Nigel Farage sparks avoidable Ipswich Town PR disaster but sickening post not as damning as it seems | OneFootball

Nigel Farage has given Ipswich Town a PR disaster, but the reported backstory to his social media post is thankfully not too damning on the club.

Ipswich Town supporters and the wider public were left sick to the stomach as the Championship club appeared to align with controversial right-wing politician Farage, who is the current leader of the Reform Party, on Tuesday morning.

This came as Farge posted images on social media, including one of him holding an Ipswich Town shirt with ‘Farage 10’ on the back and another simulating signing for the club.

The caption of the post read: “I’ve never been too bad on the right wing.”

In a follow-up video, Farage dropped some more guff. He said: “Ipswich Town are really in contention to get back to the Premier League. Let’s hope they do it, but if they don’t then I think, having had a chat with a few people here, there’s a chance of the manager’s job coming up next season and I’m definitely on the shortlist. The trouble is, there’s only one job I’m really after…”

This publicity stunt comes ahead of May’s local elections as Farage looks to secure votes for his party, and it would have been really damning if Ipswich Town had a hand in orchestrating this exercise.

Thankfully, that is not the case.

A report from local outlet The Ipswich Star claims ‘Reform didn’t use the party or Farage’s name when initially booking the private tour online and that the printed shirt was purchased rather than gifted’, with it also important to note that the Championship club have not shared any of the posts from the party or Farage himself.

And more details have been provided by The Independent, who say that the club were not ‘unaware of the full extent of the event until social media posts emerged’.

So, this story does not shed as bad a light on Ipswich Town as it did initially, but this situation was still entirely avoidable if the staff at Portman Road had even an ounce of foresight.

Those who let Farage and whoever was with him into the stadium should have known that they were only doing so for their own personal gain and that whatever came out afterwards would have looked terribly on the club.

The only real course of action when Farage and co. arrived at the stadium for their tour, would be to refuse entry and, preferably, also kindly tell them to f*** off.