Former Town chief executive Simon Clegg has been appointed the chief operating officer of Baku 2015, the organisers of the inaugural European Games which the European Olympic Committees are staging in Azerbaijan in June 2015.
Titus Bramble may well make his first appearance of the season in Saturday s ultra-crucial game between Town and Charlton at the Valley. With John McGreal out for the season, Mark Venus suffering with an ankle injury and now Manu Thetis having a back problem, the eighteen-year old, plagued himself with injury this season might find a place in the line-up. George Burley will want to keep playing the 5-3-2 formation which saw Town back to winning ways rather than go back to the 4-4-2 which has rarely worked for the Blues this season. Other possibilities for the third centre-half joining Tony Mowbray and Wayne Brown are Matt Holland, who might find himself dropped back from midfield or Fabian Wilnis. Holland moved into the defence when Thetis went off on Tuesday and has played there before both for Town and Bournemouth. Fabian Wilnis might find himself moved inside from right-back despite a patchy performance against Palace. Gary Croft would then get a recall. Up front Marcus Stewart may
Town s plans for the North Stand have this morning received consent from Ipswich Borough Council. There are conditions, such as the setting up of a Green Travel Policy and buying the nearest house to the development but these are not likely to hold the work up.
Town chairman David Sheepshanks has said he has not given up on Town surviving and praised the spirit on show in the pitch and the supporters off it at Highbury on Sunday.
Town chairman David Sheepshanks and manager George Burley are to take a four-day trip to the World Cup in the summer. The pair will take in a number of games including Ireland s clash with Saudi Arabia.