It is only 18 months since the last league meeting between Ipswich Town and Norwich City, when a goal by Marcelino Nunez gave the Canaries a 1-0 win. They will meet again in the 110th East Anglia derby on Sunday, and just seven of the 29 players that made it on to the pitch that day at Carrow Road in April 2024 are part of their current squads.
It is not going to be a quick fix, like I said last week. I looked at the stats and it seems they gave up a lot of possession to Oxford. Gary Rowett's team has better players now and more ways to hurt the opposition. I always felt it was going to be a tough game. Chris Wilder had success last year being a transition team.
We felt like we weren't too far away and there's been some good things coming and a lot of it came out tonight. We've worked really hard with Jaden in pre-season and he's worked really hard as well. There had been some good signs but without the end-product. We know how hard the season is. It's good to get the first win but it's very much feet on the floor.
Ipswich Town have completed the signing of Norway international forward Sindre Walle Egeli for 17.5m, breaking the record for a transfer fee spent by a Championship club. The 19-year-old has signed a five-year contract at Portman Road after joining from FC Nordsjaelland in Denmark, where he scored 11 goals in 40 appearances having arrived from Sandefjord in his homeland aged 16.
Ipswich Town's relegation from the Premier League was confirmed after a 3-0 loss to Newcastle United, with Ben Johnson receiving a red card that shifted momentum.
