Town’s men’s side will wear their pink third kit for the first time when they face Spurs at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday afternoon, club sponsor Ed Sheeran has announced.

Sheeran was involved in the design of the kit, which is inspired by traditional Suffolk pink and features a silhouette of Framlingham Castle, the castle on the hill in Sheeran’s famed song.

Ipswich’s Wolsey Gate, reflected in the turrets at the top of the Town badge, is also included in the design. 

Soundwaves from the cheer of the Portman Road crowd as players run out of the tunnel also appear on the front of the shirt, as does a representation of the 60 miles of Suffolk coastline, running from Felixstowe to Lowestoft.

In addition, ’Ed Sheeran x Ipswich Town’ is on the inside the neck with an Ipswich Town heart motif on the back.

Ipswich Town Women are the only side to have worn the kit so far, in their 5-1 thrashing of Plymouth at Home Park in October.

Town, playing their first competitive match at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, will be looking to end their winless start to the season at the 11th attempt.

Last time they played at Spurs in the 2001/02 season, at the old White Hart Lane ground, the Blues ended a 15-game winless Premier League run by winning 2-1.

Photo: ITFC/Matchday Images

cookra added 15:49 - Nov 7 This wont help the teams morale
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Gforce added 15:56 - Nov 7 Hopefully it will improve our luck,it can't get much worse. Let's hope the ref is an Arsenal fan.
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positivity added 15:56 - Nov 7 hoping for a similar result to the women!
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Somersetractor added 15:56 - Nov 7 Good for peripheral vision.
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blues1 added 16:02 - Nov 7 Cookra.. What a ridiculous comment
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SWBlue22 added 16:11 - Nov 7 Looks like we are getting our first win of the season in pink. COYB
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cookra added 16:12 - Nov 7 Speaking to people in the club they don't like it and find it embarrassing to wear. It's a great marketing ploy for female supporters
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Marcus added 16:14 - Nov 7 COYP
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Gilesy added 16:18 - Nov 7 Cookra - are you an Edwardian?
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Suffolk_n_Proud added 16:20 - Nov 7 How old are you cookra? Pink is a perfectly good colour for any sex to wear
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cookra added 16:22 - Nov 7 ease up chota wollah
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Scuzzer added 16:36 - Nov 7 Oh dear.
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Bert added 16:40 - Nov 7 Nothing to dislike.
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blues1 added 17:05 - Nov 7 Cookra. Talking absolute rubbish. Youve not talked to anyone in the club, and no1 has said that, and you know that. So why say it.
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backwaywhen added 17:07 - Nov 7 Shame as our traditional blue against their white would look dandy …commercial without a doubt.
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BlueSkies added 17:13 - Nov 7 Wow, we're not even allowed to say we don't like a football strip on this forum without the mob coming after us.
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Back2Back added 18:03 - Nov 7 It will definitely help moral. We trust two players from last year to do the modelling.
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OliveR16 added 18:03 - Nov 7 I fear it just means we'll be a laughing stock before the game rather than waiting for Spurs 4th goal for that.
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Northstandveteran added 18:16 - Nov 7 I heard that Kieran didn't like the pink kit as it makes his players look like flamingos. Let's hope he puts his foot down.
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IpswichT62OldBoy added 18:18 - Nov 7 Sounds like some people don't like it, but some do,,,,,shock. Actually I don't much like it but it doesn't matter, I don't hate it like I did Magical Vegas thing, whatever strip it was on.
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Saxonblue74 added 18:32 - Nov 7 A bit like the bloke on the golf course in the outlandish trousers, "he needs to be good to get away with that" is usually the comment.
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Nomore4 added 18:34 - Nov 7 This colour has been chosen by many big clubs throughout the years….Juventus, Barcelona, Inter Miami, Hamburg etc etc
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wokingblue added 18:40 - Nov 7 Cookra, the mob is after you!! Different opinions are not allowed!!
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Mark added 18:46 - Nov 7 I think we should wear blue, surely it wouldn't clash with Tottenham's white kit. It looks good in this simulation.
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cookra added 19:13 - Nov 7 Different opinions make sure good conversations and structured arguments. Yes the team are embarrassed to wear it Majority of men don't wear pink It's fantastic piece of marketing to sell more shirts to women, Shane they didn't do women sizes and fits for the shirts
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