Sheeran acquires minority stake in Ipswich Town

Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has acquired a number liking successful Premier League nine Ipswich Town.

Sheeran, who is simply a lifelong instrumentality of nan Tractor Boys, has bought a 1.4% liking successful nan recently promoted side.

Ipswich opportunity Sheeran will person semipermanent usage of an executive container astatine their Portman Road home, but will not subordinate nan club's committee arsenic his finance is only "passive and minority".

Sheeran, who has been Town's main garment sponsor since 2021, has besides designed nan club's Suffolk-inspired 3rd kit.

"It’s immoderate shot fan’s dream to beryllium an proprietor of nan nine they support, and I consciousness truthful grateful for this opportunity," said nan 33-year-old.

"I person lived successful Suffolk since I was 3 years aged and, while I recreation nan world and sometimes consciousness for illustration an outsider successful large cities, Suffolk and Ipswich person ever made maine consciousness portion of nan organization and protected.

"It’s specified a joyousness to beryllium a instrumentality of Ipswich Town. There are ups and downs but shot is each astir taking nan highs and nan lows. I'm not a voting shareholder aliases a committee member, this is conscionable maine putting immoderate money into nan nine I emotion and them returning nan gesture, truthful please don’t get onto maine pinch signing suggestions aliases strategies to play.

"I'm excited for nan Premier League to commencement this weekend. Let’s go!"

Ipswich president Mark Ashton added: "The support Ed and his squad person shown america complete nan past 3 years has been thing short of singular and for him to make this finance feels for illustration nan earthy progression successful our relationship.

"For 1 of nan biggest artists successful nan world to springiness america truthful overmuch of his clip and springiness nan nine specified unthinkable vulnerability astir nan world, while asking for very small successful return, highlights conscionable what makes this narration specified a typical one."

However, 1 caller summation to nan committee of board is ex-Ipswich skipper Matt Holland, 50, who played for nan nine betwixt 1997 and 2003.

Ipswich statesman their Premier League run astatine location to Liverpool connected Saturday (12:30 BST).