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Ipswich Town announces squad numbers for 2024/25 season

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The club has revealed the squad numbers ahead of the 2024/25 season. New signings have been allocated their jerseys, with returning loanee Omari Hutchinson retaining his number from last season.

The ITFC squad numbers for the upcoming season
The ITFC squad numbers for the upcoming seasonITFC

Key details:

  • New goalkeeper Aro Muric claims the number 1 jersey

  • Omari Hutchinson will wear number 20 again following his successful loan spell last season

  • New recruit Ben Johnson has been given the number 18 shirt

  • Liam Delap, the club's fourth summer signing, takes number 19

  • Jacob Greaves, another new addition, will wear number 24

  • Conor Townsend has been allocated number 22

The club has announced that player printing is now available for supporters who wish to add names and numbers to their 2024/25 home, away, or third shirts.

Former Ipswich Town striker charged in £600k cannabis smuggling case

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Former Ipswich Town striker Jay Emmanuel-Thomas has been charged with attempting to smuggle £600,000 worth of cannabis through a UK airport.

The big picture: The 33-year-old, who spent two seasons at Portman Road from 2011 to 2013, was arrested by National Crime Agency officers in Scotland following the seizure of approximately 60kg of the drug at Stansted airport.

Jay Emmanuel Thomas playing for Ipswich Town
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas playing for TownAlamy

Key details:

  • Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, 33, was arrested Wednesday in Gourock, Inverclyde.

  • He's accused of attempting to smuggle £600,000 worth of cannabis through Stansted airport.

  • Border Force officers found approximately 60kg of the drug in two suitcases from Bangkok.

  • Emmanuel-Thomas is set to appear at Carlisle magistrates court Thursday, charged with importing class B drugs.

60kg of cannabis
60kg of cannabis was seizedNCA

JET's Ipswich career: The journeyman joined Ipswich in 2011 for £1.1m from Arsenal, scoring nine goals in 75 appearances for the Tractor Boys. He left Ipswich in 2013 in a swap deal with Bristol City. He most recently played with Greenock Morton in the Scottish Championship.

The bottom line: The NCA warns that cannabis smuggling into the UK carries a maximum 14-year prison sentence, contradicting misinformation some couriers receive about facing only fines.

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