IPSWICH v CARDIFF CITYChampionship
Saturday, 10 December, 15:00
Portman Road
Cardiff team
LAMBERT & HARRIS START UPFRONT
Amos, Peltier, Bennett, Bamba, Morrison, Connolly, Whittingham, Gunnarsson, Hoilett, Harris, Lambert.
Subs: Wilson, Manga, Richardson, Ralls, Noone, Pilkington, Zohore
' TEAM NEWS '
09/12/16
Striker Frédéric Gounongbe is out injured.
Lee Peltier is back after his one match suspension.
RICKIE LAMBERT LATEST
Neil Warnock: "Rickie Lambert is training, we’ll know more today, he hasn’t done anything other than straight forward running so we need to test that more, especially with three games in a week."
A sickness bug in the camp....
Neil Warnock:
We’ve had one or two this week which we’re monitoring. We’ve had another sickness and diarrhoea bug that’s put four out of training this week. It’s like emergency ward ten this morning! Unless we get someone going down today we should be OK.
Team News 08/12/16
Jazz Richards looks set to finally return after weeks out of action and Lee Peltier will also return from a one-match suspension.
Neil Warnock will continue to sweat on the fitness of Rickie Lambert, the striker missed the last match due to injury.
" UPDATED DAILY "
Ipswich away is pay on the day for Cardiff fans.
250 City fans are expected to travel.
Latest NewsPossible LineupsCardiff City21 Amos
16 Connolly
4 Morrison
14 Bamba
3 Bennett
24 Harris
7 Whittingham
17 Gunnarsson
8 Ralls
33 Hoilett
9 Gounongbe
Ipswich33 Bialkowski
4 Chambers
15 Webster
6 Berra
3 Knudsen
18 G Ward
8 Skuse
22 Douglas
27 Lawrence
10 McGoldrick
12 Varney
The OppositionIpswichNicknames: The Blues, The Tractor Boys
Short name: Ipswich
Founded: 1878; 138 years ago
Ground: Portman Road
Capacity: 30,311
Owner: Marcus Evans
Manager: Mick McCarthy
League: Championship
Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in the Championship, the second highest division in English football, having last appeared in the Premier League in the 2001–02 season.
The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn professional until 1936, and was subsequently elected to join the Football League in 1938. They play their home games at Portman Road in Ipswich. The only fully professional football club in Suffolk, they have a long-standing and fierce rivalry with Norwich City in Norfolk, with whom they have contested the East Anglian derby 139 times since 1902. The club's traditional home colours are blue shirts and white shorts.
Ipswich have won the English league title once, in their first season in the top flight in 1961–62, and have twice finished runners-up, in 1980–81 and 1981–82. They won the FA Cup in 1977–78, and the UEFA Cup in 1980–81. They have competed in the top two tiers of English football uninterrupted since 1957–58, currently the longest streak among Championship clubs after Coventry were relegated in the 2011–12 season. They have competed in all three European club competitions, and have never lost at home in European competition, defeating Real Madrid, AC Milan, Internazionale, Lazio and Barcelona F.C., among others.
2016/17 ResultsCardiffSAT 3 DEC 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff City 0 - 0 Brighton & Hove Albion
SAT 26 NOV 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Aston Villa 3 - 1 Cardiff City
SAT 19 NOV 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff 3 - 2 Huddersfield
SAT 5 NOV 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Newcastle 2 - 1 Cardiff
IpswichSAT 3 DEC 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Bristol City 2 - 0 Ipswich Town
SAT 26 NOV 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Ipswich Town 3 - 0 Queens Park Rangers
SAT 19 NOV 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Ipswich Town 0 - 2 Nottingham Forest
SAT 5 NOV 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 2 Ipswich Town
Recent meetings2015/2016 Sat 12 Mar Cardiff City 1 - 0 Ipswich Town League
2015/2016 Sat 31 Oct Ipswich Town 0 - 0 Cardiff City League
2014/2015 Tue 14 Apr Ipswich Town 3 - 1 Cardiff City League
2014/2015 Tue 21 Oct Cardiff City 3 - 1 Ipswich Town League
2012/2013 Sat 12 Jan Cardiff City 0 - 0 Ipswich Town League
Previous HighlightsPortman Road
Key factsClub: Ipswich Town FC | Opening: 1884 | Capacity: 30,311 seats
History and descriptionIpswich Town played their first match at Portman Road in 1884, though at that time it was only a bare pitch with a pavilion of the cricket club they shared the ground with.
In the early 20th century a first small wooden stand got built, but it took until 1936 when Ipswich turned professional that proper terraces were built.
Portman Road got gradually improved and expanded from the 1950s, with a new West Stand opening in 1957 and the new Portman Stand in 1971.
The stadium set its record attendance in 1975 when a total of 38,010 spectators attended an FA Cup match between Ipswich and Leeds. The West Stand got further expanded in 1982, but capacity had already started to decline due to safety measures.
Portman Road got converted into an all-seater in 1992, resulting in a capacity of 22,500 seats.
Promotion to the Premier League in the late 1990s made funds available for further improvements, which led to the complete rebuilding of both stands behind the goals in 2000 and 2002.
Match OddsCardiff 2/1
Draw 2/1
Ipswich 6/4
TicketsAvailable to current Season Ticket Holders and Gold / Junior Bluebird Members only.
General Ticket Prices
Adults: £32.50
Senior Citizens 60+: £23.00
Students with NUS card: £23.00
Under 20: £22.00
Under 16: £11.50
Disabled Allocations
Wheelchair / Ambulant Disabled & Carer: £19.00
For the disabled allocations + disabled parking, please book by contacting Warner Duff
(Disabled Liaison Officer) at Ipswich on 01473 400556
Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCS Ticket Office situated in the Grandstand, next to Corporate Entrance 2.
Alternatively, you can call the Stadium Ticket Office on 0845 345 1400. The Ticket Office is open from 9am to 5:30pm on Monday to Friday, and 9am to 3pm on non match-day Saturdays.
The easiest way is to book online -
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