Town have announced that club legend Paul Mariner, who died in July aged 68, will be honoured when the Blues and Plymouth meet at Portman Road on Saturday 26th March.

The Pilgrims paid their own tribute to the former England international, who was part of the Town teams which won the FA Cup and UEFA Cup under Sir Bobby Robson having signed from Argyle in 1976, when the sides met at Home Park last month.

CEO Mark Ashton was asked whether the club would be doing similar at the Portman Road fixture at the fans’ forum on Monday and the Blues have now confirmed that they will dedicate the match in his honour.

Town will liaise with Mariner’s family, including his son George, who was at Saturday’s 1-1 FA Cup draw with Oldham (pictured below with Ashton), and the Ex-Players’ Association.

Photos: TWTD/ITFC

Bazza8564 added 14:11 - Nov 11 Terrific
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Cakeman added 14:41 - Nov 11 Excellent news and it will be great to celebrate our greatest number nine.
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itsonlyme added 14:53 - Nov 11 Great news! One of our greats. Was privileged to see him score every goal at PR. RIP Paul and thanks for the memories.
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PackwoodBlue added 15:56 - Nov 11 Lovely news. Let's hope for as big a crowd as possible to pay tribute. Absolute legend and sorely missed.
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itfctim added 16:16 - Nov 11 Glad I asked at the Forum. The Event held by Plymouth was excellent, and a fitting tribute to a legend for both Clubs.
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multiplescoregasms added 17:05 - Nov 11 With the clubs vast improvement this season with off field activities and social media coverage, I am in no doubt it will be an excellent and fitting tribute to a Town and Argyle hero to many of us.
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SpiritOfJohn added 17:13 - Nov 11 I think Bobby Robson smashed our transfer record to bring Paul Mariner to Ipswich and on his home debut he emphatically showed that he was an absolute bargain, when we destroyed WBA 7-0 in the old First Division. What a terrific player he was - TWTD!
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Bazza8564 added 17:17 - Nov 11 Tim, we need to think about working with the Blue Action guys for the largest possible Flag display, pictures of Marrers on banners etc etc. And not just the North fella, we want them all over PR.
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therein61 added 18:08 - Nov 11 Well deserved tribute am looking forward to it and paying respects to a wonderful man and brilliant no/9
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brassy added 19:36 - Nov 11 spiritofjohn i think it was a player exchange deal maybe peddelty going the other way ?
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Benficablue added 20:49 - Nov 11 Terry Austin was the player that went to Plymouth as part of the deal.
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Cadiar added 22:53 - Nov 11 Caveman, I think you will find Ray Crawford was our greatest centre forward. Mariner was brilliant but Crawford's goal scoring was unbelievable
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itfctim added 00:02 - Nov 12 Terry Austin, and John Pedelty were part of the deal, and John was at the Plymouth event.
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midastouch added 14:20 - Nov 12 @ Cadiar, enjoyed watching the highlights for this classic game at the start of the Sudbury vs Colchester BB2 live game on Friday night. https://www.coludata.co.uk/matchesplayed/1025/318/1381 Ray Crawford: Years Team Apps (Gls) 1957—1958 Portsmouth 19 (9) 1958—1963 Ipswich Town 197 (143) 1963—1965 Wolverhampton Wanderers 57 (39) 1965—1966 West Bromwich Albion 14 (6) 1966—1969 Ipswich Town 123 (61) 1969 Charlton Athletic 21 (7) 1969—1970 Kettering Town 1970—1971 Colchester United 45 (24) 1971 Durban City 6 (1) Total 482 (290)

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midastouch added 14:24 - Nov 12 And definitely the best game to pick out this season (for obvious reasons) to dedicate to Mariner's memory and honour. Hopefully we can put on a performance worthy of the great man!
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