Down Sir Alf Ramsey Way and past statues of Sir Bobby Robson and Kevin Beattie, avid Ipswich fan Ed Sheeran will head to recently decorated Box 78 and watch his beloved club back in the Premier League after a 22-year absence, with hopes that England midfielder Kalvin Phillips can be this season’s loan sensation as Omari Hutchinson was during promotion.
Something old, something new, something borrowed and of course lots of blue. There is palpable excitement throughout the county of Suffolk with tickets for Saturday’s visit of Liverpool as hard to find as front-row seats at a Taylor Swift concert.