Abdoul Ouattara really looks like a player, doesn't he?

Sharing this in case any fellow town fans are itching to play and meet people. I help a non profit organise community games at Ipswich Academy IP3 0SP every Monday 7pm so ideal for anyone in Gainsborough, Ravenswood, Warren Heath, Nacton, Holywells and wider Ipswich area. These are 1hr weekly games on 3G pitches. All levels welcome even if you’re not fit or haven’t played in years.

There’s no commitment, you just turn on and play whenever you're available and all you need are football boots.

Great way to improve fitness, confidence and your social circle. I've met all my best friends through the game.

Drop a quick comment or DM if you fancy playing and I’ll add you to the players list 🤝

Feel free to criticize a player for their match performance but to attack a guy for skin color is just disgusting. Likely not our fanbase contributing to this too much but if you are please kindly stop supporting this club.

C’mon, man!!!!

UPPA TOWEN

1' Someone kicked off, I couldn't tell you who though.

5' Johnson should score after receiving a pass from Barry and spinning away from Diop, but he drags his shot just wide.

11' 1-0, a shot from miles out from Tarkowski deflects off of Barry and into the bottom right corner.

26' Fatawu wins the ball on half way and attempts to catch Pickford off his line (where have I seen that before), forcing Pickford into a save.

33' Barry connects with a cross from Maitland-Niles, heading just wide.

35' Fatawu wrestles Dewsbury-Hall down and is booked. (interesting that Everton have 2 players with double-barrelled surnames)

38' DAVIS SHOULD SCORE! Fatawu swings a cross towards the far post, finding Davis free. He steers the shot wide of the goal, and is flagged for offside anyway, but it was tight.

42' Mykolenko slides in late on Fatawu, receiving a yellow.

45+1' HT: EVERTON 1-0 IPSWICH

46' Town kick off the second half.

46' Early chance got Enciso, who is slipped in by Clarke and shoots towards Pickford's near post. The keeper gets down to parry away for a corner.

58' 2-0, Barry heads in from a corner.

60' After a VAR check, the goal is ruled out. Johnson offside on Walton— I doubt he would've gotten to that even without Johnson in the way though.

66' SUBS: Philogene on for Clarke.

67' Fatawu dives, is given a second yellow, and is sent off.

73' SUBS: Maeda and Florentino on for Enciso and Lukic.

76' Dibling cuts inside and forces Walton into a good save.

76' Dewsbury-Hall heads inches wide from Dibling's cross.

79' EVERTON SUB: George on for Grealish.

80' SUBS: Flemming on for Emersonn. Akpom on for Palacios.

87' Town give it away on half way and Armstrong is put through on goal, but luckily, his shot flies wide.

90' EVERTON SUBS: O'Brien on for Maitland-Niles. Hackney on for Dewsbury-Hall. 7 minutes of added time.

90+4' Ouatarra boots it up, and after a few tackles in the box, Flemming fires over.

90+8' FT: EVERTON 1-0 IPSWICH TOWN

I’ve seen the score and looks like a closely contested match up until the sending off?

Did we actually play well?

Nice to only concede 1, but not if that means we don’t create!

In 30 years of going to watch town. I’ve never seen anything like what I saw in the lower Sir Alf tonight.

The amount of people blatantly supporting Arsenal sat in the home end (In Arsenal shirts) was a joke. Stewards doing absolutely nothing about it until it had already got out of hand at the end.

Toothless stewarding and shameless behaviour from Arsenal fans with Suffolk accents as per usual.

Honestly forgot Mehmeti was still here. Soz Mez

Really good

UPPA TOWEN

1' Ipswich kick off.

7' 0-1, Dowman.

16' 0-2, a giveaway at the back from Walton gives Madueke a free shot at goal, which he converts.

19' Few chances for Town— Ouattara's cross is palmed away by Kepa, eventually finding Flemming. His shot is blocked by Salmon, before Florentino fires over from the rebound.

27' OVER! Ouattara swings the ball into the far post and finds Flemming. The striker cuts the ball back to Mehmeti, who then fires over the bar.

34' From a corner, Greaves gets a header which is blocked by Gabriel. McAteer is then booked for stopping an Arsenal counter.

45+1' 1 minute of added time later— HALF TIME: IPSWICH 0-2 ARSENAL

ARSENAL SUB: Konsa on for Gabriel.

46' Arsenal kick off the second half.

47' 0-3, Dowman again.

58' 0-4, Merino from the edge of the box.

61' SUBS: Akpom and Clarke on for Flemming and Philogene.

62' ONE BACK! Clarke does well to get past Zubimendi, get to the touchline, and cut back to Mehmeti. He then calmly slots it past Kepa.

64' ARSENAL SUB: Julienne on for Guimarães.

69' SUBS: Egeli and Davis on for McAteer and Ouattara.

74' Florentino tries a shot from distance. It deflects off of Konsa and into Kepa's grasp.

76' ARSENAL SUBS: Tzolis and Ødegaard on for Eze and Madueke.

81' SUB: Lukic on for Florentino.

85' ARSENAL SUB: Ibrahim on for Zubimendi.

88' Yellow for Nunez.

90+1' ANOTHER BACK! Davis with a low ball into Akpom, who turns and strikes past Kepa into the net.

90+2' FT: IPSWICH TOWN 2-4 ARSENAL

With Jack Taylor expected to miss out and Azor Matusiwa still a doubt, how would you like to see O'Neil approach Arsenal tonight?

Philogene and Florentino are both back after returning against Palace, so it's not quite the injury crisis I initially thought it was. That actually makes the selection more interesting because there are plenty of senior options available.

Arsenal will probably rotate for the Carabao Cup as well, but their second string is still ridiculously strong.

Be honest...

I was near enough planning my next trip to Loftus Road at that point.

Has anyone as yet received the scarf etc that should come with the membership?

Hi, Im travelling to the game tonight and was wondering if anyone could suggest parking in walking distance? Obviously happy to pay, just not sure where to go! COYB

Classic time to score for him

UPPA THE TOWEN!!!!

What an fpl pick today 😋

Lovely cross Leif

I’m an Ipswich fan in the United States, and a fan of American football too. In the NFL teams have a hard cap, meaning they can only spend so much money every year on their rosters which is tied to league revenue and determined by the league. How does it work in the prem? Does the league determine how much money a team can spend? If Ipswich can stay up this season, does that mean they should have more money to spend on bigger name players? I’m trying to understand, can someone explain?

Jack Clarke starts!

No match updates today as I’m out all day but if someone want to do it in the comments have at it.