The purchase of Ipswich Town Football club by the marcus evans Group is a natural extension of its activities considering the nature of it’s business portfolio, with a wide range of companies involved in creating events  of all shapes and sizes.,This innovative approach of adding a highly recognised sports franchise  to the companies brands signifies an exciting and ambitious expansion for the company.

Ipswich Town Football Club has a proud history as one of England’s greatest football clubs boasting an impressive record of achievements at the highest level. Before winning the World Cup with England in 1966, Sir Alf Ramsey really put Portman Road on the map when his 1962 team became champions in Town’s first season in the top flight. Further glory followed when Bobby Robson’s golden era was crowned by winning the FA Cup in 1978 and the UEFA Cup in 1981. Currently in the Coca-Cola Championship league they just missed out on entering the Premiership play offs on the last day of the season but are in great shape with their brand of attractive attacking football to mount a successful campaign into the Premiership next season.

Ipswich Town Football Club’s organisation and winning team parallel the ambitions and achievements of marcus evans, and this long-term association will provide excellent opportunities for both the club and the Group.

The marcus evans Group has experienced great success over the last few years, consistently increasing it’s global reach year on year and ITFC have similar ambitions to establish itself as a globally recognised brand against the background of long term success in the English Premiership. The wide media coverage that will come with this success and which football attracts provides a new platform to present the company and the club to an international audience and further strengthen the marcus evans Group as a trusted global brand.

As we assist Ipswich Town to achieve their ambitions we will be looking to develop our partnership with the club so as to maximise the benefits associated with a respected Football Club, benefits normally reserved for the world’s leading consumer brands.

We will be creating programmes which will  involve our employees, and produce opportunities to engage our customers by providing access to match tickets, attending exclusive team training sessions, meeting players and management, enjoying VIP hospitality at matches, and access to exclusive club information and receiving exclusive signed merchandise.

In addition Portman Road offers the highest quality conference facilities which we will also have access to for internal and external training events.

The values of ITFC demonstrate a clear synergy between the values of the Group and those upon which the club have been built: success, performance, ambition, competition, endeavour, achievement, excellence, reward, leadership, innovation, tenacity and teamwork. A further benefit for the Group will be to access the experience of a winning football management team and their knowledge of motivation and team building.

As an enterprise we will provide ITFC with the long term stability, investment and resources of a successful global company, as well as helping to provide the basis of a global scouting structure.

Through this partnership we aim to return Ipswich Town Football Club, already one of England's most respected and admired clubs, into the top level of English Football, engage our clients and employees with the excitement associated with the greatest sport on earth, and bring unprecedented awareness of the marcus evans brand as the world’s leading business information and hospitality company.