Town fans from across the globe will be at Saturday’s home game against Reading with the Supporters Club staging its sixth annual Supporters Day this weekend.

Amongst those making the trip will be around 100 fans from the Norwegian Branch, 10 from Italy, four from Northern Ireland and four from the North American Branch, two from the USA and two from Canada, with many of them staying on in Suffolk for the Birmingham game on Tuesday.

A number of events have been organised for the weekend, starting with a five-a-side football tournament at Goals this evening.

On Saturday there will be a pre-match social at the Dove Street Inn with Blues legends Terry Butcher and Mick Stockwell and managing director Ian Milne in attendance, while Radio Suffolk’s Life’s a Pitch and legend-in-residence Kevin Beattie will be broadcasting live.

After the game there’s the chance to meet some Legends in Legends. From around 5.15pm a number of ex-Town players including Bryan Hamilton, Allan Hunter and John Wark will take part in a question and answer session, while there will be the chance to get autographs or pose for photos with Blues heroes of the past.

All Town fans can access Legends Bar after the game, you do not need to have sat in the Sir Alf Ramsey Stand for the game. Legends will be open until 6.30pm.

Sunday plans for the overseas fans to watch some of the the younger academy teams in action against Norwich have now been cancelled with the games off, but some of the Norwegians are off to Bury for a tour of the Greene King Brewery and then a pub crawl back to Ipswich via pubs in Bury, Stowmarket and Needham. On Monday there will be a stadium tour.

For further details, visit the Supporters Club’s website, follow them via @ITSCOfficial on Twitter or contact Elizabeth Edwards at officialitsc@btinternet.com or by phone on 07968 876504.

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trncbluearmy added 15:52 - Feb 18 Not aware until now this was a "Fans From Around the Globe at Supporters Day" Coincidentally I am flying in from North Cyprus for the Reading and Birmingham games. Up for a 6 Point Trip as the mighty Town head for promotion COYB
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MVBlue added 21:29 - Feb 18 Wasnt aware we had ao many in Italy. Whats the connection there? I remember a Milan Blue on here.. Must be more?
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essexbluey added 08:05 - Feb 19 Iam comeing from near southend does that count????????
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2_Goal added 10:16 - Feb 19 --- Fellow fans in Australia --- lets do this next year!!!
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oldegold added 12:18 - Feb 19 The Italian Branch is arriving with Simone at the head..lock up your daughters and Suffolk women beware!
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oldegold added 12:20 - Feb 19 Great to have the Italian Branch here - Friday evening at Goals to offer colour and dash and play a few games as well..great stuff. Viva Simone and his gang!
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Seasider added 13:00 - Feb 19 Think we should also welcome Norwegian'hordes'as well bearing in mind number,most impressed. Pity this couldn't have coincided with the visit of the 170 Fortuna fans from Dusseldorf who made trip over earlier this year! But well done everyone as we only travel 27 miles and I know that many come much further than this to every game from all over the UK
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KiwiTractor added 10:06 - Feb 20 Would love to make the journey from Wellington, but not this weekend. I will get back to Portman Road at some stage, in the mean time someone yell for me!
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Marcus added 10:17 - Feb 20 I will be at the Birmingham game but not the Reading game (I live in China and fly the next day).
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linhdi added 14:26 - Feb 20 Seasider, the dates for the various events were agreed at the start of the season, to enable fans to plan ahead. The Germans have a restriction, in that they can only come over during their winter break, and just do a daytrip, but we did manage to organise a Legends In Legends event post-match that day, with Alan Brazil, Terry Butcher, Micky Stockwell, George Burley, Allan Hunter, Fabian Wilnis and Bryan Hamilton. For Supporters Day we try to make it second half of the season and where there are Sat / Tues home games, as that suits most fans who are travelling a long way. Of course some groups come at other times - hence this is the second big Norwegian trip this season. On April 11th, we have around 50 Swedes over for the Blackpool game, and are sorting a Legends on the Town event at the Dove on the Friday (all welcome, £5 a ticket from Liz), as well as welcoming them at the Player Awards Evening that night.

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Ohiotractorboy added 15:41 - Feb 20 I really need to look into this next year.
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