Blues Beaten By Hammers in Behind Closed Doors Friendlies
Tuesday, 22nd Jul 2025 17:03

Town played two 60-minute behind-closed-doors friendlies with West Ham United at their Rush Green training ground this afternoon.

According to various West Ham sources, the Premier League side, who were at Portman Road on the final day of 2024/25, won the first game 1-0 courtesy of a late own goal, while Callum Marshall and Lucas Paqueta were on target as the East Londoners won the second 2-0.

No details of either line-up has emerged, as was the case with Town’s other behind-closed-doors game this summer, a 1-0 defeat to Peterborough United at Playford Road just over a fortnight ago in their first friendly of the summer.

The Blues are next in action against Aberdeen at Pittodrie on Friday evening.

Photo: Action Images via Reuters

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IpswichT62OldBoy added 18:31 - Jul 22 The season is within sniffing distance, starting to get excited.
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PortmanTerrorist added 18:42 - Jul 22 IpswichT62OldBoy am getting excited too but also a little twitchy govern the gaps in the squad esp midfield and up top, and these pre season results are not helping. On top of that Brum tickets already sold out FFS
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blues1 added 18:45 - Jul 22 Portman terrorist. Preseason results are irrelevant. In 1980 under sir bobby, we didnt win a single preseason game, but finished 2nd in the lge.
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Stourbridgeblue added 18:47 - Jul 22 Clegg out !
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Runner added 19:12 - Jul 22 A few backroom staff watching from the stand for that behind closed doors match today, as per the above picture.
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blueboy1981 added 19:20 - Jul 22 blues1 - massive difference - it was Sir Bobby as Manager !!
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blueboy1981 added 19:21 - Jul 22 Ipswich Town - Secret Squirrel Club 2025.
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armchaircritic59 added 19:25 - Jul 22 blues1, absolutely. I presume Birmingham aren't pushing any panic buttons just yet as they were beaten by Burton at the weekend. Pre season is exactly that, time to stretch legs, get fully back up to speed and match fitness, and integrate new players.
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jas0999 added 20:08 - Jul 22

Result not important, but two games and no goals add to a blank against the mighty Peterborough, it’s very very obvious we need TWO strikers in urgently. Preferably permanent additions to replace the permanent Delap. Hirst is good. But he’s so very injury prone. Need another couple to compete in the middle of the park as well. Four out. Just one in. Two and a half weeks to kick off.

itfc2024 added 20:15 - Jul 22

I don't care about pre season it's happens what I'm annoyed about is the way this club treat loyal fans it's a utter disgrace I've been going to away matches for over 20 years hardly missed a game and to not be able to get a birmingham ticket becos of the glory hunters who have only been supporting town since league 1 promotion is a disgrace I've emailed the club to complain but won't get a reply they don't care about loyal fans

sorry mr Ashton your gone down in my estimation

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runningout added 20:34 - Jul 22 should be smashing West Ham though.. am I expecting too much? No!
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itfc2024 added 20:43 - Jul 22 hope the club realise aswell these fair weather fans won't hang round aswell when things go bad unlike me who's been to away matches for over 20 years when we have been poor but this is the way the loyal fans are treated well done Mr Ashton
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Edmundo added 21:02 - Jul 22 Points needed to be reset/only 2024-5 onwards imo. It's like there was an unwritten reset in 2022-3 which means anyone out of the country, long term sick or who had another good reason for missing more than a few, is now at a huge disadvantage.
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itfc2024 added 21:06 - Jul 22 edmundo I've missed 1 away game in 18 years I think i deserve to get a ticket I've not just jumped on the bandwagon when we got new ownership i was their in the dark days in league 1 and during the terrible times under macarthy and poor ownership of evans unfortunately the club don't care about their loyal fans who go everywhere take time off work on long away nights
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SouperJim added 22:59 - Jul 22 @itfc2024 did you not get a Birmingham ticket?
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algarvefan added 23:46 - Jul 22 itfc2024 the club will never be able to satisfy everyone sadly, but I understand your frustration.
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armchaircritic59 added 00:15 - Jul 23

itfc2024, missed one away game in 18years? Jeez, not only do you deserve a ticket, it should be free! I think it might be worth your while contacting the club. They might be able to do something for you, if not this time, another time. If not, well at least you have the choice of voting with your feet. Any business, and we all know football is a business these days, should take great care in looking after it's customers, in particular the loyal ones. I'd say you are very overqualified in that department!

Fat_Boy_Tim added 06:54 - Jul 23 You miserable bunch honestly. I could re-phrase all of your moaning about tickets and who ‘deserves’ them as - we don’t want any new or younger supporters, we just want the same people week in week out to get all the tickets.
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Wallingford_Boy added 07:00 - Jul 23 Terrorist, why is the away end being sold out at Brum a bad thing? I’m confused.
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itfc2024 added 08:38 - Jul 23

wallingford_boy not saying it's a bad things it being sold out I'm saying it's these glory hunters who 3 or 4 years ago didn't attend a match getting a ticket ahead of people who have missed 1 game in 18 years away i think it's wrong that the club don't honour loyalty I bet in 3 or 4 years time if things didn't go well would these fans still go I bet I can guess the answer but I would as I support the team though the good and bad

Ravanelly added 09:16 - Jul 23 itfc2024 if you've only missed 1 game in 18 years then you would have plenty enough points to get a ticket, something doesn't add up in your story.
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itfc2024 added 09:39 - Jul 23

ravanelly I went to every game last season got 29 points but apparently people had 30 points how I don't know lve emailed the club to complain I'm just making a point that 3 or 4 years ago people didn't wanna go away matches I remember going to games and could move seats if u didn't like yours cos we weren't playing well people hated the manager and owner I still was their though all weather's now cos we have success all these so called fans suddenly come out the woodwork and wanna go to away games just cos we have been successful which stop the loyal fans who have been though the good and bad more bad than good

JewellintheTown added 11:27 - Jul 23 TBF ITFC2024, there's some poor sod that's spent the last 18 years complaining they've not been able to go to away matches because the regulars always get priority. You've made someone very happy that they finally get a turn. :-)
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itfc2024 added 11:58 - Jul 23 don't know why u couldn't get a ticket as was never sold out for many matches so u either couldn't be bothered cos we weren't good at the time or the games u wanted to go to were against better teams when they were sold out
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