Ipswich Town Football Club played a role during World War Two, which made an impact on the club and community. The club chose not to play any matches during the war, a decision that was controversial and highlighted during Remembrance activities.
The EADT reported from the first post-war match at Portman Road regarding how the atmosphere felt after a long hiatus:
“It was quite like old times to be watching a match on the Portman Road enclosure, with the difference that it was an altogether new Ipswich Town which took the field. Alas! the old team suffered from war casualties greater, probably, than any other local club in the Eastern counties.”
