TONY Mowbray's newly-promoted West Brom and fellow Premiership outfit West Ham will provide the pre-season opposition at Portman Road.
Mowbray and Mark Venus will bring the Championship's title winners back to East Anglia on July 26, while the Hammers will be in town on July 26.
IPSWICH Town will unveil all their pre-season fixtures today with Brighton already confirming they will be among the opponents.
The Blues will entertain two Premier League clubs and will play over in Northern Ireland, with the Irish press claiming Glentoran will host one of the games.
MALCOLM Webster has spoken with Ipswich Town about the vacant goalkeeping coach vacancy.
Webster is currently at Southampton but with a boardroom reshuffle in progress this week his position is uncertain at St Mary's.
COLCHESTER United are today expected to sign Matt Lockwood from Nottingham Forest.
A fee has been agreed between the two clubs and Lockwood was talking over personal terms with the U's this morning.
EXPERIENCED left-back, Matt Lockwood, could be on his way to Colchester United this summer.
THE "Yellow Army" will be making a return next season as Colchester United look to make a big impression in League One.
The U's yellow away kit, which proved so popular during the Essex club's historic promotion to the Championship in 2005-06, will be the first choice kit on the road for the new campaign.
AARON Shave lifted the Debenham Leisure Centre Suffolk Junior Cup on behalf of Old Newton Football Club after a 2-1 win against Cockfield United at Portman Road last night.