sorted as soon as possible. Personally would prefer a Saturday as think this is the best time for a derby, but not overly concerned if its a Sunday. A Monday night would however be disappointing considering the high number of week games. If Norwich are playing their home game on a Saturday, why not keep it the same?

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Blue_75 added 18:33 - Jul 2 This is a joke! Many people (including myself) take holiday over bank holiday week. I purposely avoided Saturdays before the fixtures were announced, but changed my hotel booking when I heard of the Sunday switch - will be very annoyed and disappointed if it now switches to the Monday! If Norwich can host theirs on a Saturday then I'm sure we can too!
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carsey added 19:03 - Jul 2 Why can't the police just leave things alone. I was in the job in the 70's & 80's when going to football was taking your life in your hands and we managed perfectly well. With so many women and children now going to football the whole experience has changed. I suspect this has more to do with costs. Nowadays there are very few officers on duty for any match and more often than not none inside the ground because the club have to pay for them. It's also cost effective for the police to do a Sunday lunch time - by changing officers days off in advance they don't have to pay overtime. In my view all matches should kick off at 3pm on a Saturday - that is when football should be played.

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blueboy1981 added 19:47 - Jul 2 ............ can this very simple game - ever become MORE complicated ??
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blueboy1981 added 19:49 - Jul 2 .......... everything today is about MONEY - nothing else matters anymore - or so it seems.
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EatonBlue added 21:24 - Jul 2 Not looking good for me at the moment. I have to work on Saturdays in August and there are no trains on the Sunday.
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itfc_leggett added 21:35 - Jul 2 Change it to the month after when im not on holiday so i can watch the game!
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kiwiblue added 01:25 - Jul 3 Come on sort it out please as I need to get my flights booked. Finish work Friday night catch plane arrive Saturday evening catch flight home Sunday evening home for Wednesday work at 9am.
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Lord_Mac added 08:19 - Jul 3 Whichever date it is will not suit everybody, but surely it;'s not that hard just to pick one and stick to it? At least that's fair on people who've committed to days off, travel, accommodation etc. Re Sunday no trains - they will run a rail replacement service presumably? Why not run special football buses? Or postpone the engineering works? So many options, so little initiative....

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weevil added 09:13 - Jul 3 Come on, when was the last time there were any real problems between Norwich and Ipswich fans? Yea there's a rivalry, it's not violent, it's all in the spirit of the game. This isn't f**king Chelsea v Millwall or something.
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hancockingoal added 09:29 - Jul 3 Why do Mr Murdoch and/or the threat of violence dictate when we play our games? Saturday 3.00 pm is traditional, most people (I mean real fans) want it, without us there is no footbal, why are our views not considered?
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