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Departing Town centre-half Christophe Berra has signed a pre-contract agreement with his former club Hearts.

Town have announced that no cash turnstiles will be open at Tuesday’s game against West Ham after a police request. However, Blues fans already on the club’s database will be able to buy seats on the night from the Ticket Office.

Town boss Mick McCarthy has made two changes to his side for this evening’s game at Brighton with Ryan Fraser and Kevin Bru in for Ainsley Maitland-Niles, who is injured, and Brett Pitman, who drops to the bench.

An Ipswich Town Legends and Academy Coaches team is taking on an Ipswich Exiles Past and Present XI in a benefit match for Exiles founder Eric Dickerson at Ipswich Wanderers’ Humber Doucy Lane ground on Sunday (KO 2.30pm).

In the third of a series of pre-season reports, HarryfromBath looks at how the Owls have been getting on since losing their Wembley play-off in May by delving into their forums. Reports on Huddersfield Town, Rotherham United and Nottingham Forest will be on the site tomorrow with the rest of the teams in the division covered between now and the start of the season.

Town boss Mick McCarthy has revealed that he turned down the chance to be interviewed for the managers job with Sundays final-day opponents Nottingham Forest in the summer prior to taking charge at Portman Road in November 2012.