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Pricey pies and cheap pints: The cost of being a Town fan in the Premier League

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Ipswich Town supporters will tuck into the Premier League's second-most expensive pies this season, but wash them down with the league's cheapest pints. Swings and roundabouts, then.

As we build up to the season opener at Portman Road, a study by online car-buying service webuyanycar.com, a company that clearly has way too much time on its hands, has revealed the costs Ipswich fans face beyond match tickets for the 2024-25 Premier League season.

According to the car marketplace:

  • The average cost of a pie at Portman Road is £4.90, second only to West Ham's £5.00

  • However, the average price of a pint is £4.21, the lowest in the Premier League

  • Town fans are projected to spend a whopping £5,186 each on travel, food and drink for the season

  • And they'll each cover an average of 2,981 miles in the process

Table of overall spend by team
Ipswich fans will fork out more to support their team than fans of 17 other Premier League clubswebuyanycar.com

It'll be a surprise to no football fan that football has become an increasingly expensive passion, but let's be honest, few will begrudge washing down a slightly pricier pie with the Premier League's cheapest pints as the club looks to cement its Premier League status after a long exodus from the football elite.

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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