By Seb Norton
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Key info for Saints clash
Town welcome Southampton to Portman Road on Easter Monday. Kick-off 5.30pm.
Russell Martin's side travel to Suffolk currently occupying fourth sport in the Championship, with the visitors sitting 10 points behind the Blues.
A packed out Portman Road will be behind Kieran McKenna's side again, with the game also being shown live on Sky Sports.
The below guide takes you through all you need to know ahead of the clash.
Tickets
Tickets for this fixture remain sold out, with limited returned tickets available via the Club ticketing website. Ticket office telephone lines (03330 050503) will be open from 12pm, alongside the ticket office on Constantine Road which is available for in-person assistance.
The accessible ticket office, available for disabled fans to seek assistance, will be open from 2.30pm. Visiting supporters wishing to seek assistance can access the away ticket office, located next to the away turnstiles on Portman Road from 4pm.
Fans who arrive late Portman Road can continue to enter through select turnstiles up until half-time.
These turnstiles are:
- Cobbold Stand: Turnstiles 10 (for visiting fans) and 21 (for home fans).
- Sir Bobby Robson Stand, sponsored by KBB: Turnstiles 33 (lower tier) and 41 (upper tier).
- West Stand: Turnstile 45.
- Sir Alf Ramsey Stand: Turnstile 3.
FanZone
The FanZone will be open from 2.30pm, with plenty going on pre-match for supporters to get involved with.
The Ipswich Town Foundation will be present with their inflatable activities for children, alongside the teams from Ipswich Fit, Suffolk Police and Ipswich Town Supporters Club, who will also be on-hand to provide further information on the work they do.
The team from SERV Suffolk and Cambridge, known colloquially as the Bloodrunners, will also be present, engaging with supporters with some of their bikes. The group will also be available to speak to supporters on the work that they do locally.
The outdoor LED screen will be showing the Championship clash between Stoke City and Huddersfield, as well as TownTV's pre-match show, with various food and drink options available.

Planet Blue
The Club shop will be open from 10am all the way up until kick-off. The store will not be open after the match.
The Planet Blue retail unit in the FanZone will also be open along with Planet Bluey, which is a smaller shop aimed towards younger supporters, located within the West Stand.
Fans supporting foodbanks
The team from Fans Supporting Foodbanks will be present again, collecting at the entrance to the FanZone, as well as next to the Sir Bobby Robson statue on Portman Road.
Fans are asked to donate non-perishable items, which will be delivered to local foodbank FIND (Families in Need), to support those in the community who need it most.
The group, who work to defend the local community against food poverty will also be on hand to speak to supporters on the work they do, and how to get involved.
Attending for the first time?
Supporters attending their first fixture this evening should have a look at the First Time Fan guide below, which goes into great detail regarding all aspects of matchday. A guide aimed at younger fans can also be viewed below, alongside a video which explains the key details.
Programme
The matchday programme, which is available to purchase from a programme hut or within Planet Blue for £3.50, features a in-depth interview with Town number 20, Omari Hutchinson.
Also included is an in-depth look into the away side, as well as the pre-match thoughts of Kieran McKenna and Mark Ashton.
The Club will be running a fully cashless operation across all programme kiosks and programme trolleys both outside and inside the stadium. This includes the Club's store Planet Blue, which is fully cashless.
How to follow
James Kirtland, Alan Lee and Russell Osman will be live from the TownTV studio for the pre-match build-up, which will include expert analysis, exclusive features and lively discussion.
As the match is being shown live on Sky Sports, as well as in several countries overseas, the game will not be available for domestic subscribers to watch live on TownTV. International subscribers in selected countries, though, will be able to watch the game. Match passes are available for supporters in these countries now and are priced at £10.
The Club's social media channels will also be keeping supporters up to date throughout the game, with an in-depth match report published at both half-time and full-time on the Club website.

Officials
Referee: Michael Salisbury
Assistant Referee: James Mainwaring
Assistant Referee: Richard West
Fourth Official: James Linington
Weather
Town's first fixture of Spring brings a cloudy evening with temperatures sitting around 13°.
Rain isn't forecast, however, given moderate wind speeds, it is advisable to bring extra layers, to keep warm throughout the evening.
Extra information
Town Women's Maria Boswell will be speaking at half-time, following the first Women's league clash at Portman Road last weekend. Maria, who was appointed captain of Town Women in December 2023, will be speaking about the success of the occasion and how she hopes it helped to inspire young girls in Suffolk.
Supporters should note that flower beds remain in place at Princes Street at the end of Portman Road, meaning that supporters parking in the NCP Portman Road car park will need to either turn right towards Handford Road or go straight over down Sir Alf Ramsey Way.
It is also important to note the newly implemented bus lane on West End Road, which could potentially cause delays for supporters leaving this way following the full-time whistle.
Following supporter safety assessments during last season, and whilst liaising with the local authority, the Club will be introducing a traffic management plan for all home fixtures this season, which will include road closures on Sir Alf Ramsey Way and Portman Road.
Access routes to the West Stand and Sir Bobby Robson Stand, sponsored by KBB, on each of these roads are often heavily congested and therefore, to ensure the safety of all supporters, road closures will be in place from 90 minutes before kick-off until 30 minutes after the final whistle.
