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Daily Mail
4 days ago
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- Daily Mail
Ed Sheeran hits back at TikToker who branded Ipswich's decision to give singer No 17 shirt as 'embarrassing' - as he explains the real reason why it happened
Ed Sheeran has hit back at a TikToker who criticised Ipswich 's decision to give the singer the No 17 shirt for the upcoming season. Sheeran has a minority stake of 1.4 per cent in his local club, which he acquired last year, and previously sponsored the club's kits. Having first been given the No 17 in 2021, Sheeran has also been allocated that number in subsequent seasons, apart from last campaign when Ipswich were in the Premier League. Sheeran has also performed concerts at Ipswich's Portman Road ground, with shirts with his name on the back helping to raise money for the club. However, when Ipswich announced their squad numbers for this season the decision to include Sheeran was criticised in some quarters. One popular poster on TikTok described the situation as 'baffling' and added that it shows that Ipswich are a 'tinpot' club. In a video posted on TikTok which has had over 700,000 views, Davoooo said: 'This is genuinely so embarrassing and so tinpot from Ipswich Town right here. 'The fact that this person even wants a number is so entitled it's unbelievable and the fact that Ipswich are giving him a number just shows how much of a small club they are and how tinpot they really are because what are they doing here? 'As you can see the Ipswich Town numbers have been released ahead of the new season and everything looks pretty normal there but then you see we have an imposter amongst us. 'The reason behind this is genuinely baffling. The real Ed Sheeran, the singer, he is No 17 at Ipswich Town. It's not even like he's taking a random number. Number 17 is a pretty desired number, there's a lot of good No 17s across world football but Ipswich decided to have Ed Sheeran. 'The reason behind it, you may as well just hand out a squad number to every single celebrity that supports your football club apparently. It says here Ed Sheeran, a lifelong Ipswich Town fan, got given the No 17 in the 2021-22 season. This gesture was a way for the club to acknowledge his support and connection to the team. 'To give him an actual squad number in your playing squad because he's a regular visitor to your stadium and has done a few concerts there is just tinpot.' Sheeran responded by writing: 'I bet you're fun at parties bruvva. I didn't ask for it btw they offered back in 2021 and it's been this since. The shirts sell a fair bit so brings in profit to the club. It's really not that deep.' Ipswich, who were relegated from the Premier League last season, get their Championship campaign underway on Friday night when they face Birmingham away. After purchasing a minority stake in Ipswich last year, Sheeran wrote on Instagram: 'Really excited to announce that I have bought a small percentage of my hometown football club. 'It's any football fan's dream to be an owner of the club they support, and I feel so grateful for this opportunity. 'I have lived in Suffolk since I was three years old and, while I travel the world and sometimes feel like an outsider in big cities, Suffolk and Ipswich have always made me feel part of the community and protected. 'It's such a joy to be a fan of Ipswich Town. There are ups and downs, but football is all about taking the highs and the lows.
The Irish Sun
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Fans in disbelief after finally realising who Ipswich's No17 is as club release their squad numbers
FANS have been left in shock after discovering who wears the No17 shirt for Ipswich. The Tractor Boys begin their Championship campaign on Friday with a trip to Birmingham City. 2 Ipswich's squad numbers have been revealed and a surprise name got the No17 Credit: X @IpswichTown 2 Singer Ed Sheeran is a minority owner of the club Credit: Getty Play Dream Team now! Play The Sun Dream Team ahead of the 2025/26 season Free to play Over £100,000 in total prize money Play in Mini Leagues against your mates Submit a team for Gameweek 1 to enter £5,000 prize draw Play via Dream Team's app or website today! But supporters will not see their No17 in action at St Andrew's because he is not a registered player. It is instead the number surprisingly given to pop star and minority shareholder Ed Sheeran. The singer is an Ipswich superfan and he owns 1.4 per cent of the club. Sheeran, 34, has been given a kit number as part of a publicity stunt and he has had the shirt since the 2021/22 season. READ MORE IN FOOTBALL SESK'S APPEAL Sesko makes decision between Man Utd and Newcastle as Leipzig accept £74m bid But fans were still in disbelief to see his name on the squad list. One said: "Ed Sheeran No17. Game has gone." A second joked: "Should be letting No17 go when your legs don't work like they used to before." Another commented: "It's like West Ham giving Danny Dyer a squad number." SUN VEGAS WELCOME OFFER: GET £50 BONUS WHEN YOU JOIN More laughed: "About time you gave that Sheeran a game." Ipswich's jerseys last season were sponsored by "+-=÷x Tour" - in reference to the singer's previous albums. Awkward moment Ed Sheeran politely asked to leave after gatecrashing Ruben Amorim interview live on Sky Sports Sheeran was a regular at Portman Road as his club were relegated from the Premier League. He caused huge controversy in November after gatecrashing an interview with Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim. Sheeran later admitted the awkward moment came as he "had about ten pints" and "did not realise" the boss was speaking live on TV.
The Herald Scotland
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Drama and excitement as guest conductor takes up the baton at BBC SSO
City Halls, Glasgow Keith Bruce four stars The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra marketed this live broadcast performance on the box office potential of Spanish pianist Javier Perianes playing Mozart's perennially-popular concerto No 17, and there was nothing wrong with that part of the programme, even if did seem a little strange that the soloist was relying on a score for a work he must have played many times. But for many in the hall, and listening on Radio 3, the real interest lay in the works on either side of the Mozart and in the conductor on the podium. Anja Bihlmaier is Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester and earlier in the day the announcement of the BBC Proms programme had included the news that she will premiere a new electric guitar concerto by Mark Simpson with Scotland's Sean Shibe on July 22 in the Royal Albert Hall. The work that filled the second half of this concert was also fairly new, the 2016 'symphonic suite' created by Manfred Honeck and Tomas Ille from Richard Strauss's opera Elektra. If the composer himself had crafted such an orchestral concert piece it would surely have sounded much along these lines, incorporating all the most compelling music in the score, culminating in an instrumental performance of the final scene. Read more Keith Bruce Bihlmaier gloried in the huge forces under her baton but was equally attentive to the moments that featured just front desk strings and wind soloists – much of the delight in this half hour of music came from her precision control of the dynamics. The orchestral Elektra may lack the sense of humour in Strauss's tone poems, but in all other respects can sit alongside them as a repertoire piece. The conductor began the concert with another new/old work celebrating females from dramatic tragedy. Melanie Bonis was taught by Cesar Franck and her Trois femmes de legende: Salome; Ophelia; The Dream of Cleopatra share elements of their orchestration with Ravel and Debussy. Composed in the first decade of the 20th century, they were only assembled as a suite a decade ago, which the RSNO and Thomas Sondergard played last Spring. If not quite as epic as the Strauss, it is also assured regular performances by the range of orchestral colour it contains, with terrific opportunities for the wind soloists – and Bihlmaier found all the drama in the lyrically-expressed fate of the Egyptian queen.
