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Philip Baxter, Events and Corporate Revenue
Richard Chandler, Interim Chair
I have been watching Town since 1969, when I was taken to see a 0-0 draw at home to Arsenal.
I was fortunate enough to witness the great 70 and 80's side, and went to Wembley in '78 with Baz our secretary.
I also remember well the two 7-0 home wins against Southampton and WBA, which was my all time hero Paul Mariner's first home game.
Phil
I've been a town fan for as long as I can remember and started going with My Mum, Step Dad and Sister. When he passed away me and my sister kept on going.
I've been a season ticket holder since 1982 when I used to stand on my crate in Churchman's. My favourite town games are the play off final and the Exeter game from last season.
Managed to go to 36 games last season alongside my sister who passed away after seeing us promoted back to the championship.
Now my two youngest children and myself are season ticket holders where we were sat with her before.
Ollie Smith, Events team Leader
An Ipswich fan from a very young age, Ollie has recently returned to Suffolk after some years living in Australia and London, and can be found in Section 6 with his brother and friends. Ollie played in the inaugural Australian fans game against that lot up the road, saving a penalty to win the game in the shoot-out.
Lisa Ford, Events
Karen Finch, Events and Business Partnerships
Business Owner and life long Town Fan, Karen joined the team in the Summer of 2024. Karen's business experience will help us as we look to maximise sponsorship revenue in the coming years to further improve our fund raising capacity and to cover the costs of services aim to provide​
Josh Scott, Events
Josh is the newest and youngest addition to the family. A recent Graduate in Events Management, Josh is a mainstay of our Fanzone Team on Match Days and will be central to all UK events going forward
Lisa is a life long fan of ITFC, having spent many a day standing at the back of Churchman’s on her milk crate! Back in the day she was a competitive swimmer and remembers sneaking in at half time after a particular training session, only to realise she was with the away fans! She had never found keeping quiet so hard in her life! Lisa has been a season ticket holder since the Magilton days, witnessing some of the worst and now best football from her beloved club! Her favourite memory is the 2000 play off final, she was 9 months pregnant with her son, she swears he kicked every ball during that game! It’s no surprise then that he went on to become the original Radio Suffolk Tractor boy!
Here we acknowledge the valuable contributions by members of our team who are sadly no longer with us.
In loving memory of Martin Swallow 1969 - 2022
Martin had supported the Club since 1981. He sponsored players including Tommy Smith, Tom Eastman and Josh Carson in the past, as well as being on the Club Forum since 2009. He sat in the Sir Alf Ramsay upper stand, and after being on the committee for a number of years, succeeded Mark Ramsay as Chairman in the summer of 2022. Sadly, Martin passed away only a few months later at the age of 53. A life cut cruelly short by illness and an enormous loss to us all.
In loving memory of Irene Davey 1934-2024
Until her passing in 2024, Irene had been going to Portman Road for 76 years. She was taken to her first game by her dad as her brother was busy so there was a spare ticket. Dad had to bring a milk crate for Irene to stand on as she was too small to see what was going on.
Irene was Patron of the Supporters Club, had been Chairwoman of the Ipswich Branch for many years and passed away just a few weeks short of her 90th birthday.
Irene is rated as "irreplaceable" by those she leaves behind on the team. We will miss her and treasure her momery.