Town fans unhappy with the way the club is currently being run have raised more than £1,000 for charity FIND Ipswich by donating the cash they would have spent on watching Town on iFollow.

TWTD Forum poster Footers, who was behind the initiative, explained the thinking: “In the run-up to Christmas, we are looking to raise funds for FIND Ipswich, a local charity helping some of the most vulnerable people in our community, not only at Christmas but all year round.

“In protest at the way ITFC has been run recently, we are asking that any dissatisfied fans donate what they would spend on iFollow passes to this cause throughout December. Of course, other donations are more than welcome too.”

The hashtags #LambertOUT and #HamboIN make clear the precise frustrations which have led to the move.

Families in Need (FIND) Ipswich has offered a lifeline to people in the town and surrounding areas who are experiencing poverty and despair for more than 30 years.

They provide free food parcels and personal care items to help people get through a crisis, as well as furniture, bedding and other household items where the person or family has none.

More than 80 volunteers regularly give their time freely to check and sort the donated food, collect items from local stores, make up the food parcels and deliver them. It’s a six-day-a-week operation.

The demand for food parcels has risen year on year and FIND now distributes an average of 100 parcels every week and even more at Christmas - more than 6,000 every year.

The ITFC Christmas Fundraiser for FIND Ipswich page can be found here. The initial target of £200 was quickly surpassed and at the time of writing the total stands at £1,175.

Meanwhile, a petition started by fan Chris C and distributed on social media calling for an end to TWTD editor Phil Ham’s ban from press conferences has crossed the 1,200 mark since news of the exclusion broke on Saturday.

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wkj added 11:39 - Dec 1 Footers... Hero.
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Swailsey added 11:47 - Dec 1 Footers IN. Phil IN. Chris IN. LAMBERT OUT.
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algarvefan added 12:05 - Dec 1 Great cause to donate to, well done to all concerned. Can I just say though, I left the UK 10 years ago because I didn't like the way the country was run or the direction it was going in. I now live in Portugal and as a lifelong Town fan of 55 years I was delighted when ifollow came along and that I can now watch nearly all Town games live (that is a good thing isn't it??). I know other fans of the EFL like me are delighted that they can watch games live of their English teams, just wanted to put in a good word for ifollow but don't understand why this season resident fans haven't been offered a price like me for the whole season, which is much cheaper than a tenner a game!!

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DinDjarin added 12:31 - Dec 1 Ham In Lamb out shake it all about
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Chris_ITFC added 14:08 - Dec 1 #HamboIN 🤣
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Chris_ITFC added 14:10 - Dec 1 On a serious note, the petition has been raised to the club at the link below and via email. Any retweets of this would be greatly appreciated: https://mobile.twitter.com/Me433Yo/status/1333512734655307780?ref_src=twsrc%5Etf
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Mark added 16:38 - Dec 1 Great idea, my £10 just went to FIND rather than iFollow. Thanks for the positive initiative.
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NW10_Tractor added 19:42 - Dec 1 Just added my donation too. I just had a little read up on this charity ... excellent choice! I also donated this Saturdays iFollow money to the RNIB. Merry Christmas 🎄
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