ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW | HUDDERSFIELD TOWN

Town face Huddersfield Town at Portman Road on Saturday afternoon, with a sell-out crowd expected for the Blues' final league fixture of the season.

Kick-off is at 12.30pm, with all key information ahead of the match is available below.

Tickets

A full sell-out has been confirmed for this fixture, with no further availability within the ground.

The ticket office telephone line (03330 050503) will open at 9am to assist with any enquiries on the day. These telephone lines will then close at 10am to allow the ticket office and accessible ticket office on Constantine Road to open up until kick-ooff. The away ticket office, to assist visiting supporters, will be open an hour later from 11am.

Supporters who chose the 'mobile PDF/print at home' option can continue to scan their mobile PDF ticket through all turnstiles at Portman Road.

FanZone

The FanZone will be open at 10am and will have plenty going on pre-match for supporters to get involved with. 

Town-supporting British & Commonwealth Heavyweight champion boxer Fabio Wardley will be on stage at around 11.30am, speaking on all things Town, as well as discussing his recent fight against Frazer Clarke in early April. 

Also in attendance will be various exhibitors, including Suffolk Archives, Ipswich Town Supporters Club, a face painter and Variety – the Children’s Charity.

As always, the Ipswich Town Foundation will be on hand with their inflatable activities for youngsters to take part in pre-match, with Ipswich Fit bringing their Zorb balls along.

With other excellent onstage entertainment, regular appearances from current and former players and a range of food and drink options, the FanZone is the perfect place for all supporters to experience the pre-match build-up.

Planet Blue

The Club shop will be open from 8.30am all the way up until kick-off. Planet Blue will then open again from 3pm until around 4.30pm post-match, stocking all matchday essentials and replicas. 

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. 

Programme

A bumper edition of the Club's matchday programme, extended to 100 pages, will be available at the usual price of £3.50.

The edition includes an in-depth look back at the Club's season to date, as well as regular columns from CEO Mark Ashton and Manager Kieran McKenna. There's a thorough look at opponents Huddersfield, a section dedicated to younger supporters and a feature on striker Marcus Stewart, a former favourite at both clubs.

The programe is available from Planet Blue as well as various programme stations around the ground. The Club will be running a fully cashless operation across all programme kiosks and programme trolleys, both inside and outside the stadium. This includes the Club's Planet Blue store, which is fully cashless. 

Here2Help

As with all home fixtures, the Here2Help team will be present all around the stadium, available to assist supporters throughout the afternoon.

Here2Help staff can be identified by their blue hi-vis vests with 'Here2Help' printed on the back, and will also be engaging with younger supporters, handing out stickers and match guides throughout the build-up to kick-off. 

Park & Ride

Supporters with match tickets can take advantage of free Park & Ride travel to this game thanks to the Club’s partnership with First Bus, with this facility available from both the Martlesham and Copdock sites. 

Full details of how to get your free ticket for the day are detailed in the guides below. The required code for the match against Huddersfield is WV41HPD8.

Officials

Referee: Simon Hooper
Assistant referees: Adrian Holmes and Simon Long
Fourth Official: Anthony Backhouse

Tomorrow's man in the middle, Simon Hooper, is an experienced Premier League referee, having taken charge of his first fixture in the top-flight back in August 2015. 

The Wiltshire-born official has refereed 32 fixtures this season, having distributed 134 bookings, three of which being sending offs.

 

Visiting Supporters

Fans travelling to Suffolk from Huddersfield can get themselves in the know pre-match, by having a read of the comprehensive visiting fan guide, which can be seen below. 

Previous Meetings

Town's trip to The John Smith's Stadium ended in a 1-1 draw, where Brandon Williams' second-half strike was enough to claim a point in September. 

Extra Information

Supporters should note that flower beds remain in place at Princes Street at the end of Portman Road, meaning 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 has introduced 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 the KBB Centre, 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.

FA and EFL Guidance

Supporters should note guidance released by The FA and EFL ahead of the final weekend of the season, outling that the pitch area is for players, staff and officials only, with the stands for supporters to cheer on the team.

Full information can be found here. 

It should also be noted that there will be no opportunities for autograph hunters following Saturday's game.