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  "textContent": "Nigel Farage was pictured at Portman Road (Picture: X)\n\nIpswich Town fans have voiced their displeasure online after Reform UK leader Nigel Farage staged a photoshoot at the club’s stadium.\n\nFarage appeared at an event in Suffolk on Monday to help launch his party’s local elections campaign in the region.\n\nBut the Clacton MP also paid a visit to Portman Road, home of Championship club Ipswich, taking photos pitchside as well as in the club’s dressing room.\n\nFarage shared the photos on X on Tuesday morning, with the caption: ‘I’ve never been too bad on the right wing.’\n\nAlong with the photos, Farage posted a further video, where he thanked the club for a ‘lovely welcome’.\n\nFarage said: ‘It’s a big end of the season for Ipswich, they’re really in contention to go back into the Premier League.\n\n‘Let’s hope they do, but if they don’t, I think there’s a chance here – I’ve had a chat with a few people on the manager’s job coming up next season and I’m definitely on the shortlist.\n\n##  Your football fix\n\n**Metro** 's Head of Sport James Goldman delivers punchy analysis, transfer talk and his take on the week's biggest stories direct to your inbox every week.\n\nSign up here, it's an open goal.\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\n> I’ve never been too bad on the right wing. ✍️⚽️ pic.twitter.com/edW9hulPrO\n>\n> — Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) March 24, 2026\n\n‘The trouble is, there’s only one job I’m really after.’\n\nReports from the Press Association suggest Portman Road Events, which manages private tours of the stadium, accepted a booking on behalf of Reform, but the full extent of the visit was not disclosed.\n\nThe club, which is yet to comment publicly, did not officially extend an invitation to Farage, it is understood.\n\nIpswich Town were reportedly unaware of Farage’s planned visit (Picture: Getty)\n\nDespite that, fans of the club have been quick to criticise the access afforded to Farage, with one supporter labelling it ‘PR suicide for a family club’.\n\nAnother added: ‘Doesn’t matter where you sit politically, letting any politician use the club to generate publicity is absolute stupidity’.\n\nA third decried the photoshoot as ‘shameful’, adding: ‘How have you allowed this to happen. We used to chant Ipswich lives in racial harmony back in the 70s and 80s when the NF [National Front] were drumming up business at other clubs.’\n\nIpswich currently sit third in the Championship under Kieran McKenna and are two points off the automatic promotion places.\n\n**Metro** have approached the club for comment.\n\n**For more stories like this, check our sport page**.\n\n**Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on**Facebook,** Twitter and Instagram**.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "‘Absolute stupidity’ – Ipswich Town accused of ‘PR suicide’ after Nigel Farage visit"
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