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Having seen Millwall move above them into second place with a draw at West Bromwich Albion on Friday night, Ipswich were once again left in the situation of having to chase the automatic promotion positions – but were handed the perfect early opportunity to do so.
Slimane caught Jack Taylor on his follow through as he cleared the ball out of his 18-yard area and, after a long pause, referee
Ipswich Town have opened up a lead over Millwall and Middlesbrough in the race for the Championship’s second automatic promotion place, and Kieran McKenna’s Tractor Boys have games in hand.
McLean: “I must say I believed Ipswich would finish second. I think in terms of who was going to win it, it was always going to come down to the head-to-head between Coventry and Middlesbrough, and Coventry winning in such
Central midfielder King kicked her first football aged three. She was an Ipswich Town academy product, playing close to 100 times for the Tractor Girls.
She left in February 2025 for Essex club Hashtag United, and joined the Canaries at the start of this season, during which the National League Division One South East side have gone on to secure a promotion play-off place.
If victorious, they will move into
Kasey McAteer scored his first Ipswich Town goal as the Tractor Boys came from behind to beat Birmingham City and climb to second in the Championship.
Birmingham felt they should have had at least a point, denied an equaliser when referee Adam Herczeg wrongly ruled the ball crossed the by-line before going in off Dara O’Shea.
Carlos Vicente opened the scoring for Birmingham, seconds after McAteer had missed a sitter,
Championship clubs spent just over £69.5m on agents fees over the past 12 months according to figures released by the Football Association,, external an increase of £6m on the previous year.
The figures cover the period from February 2025 with Ipswich Town the top spenders, paying £11.7m having spent the first three months of the accounting period in the Premier League.
Southampton (£8.3m) and Leicester (£5.8m), who were relegated
Ipswich Town have announced turnover of £155m for their season in the Premier League in 2024-25, an increase of £118m on the previous 12 months.
Town made an operating profit of £4m in the year to the end of June 2025, compared to a loss of £39.3m in 2023-24.
Wage costs for their first season in the top flight for more than 20 years soared from £44.5m to £77.1m, but
After that initial exchange, however, Reform is understood to have contacted the club before a visit at the stadium was ultimately arranged.
During that visit, Farage took a tour of the stadium and was allowed to pose for photos and film a promotional video, which included the club’s branding and sponsors.
In the 30-second clip, he can be seen holding a “Farage 10” shirt and sitting in the home dressing
Ipswich midfielder Dan Neil says his old Sunderland team-mate Jack Clarke could prove the difference in their quest for automatic promotion.
The 25-year-old winger stole the show in Saturday’s draw with promotion rivals Millwall at Portman Road, breaking the deadlock with his 14th goal of the Championship season, only for the Lions to hit back in the second half.
Neil played 97 times alongside Clarke across four seasons at Sunderland
Defeat would have been cruel on the hosts who dominated possession and posed the greater overall threat, but were generally wasteful in the final third.
A point apiece means the gap to second-placed Middlesbrough remains at two points following Boro’s draw away at Blackburn Rovers.
The real winners were Coventry City, who could go nine points clear at the top of the table with victory over Swansea City in the
Ipswich Town left it late to beat relegated Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough and move closer to the automatic promotion places.
Ivan Azon scored 12 minutes from time, before top scorer Jack Clarke wrapped up victory from the penalty spot with his 13th goal of the season three minutes later.
The win extended Ipswich’s unbeaten run to six games and moved the Tractor Boys up a place to third, within two