Boss Paul Cook has backed the club’s #PackOutPR Christmas promotion which sees prices reduced for the three home fixtures over the festive period.

“I think the relationship between the football club and the supporters has been growing and growing,” Cook said. “I think that is there for everyone to see.

“I think from my point of view, my job at the club is obviously to do my best and win as many football games as I can.

“The guys above me, they’ll do what they have to do to make the club successful and happy, and that feel-good factor around stadiums is so important.

“We’ve had amazing support this season from the Morecambe game onwards and I think when you support a club, no different from a lot of other clubs around who go through probably a little bit of pain at times and a lack of what would be perceived as success, you probably get dads who might not bring their sons, probably a generation of younger people over a period of time who get used to not going to a match.

“As a football fan, I think Ipswich fans have been absolutely magnificent this season. My biggest compliment to them is there is no negativity that comes from the stands onto the pitch and that’s what supporters forget nowadays.

“There’s a real agenda around football where supporters don’t support the team. In my opinion, they handicap the team and they moan at players personally, they moan at the manager personally and in general just moan.

“We haven’t had that at our club this year and I think the fans job is to support the team for 90 minutes.

“Our stadium this year, you go back to when we equalised against Sheffield Wednesday, scoring against Morecambe, the Fleetwood winner from Santi [Bersant Celina] — the stadium was absolutely rocking and bouncing, and I couldn’t be more happy with our supporters.

“The thought of more coming in and adding to what we’re doing can only be a great thing for the football club.”

He added: “We go back to pre-season and we talked about the expectations of the season and the expectations of the players, learning to play for big clubs and getting that experience of being a player at a big club.

“You’re in the same league as a lot of other clubs but you’re playing for one of the biggest clubs in it and with that comes a certain responsibility and a role.

“Our job is to make our supporters happy. In games this season, we’ve done that really, really well and in other games we’ve disappointed a little bit.

“We’ll just keep doing our best to improve every week, every day we train, every time we look at the league table, we aspire to get higher and higher, and our players are under no illusions what it means to our supporters.

“I think that connection and that feel-good factor between the players and the supporters is clearly there, and long may it continue.”

Photo: Matchday Images

ArnieM added 11:11 - Nov 12 Paul Cook obviously doesn't read some of the comments by some individuals on here then, lol! But this Club and its following is growing ( reigniting) again, by the week. I posted a similar view on FB recently and got laughed at by a Budgie ( the usually arrogance from them). But I firmly believe this Club will "reclaim" East Anglia very soon. ITFC is finally start to rise from the ashes of administration of nearly two decades ago, and that lot up the road might well remain smug , but their dominance (for what its been worth), is coming to an end and the world will be corrected on its axis once again. COYBS

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Oldboy added 11:32 - Nov 12 Can only be good for the club and us. Hopefully a Christmas of joy for all.
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Fat_Boy_Tim added 11:52 - Nov 12 If no one on here pops up and says season ticket holders should get a refund because of the reduced ticket prices for these games then we are making progress on the positivity front!
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Bazza8564 added 13:13 - Nov 12 Fat_Boy_Tim , Actually i think we do, i saw the detail earlier on the club website and there are cash credit applied to each ST Holder depending on how many people take advantage of the offer, which is so well thought through surely even our dedicated moaners will run for cover :)
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Europablue added 14:06 - Nov 12 The only problem with us fans is that we have collective trauma and get really tense any time we are one goal up, other than that the support is great.
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Jugsy added 14:43 - Nov 12 PackoutPR sounds like a bloody great initiative for the fans! And it's not any old opposition, these are big matches (still think Lincoln have the potential to turn their season around). When I was younger, I remember collecting ticket stubs for points towards playoffs games at the end of the season and it was a way to incentivise fans to turn up for games against Tranmere, Stockport, Port Vale, etc because they were worth more than the popular matches. But giving fans low cost access to games over Christmas whilst rewarding season ticket holders commitment, that's some savvy commercial work right there. Well done Team Portman Road!

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Robert_Garrett added 15:45 - Nov 12 Santa wishes us a very merry christmas with the family at Portman Road!
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pennblue added 16:04 - Nov 12 This idea is a genius one, not just the concept, but the way the offer spans the Xmas and New Year period. I hope every Town fan near and far will do their bit and take advantage of this offer. It would be great to get as close as possible to selling out for these three games. Should be three cracking atmospheres, all six pointers, against three top teams.
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Vic added 09:51 - Nov 13 Juggsy - a game against Lincoln being a really big game. You're probably right, but it make me weep. It's a really sad statement of just how far we've fallen.
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