Ipswich have promised free travel to fans for their game at Blackpool to say sorry for their 7-1 defeat to Peterborough.
Club offer free coaches to Blackpool as apology for Posh result
Ipswich chief executive Simon Clegg has promised free coach travel to all supporters who buy a ticket for their clash at Blackpool as a way of saying sorry for their 7-1 humiliation at the hands of Peterborough last weekend.
The Tractor Boys actually took the lead against Posh at London Road but conceded six goals in 26 calamitous minutes leaving the supporters to endure a painful last half hour with the side already well beaten.
Clegg admits that everyone associated with the club was embarrassed at the nature of the defeat and felt sorry for the supporters, especially the 1,346 who made the trip to Peterborough.
As a way of apologising for the result the club will lay on free coaches for the 272-mile trip to the Fylde Coast on September 10 - their longest away journey of the season - available to any supporter who buys a ticket before next Tuesday.
"I have decided that the club should carry the costs of the supporters coaches for the Blackpool game - however many that will be - as a show of our gratitude to our fans after enduring last weekend's defeat at Peterborough," Clegg told the club's
official website.
"Speaking to the players and the manager, I know they were personally embarrassed and dejected, but they also felt bitterly disappointed as to how badly they had let our loyal fans down.
"Watching your team lose as well as win is all part of being a football fan and it's not a decision we have taken lightly but we feel this one-off gesture is the right one and I know Paul and the players are right behind it as well."
Money
Manager Paul Jewell agreed with the decision to reward the fans, adding "We're all hurting this week, but the people I feel most for are the supporters.
"Every other weekend they make journeys and pay a lot of money to support us on our travels and we are letting them down.
"We need to improve, not just for our sake, but most importantly theirs."
