Summary

  • Ipswich Town's chairman and chief executive Mark Ashton joined BBC commentator Brenner Woolley

  • The Blue Hour was live on air from 18:00 GMT on Monday, 4 November

  • Ashton was taking questions, 10 games into Town's Premier League season

  1. Watch the interview with Mark Ashtonpublished at 11:25 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November

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    Ipswich Town CEO Mark Ashton is in the Hot Seat for BBC Suffolk's Blue Hour.

    Ipswich Town's chief executive and chairman Mark Ashton appeared on BBC Radio Suffolk's The Blue Hour on Monday.

    Watch again as the BBC's Brenner Woolley puts your questions to him.

  2. Welcome to the live video stream of The Blue Hourpublished at 10:42 Greenwich Mean Time 4 November

    Brenner Woolley
    BBC Radio Suffolk commentator

    Ipswich Town's chairman and chief executive Mark Ashton will be joining us on The Blue Hour from 18:00 to answer your questions.

    He joined the club as chief exec in 2021 just after the new US owners ORG took over, and went on to appoint Kieran McKenna as manager in December of that year.

    After back-to-back promotions, Town are finding points hard to come by in their first season back in the Premier League after a 22-year absence.

    The latest match saw two points slip away as Leicester equalised in added-time on Saturday.

    Mr Ashton is also now the Blues' chairman, assuming the role from Mike O'Leary following his retirement in the summer.

    We'll be chatting about the club's survival chances, whether funds are available for squad strengthening in January, how the future will look if they end up being relegated, ongoing ground improvements and developing the club's academy among many other things.

    You will be able to watch the discussion as it is video-streamed live from the BBC Radio Suffolk studio by clicking on the "Watch live" button at the top of this page, shortly after the programme gets under way at 18:00.

  3. Contact The Blue Hourpublished at 10:32 Greenwich Mean Time 4 November

    Contact The Blue Hour, so that Brenner can put your questions to Mark Ashton:

    • Phone on 0800 141 2121 (only ring this number when on air 18:00-19:00)

    In advance and during the programme:

    • Email brenner@bbc.co.uk
    • Text us on 81333 starting the message with "SFK".
    • WhatsApp us on 08000 321 222 starting your message with "Suffolk".

    These and other ways of contacting BBC Radio Suffolk are permanently listed here.