Ipswich Town had been the club to spend the most amount of time without a promotion or relegation in the EFL outside of the Premier League until yesterday. Seventeen years of Championship football came to an end as they drew 1-1 with Birmingham City, and next season they’ll be playing football in League One.
FULL-TIME | Town 1 Birmingham 1
Today’s result confirms that Town have been relegated & will play in League One next season. #itfc pic.twitter.com/Zpj0i3Gpvr
— Ipswich Town (@IpswichTown) April 13, 2019
Paul Lambert will be gutted to have a Championship relegation on his CV now, but if he stays with the club then he could be the man to bring them back to the second tier of English football one day. Norwich City fans may be basking in the news of Ipswich’s relegation as they march towards promotion, but the Tractor Boys have faith that they’ll be back in the second tier soon enough.
It looks like Bolton Wanderers will soon be joining the East Anglian side in dropping down to League One, yet the final side to be joining them is still up for debate. Lambert and co won’t care about those dropping down with them, though, and will be keen to start preparing for next season. The fans will just want to go back to winning games on a regular basis again and will hope to make a quick to return to the Championship next season.
You can read the Ipswich fans’ defiant messages after relegation here:
We’ll be back!! ITID
— Oka (@OkaFisher392) 13 April 2019
We will be back
— Rosie McEvoy (@rosiemce13) 13 April 2019
https://twitter.com/lisi_louB/status/1117094225827340290
Relegation Party ! @zinkBC98
— Mason Martin (@Mason_Martin04) 13 April 2019
https://twitter.com/tnj93/status/1117096369989324800
The town will rise again! #COYBhttps://t.co/ztc2PDBMr1
— Tim Tonkin (@timtonkin) 13 April 2019
https://twitter.com/l_b_burrows/status/1117099273747869697
Ipswich fans everywhere will be looking forward to getting back to it next season and trying to win promotion to the Championship, despite an abysmal season this time around.
