Issue 1: October 2012, Editor: Susan Gardiner

Mr. Blue Sky thinking by Susan Gardiner, Gavin Barber divulges the contents of Simon Clegg’s lost USB memory stick, Alistair Rattray takes a look at how ITFC might improve its relationship with fans on and off the pitch, Susan Gardiner asks who really owns ITFC, Football Transfers for Dummies by Richard Woodward, Joe Fairs on how EPPP could affect Town,  Rob Freeman examines the club’s finances, former CE of Supporters’ Direct, Dave Boyle looks at the bigger picture, Mullet on the Supporters’ Club, Gavin Barber on passing his Town inheritance down to his son, Emma Corlett on the dilemma of bringing up a daughter with divided loyalties, The FA Youth Cup-winning squad of 2005: where are they now? by Susan Gardiner.

Printed copies of Issue 1 are SOLD OUT.

Issue 2: March 2013, Editor: Rob Freeman

Gavin Barber takes a sceptical look at the Cobbold era, there are more of the Simon Clegg Letters, Stuart Hellingsworth on Town fans and prejudice, The Two MDs by Gavin Barber, Rob Freeman on football’s authorities, Grant Bage asks Marcus Evans to talk to us (we’re still waiting), Susan Gardiner writes about the Supporters’ Club, Alasdair Ross on supporters’ trusts, A View from Elsewhere (AFC Wimbledon) by Clair Richardson, Stephen Skeet writes about Greek club FC Panathinaikos, Dave Gooderham on Town heroes (and villains), FREE fantasy football. 

Issue 3: September 2013, Editor: Gavin Barber

Doing it for the kids by Gavin Barber,  Susan Gardiner on Sir Bobby Robson and young players, A league of their own by the late William McGregor, Grant Bage writes about how the Academy looks after those who don’t make the big time, Rob Freeman on EPPP, exclusive interview with Adam Tanner and an ex-Town player who was his contemporary by Emma Corlett, Nick Ames on youth development in West Africa, Alasdair Ross wonders whether Sir Bobby Robson’s coaches could have scouted closer to home, interview with Susan Gardiner about her new book, Ipswich Town: A History, Joe Fairs reviews last season’s Academy, FREE half-time Bingo game.

Issue 4: February 2014, Editor: Emma Corlett

The theme was co-operation and community and it includes: That’s Entertainment by Gavin Barber, Susan Gardiner writes about Dale Roberts,Stephen Skeet on the parting of ways between ITFC and the Charitable Trust, Hull City AFC supporter and campaigner,Mark Gretton on No To Hull Tigers, Ten Reasons to Be Cheerful: why football is co-operative as well as competitive by Grant Bage, Emma Corlett suggests football clubs should give something back to their local community, we publish an EXCLUSIVE: a copy of a memorandum from Planet Blue’s Retail Overlord on the new marketing strategy (intercepted by Gavin Barber – we don’t know how he keeps managing to find all this stuff), Stuart Hellingsworth writes about mental health and football, Susan Gardiner looks at the role of the Supporter Liaison Officer and talks to ITFC’s own SLO, Sally Webb, Rob Freeman highlights that February is “Football v Homophobia month of action” with a piece about that subject and Alasdair Ross ask whether ITFC could or should do more to help local clubs further down the football ladder.

Issue 5: May 2014, Editor: Alasdair Ross

Our "International Issue" contained East to East by Graham Downes; Fair’s Fair (on Financial Fair Play and the Championship) by Rob Freeman; a sideways look at some of our – er – less successful signings by Gavin Barber, who has also written amusingly about a youthful trip to Moscow; Grant Bage pays tribute to a woman who “never played football and very rarely went,” but was nevertheless an important part of his Ipswich Town experience; journalist Nick Ames writes about Town’s connections with players from the Balkans; Susan Gardiner has spoken to Shane Supple about his time at PR and considers “life, football and the pursuit of happiness,” and there’s the usual fun stuff.

Issue 6: October 2014, Editor: Susan Gardiner

True Faith: an interview with Terry Butcher by Susan Gardiner; Working Overtime: Nigel “Needles” Nosworthy gives the low-down on his career as ITFC’s tattoo artist by Gavin Barber; Wilderness: what it was like for Coventry City fans to have to play at another club’s ground. Two articles by Coventry City supporters, Tom Murden and Sam Gayton; Transmission: Emma Corlett wonders if she’ll be able to pass her love for Town on to her daughter; Regret: Rob Freeman on the Ched Evans case; Special: an interview with George Burley by Gavin Barber; Here to Stay: further memoirs of our nineteenth-century correspondent, Peregrine Cuttlefish; Fine Time: memories of Wembley 2000 by James Scowcroft, Tony Mowbray and fans; Sub-culture: a brief history of ITFC fanzines by Susan Gardiner; Love Will Tear Us Apart: why we produce Turnstile Blues by Gavin Barber; Temptation: a new app for finding non-league matches; Unknown Pleasures: non-league football by Alasdair Ross.

Issue 7: March 2015, Editor: Grant Bage

Ipswich Reboot - MM & TC ride to the rescue: Stuart Hellingsworth analyses the management style of Mick McCarthy and Terry Connor; Two blokes and a Bedpan: Steve Robbins gives us a unique insight into the commentary work of Ipswich Hospital Radio; Why would we sell our best players: Rob Freeman gives a reminder that while things are rosier on the pitch these days, the club remains heavily in debt, and the owner's intentions remain unknown; Taking the chair - football's poisoned chalice: Former Macclesfield Town chairman Mike Rance tells us what life is like from the other side of the boardroom; Obviously: the latest chapter in the memoirs of our Victorian-era columnist, Peregrine Cuttlefish; Forty's naughty, especially in the Championship:Rob Freeman looks at the rise in ticket prices since Portman Road became all-seater; The early days: an interview with Jason Dozzell by Emma Corlett; Fraternising with the enemy: the East-Anglian derby, 1970s style by Grant Bage, and a look at some interesting ITFC-related graffiti that emerged in Cheshire in 1978.

Issue 8: April 2015, Editor: Rob Freeman

Fighting back: Part two of Emma's Corlett's fantastic interview with Jason Dozzell where he reflects on his life as a profiessional football, what happens when it ends, and his transition into coaching; Show Off: With the Football League television rights switching to Channel Five, Rob Freeman says goodbye and good riddance to the Football League Show; Health and Safety - Portman Road Style: With under-fives now banned from the lower tiers at Portman Road from next season for fear of flying footballs, Gavin Barber gets his hands on another internal memo with other measures to be taken by the club; Football For All: Do fans with disabilities get a raw deal at football? Stuart Hellingsworth investigates, and isn't impressed; Those Weren't The Days: Susan Gardiner looks at a brief history of Town-related hooliganism, and some of the methods used to prevent repeats; On board: Peregrine Cuttlefish finds himself at the first ever board meeting of Ipswich Town; B Gone: As the FA look at new ways of impsong Premier League B teams on the rest of football by entering the Johnstone's Paint Trophy, AFC Wimbledon board member Kris Stewart explains why they must be stopped; Keepers Together: Gavin Barber looks back at some of the more memorable goalies in Ipswich Town's past; Red Issue: Rob Freeman looks at the formation of fan-owned FC United of Manchester; United We Stand: FC United fan Chris Taylor tells us how a season that started with in-fighting will end with the club opening a new, largely self-financed stadium.

Issue 9: October 2015, Editor: Susan Gardiner

Sweating the Assets: After the club started charging £200 to become a matchday mascot, Gavin Barber uncovers the latest memo from Portman Road; All Together Now: Andrew Lawn looks at the early history of football chanting, and finds the oldest and most perfect football chant; I Don't Want To Go To Chelsea: Susan Gardiner finds the prospect of promotion to the Premer League scary; Here We Are Now, Entertain Us: Are fans still participants in football or passive witnesses in a pre-packaged spectacle? Gavin Barber investigates; People Have The Power: Rob Freeman looks at how protest has been the only way for some fans to save and enjoy their clubs; Only The Loanees: With the signings of Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Ryan Fraser having a positive impact, Gavin Barber looks at some of the more mixed results at Town's previous forays into the loan market; A Loan Again, Or: Meanwhile, Rob Freeman looks at how the loan system has changed over the years, and whether the current system is beneficial for all clubs, or just those at the top; Back To Life, Back To Reality: Former Queens Park Rangers academy player Jonny Brogden gives his account of time in semi-professional football after leaving Loftus Road; Welcome Refugees: With a refugee crisis in Syria looks at the early reaction from the football world, as well as looking back at Ipswich Town's most famous refugee - Shefki Kuqi; Games Without Frontiers: Alasdair Ross has been watching football in Germany again - do they have more fun that the rest of us?

Issue 10: March 2016, Editor: Stuart Hellingsworth

The passion and emotion issue. It contains: Hate: We go to the football to enjoy ourselves, don't we? Gavin Barber wonders if this is true for everyone; Friends: Grant Bage looks at how all-seater stadia has changed who we are surrounded by at the game; Support: Will Randle tells how football helped provide suppoenable him to progress from mental health problems; Memorabilia: From programmes to stickers, Rob Freeman looks at how the way that the paraphernalia throughout the game has changed; Down Under: Susan Gardiner looks at the East Anglian derby - Australia style; Respect: Stuart Hellingsworth writes about a case of racism that has divided Australian sport; Help: Stuart Hellingsworth looks at the way that fans and players have helped those with a greater need; Dear Chambo: Turnstile Blues' new agony ant talks exclusively to Susan Gardiner; How to...: Gavin Barber and Stuart Hellingsworth teach you how to fist pump, Luke Chambers-style; Love: Has Stuart Hellingsworth  ever told you what he thinks of Luke Chambers?; Memoriam: Susan Gardiner'stribute to John Miller.

Issue 11: April 2016, Editor: Rob Freeman

The Beautiful South: A view from the Sir Alf Ramsey stand by Ian Crissell; Changes: Gavin Barber looks at how Leicester City's unlikely march to the Premier League title might lead to the big boys trying to take the ball away again; Debut: In the wake of a great League debut by Liam Feeney, Rob Freeman takes a brief look at some other memorable first games; Dying For The World Cup: With concerns over human rights abuses and a high death toll in building the stadia for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Stuart Hellingsworth looks into the allegations, and asks whether the price of the World Cup is too high; History: Gavin Barber has a new book out about the socio-anthropological history of football at Portman Road over the years (or does he?); Up For The Cup?: With Ipswich meekly bowing out of the cup at the first stage again, Rob Freeman wonders if anyone at the club cares about the world's oldest football competition anymore; Welcome To The Cheap Seats?: Portman Road used to be one of the most welcoming grounds for away fans in the country. As well as having some of the highest prices in the Championship, reports about over-officious stewarding have come from away fans - Susan Gardiner looks into it

Issue 12: September 2016, Editor: Rob Freeman

The Heritage Issue: Nostalgia Isn't What It Used To Be: Does venerating our heroes cause problems for our current players? By Ian Crissell; Citius. Altius. Unfortunate: Gavin Barber looks at an embarrassing for Ipswich Town's owner; Why Ipswich?: Stuart Hellingsworth grew up in Norfolk, so how did he end up supporting the Town?; Vicious Streak: Susan Gardiner heard about a "Mick McCarthy out" campaign on the radio - is it fair?; Dame Juliana Of Norwich's Big Day Out: Grant Bage has an insight into how a 600+ year old figure helped inspire key figures at the club; Evidently Ipswich Town: Rob Freeman channels his inner John Cooper Clarke; Poetry In Motion: Grant Bage finds more historical figures influencing ITFC; The Art Of The Football Programme: Alan Benedick tells us why some people collect football programmes, and highlights a little quirk in the 1978 Cup Final programme

Issue 13: January 2017, Editor: Grant Bage & Stuart Hellingsworth

Old Ronnie Moore's Almanac: The Ipswich manager that never was gives his predictions for 2017; The Past Is The Present, The Future Is Mine: Gavin Barber worries about how the current malaise will not just affect the current generation, but the next one; The Art Of Scouting: Alan Benedick gives a scout's eye view of the Championship; Prospects: Susan Gardiner wonders about at how the Academy is performing now, and how the Academy was; I'm Hurting, I'm Really Hurting: Gavin Barber looks back at some of our more injury prone players; Think Global, Act Local: Grant Bage wonders if globalisation is to blame for Town's current lack of fortune; Is There A Cure For Apathy - Or Does No-One Seem To Care?: Matt Makin fell in love with ITFC twenty years ago, is he falling out of love with them now?; I Think I May Have Fallen Out Planet Football: Rob Freeman has found that the his own malaise extends way beyond Portman Road; Paul Mariner Will Always Be God: Can you guess who Stuart Hellingsworth's favourite player is?; The Wanderer - The Story Of Frank Soo: Susan Gardiner writes about her new book, looking at the life of the only player with Chinese herigate to play for England - Frank Soo.

Issue 14: April 2017, Editor: Matt Makin

Generation Lost: Does a rise in season ticket prices, including a 500% rise in the U12 season ticket risk reducing the number of youngsters attending? By Matt Makin; Take A Look At The Law Man, Beating Up The Wrong Guy: Gavin Barber reads an Ian Milne interview and wakes up in 1973; This Was One Day I Had Looked Forward To My Entire Life: All Stephen Skeet wanted was to introduce his children to Portman Road, then they withdrew the £10 child season tickets; MC Milne: Gavin Barber and Stuart Hellingsworth investigate (or is that invent) MD Ian Milne's pre-Ipswich Town career; An Outsider's View From IP1: "The Outsider" looks at the club, from the outside; Sir Bobby Robson - A Baggies Perspective: Most of the restrospectives on Sir Bobby Robson's life look at his managerial career - John Baker instead looks at Sir Bobby's time as a player at West Bromwich Albion; World In Motion: Gavin Barber waxes lyrical about his youth and Italia '90; Mick McCarthy - A Review: Out of touch dinosaur, or a convenient scapegoat? Rob Freeman investigates; Focus On The Problem: Stuart Hellingsworth considers where the current criticism of the club should be focused; Testing Times And Multiple Choices: Grant Bage gives a breakdown of the current state of affairs, and what all parties could do to change it; A Reminder Of How Football Is Generally Full Of Kindness: A short feature highlighting how Borussia Dortmund fans handled their opponents Monaco and their fans being stranded overnight after a late forced postponement of their Champions League game.

Issue 15: August 2017, Editor: Gavin Barber

The Ex Files: We speak to a number of recently departed club employees who had raised concerns about how the club was run; Name That 'Tache: Gavin Barber asks if you can put the name to a legendary Town moustache; This Is Where We Came In: All Steve Moore looks back at previous opening days of the season; It Takes Two: Gavin Barber interviews Game Changers author Tom van Hulsen about his book about Arnold Mühren and Frans Thijssen; More That Unites Than Divides: Stuart Hellingsworth considers how current political events may affect the future of football in England Shock Of The New: One new fan became hooked on Mick McCarthy's unique brand of pragmatism - Tracy Craven describes how she became part of the Portman Road community; Play To The Whistle: Grant Bage speaks to Julia Ladbroke about her experience refereeing the men's game; Knowing ME, Knowing EU: Who said it? Marcus Evans or Jean Claude Juncker? Stuart Hellingsworth asks the questions; Caught With Their Bantz Down: Matt Makin airs his views on banter being the all-encompassing excuse; Greek Tragedy: Stephen Skeet talks about his experiences of being on the wrong end of racist abuse when playing football in Greece; Good Evans: Stuart Hellingsworth ponders some of the value of changes in the close season; Panel Beaters: Our application to join the new Fans Panel; Brighton Roll On While Blackpool Rock: Rob Freeman looks at life elsewhere in the League; Trust In The Future: Alasdair Ross and Grant Bage provide an update on Ipswich Town First;

Issue 16: December 2017, Editor: Gavin Barber & Matt Makin

Ten Years of Marcus Evans. Now And Then: Steve Moore looks back over Marcus Evans decade as owner of the club; Times Tables: Stephen Skeet enlists the help of Seán Salter to tell the story of the last ten years in numbers; Going Nowhere, Slowly: Grant Bage wonders whether another world is possible; Counting Sheepshanks: Rob Freeman compares Marcus Evans to his predecessor David Sheepshanks; Future Imperfect: Matt Makin decides to look forward to the next century Taking The Mic: Gavin Barber speaks to BBC reporter and commentator Robyn Cowen about her career, the life of a female sports reporter in the age of social media, and what it's like interviewing Mick McCarthy; Ward Of Court: Stuart Hellingsworth looks at how Leeds United losing an industrial tribunal case concerning unlawful dismissal and sexual discrimination could affect Ipswich Town; Weighty Matters: Matt Makin explains how a weekly six-a-side programme at ITFC has left him a different man;

Issue 17: April 2018, Editor: Stuart Hellingsworth

Why So Angry?: Gavin Barber wonders when everything became so joyless; Community Involvement: Stephen Skeet looks at the problems and offers solutions of football clubs being involved in the community; The Fight For Champion Hill: Stuart Hellingsworth looks at the problems currently faced by Dulwich Hamlet; An advertisment on behalf of Mickma Public Relations; Steve Moore attempts to add some clarity to the long running debate about Mick McCarthy's style of football and the Championship Kieron Dyer: Matt Makin gives his view on Dyer's recently released autobiography; Investing In Non-League: Will Randle follows the rollercoaster of Lowestoft Town; The A Team: Mick McCarthy interviews Ed Sheeran; VAR: Rob Freeman explains why Video Assitant Referees need to be shown the red card;

Issue 18: October 2018, Editor: Stephen Skeet

The Beat: Tributes to Kevin Beattie from Gavin Barber, Graham Blackburn, David Dymond, Julian Hughes, Colin Kriedewolf and Matt Makin; Broadcast Blues: Gavin Barber interviews Gerry Harrison about his legendary broadcasting career; Just About Managing?: With Paul Hurst's career off to a slow start, Grant Bage looks at the early days of other Town managers; How long can a club drift without sinking?; Steve Moore looks at past mistakes of Marcus Evans, and why 2018-2019 holds more of the same, and why we should fear relegation. Man-Up: Stuart Hellingsworth wonders whether Paul Hurst should have taken a more pastoral approach with Tom Adeyemi, rather than suggesting he toughen up in public; The Huddersfield Myth: Rob Freeman has heard how Huddersfield got promoted despite hardly spending, and explains how this wasn't quite the case, and how it shouldn't apply to Ipswich.; Oz: Stuart Hellingsworth and Will Randall pay tribute to well known fan Oz, who passwed away earlier in the year;

Printed copies of Issue 18 are SOLD OUT.

Issue 19: January 2019, Editor: Steve Moore

Hiding in Plain Sight: Gavin Barber asks whether Marcus Evans' refusal to engage with supporters affects the his perception; Acting Up?: Grant Bage interviews Max Helm of Blue Action about their attempts to improve the atmosphere at Portman Road; Ticketing Boon: Thanks to an initiative originated by fans on social media, many fans who wouldn't normally be able to attend games at Portman Road were able to see the West Bromwich Albion home game, Stephen Skeet looks at the initiative; This Is The Modern World; Gavin Barber found out that football still has a long way to go, to be inclusive. Two sides of East Anglia: Norwich fan Andrew Lawn looks at Paul Lambert's time up the road.; Benefits Of Relegation?: Stuart Hellingsworth questions whether going down might not be a bad thing.; Odds Off: Rob Freeman looks at the rise of betting sponsorship and advertising in football;What Is A Club?: Gemma Makin offers some reasons why we bother with football;

Printed copies of Issue 19 are SOLD OUT.

Issue 20: April 2019, Editor: Grant Bage

The next issue of Turnstile Blues will be out on Easter Monday, 22nd April - prior to the home game against Swansea City.

Just Seventeen: Gavin Barber looks back at the longest unbroken run in the Championship.; Opportunities? Or ... let's not make lots of money: Steve Moore looks at the the traumas of the missed opportunities and bad decisions of the last seventeen years; Blue Print For The Future: Ian Crissell goes undercover at a recent season ticket holder event at Portman Road; Tales Of King Arthur; Arthur Winchester remembers the last time Ipswich were in the third tier. Grant Bage interviews him. Learning From Your Mistakes (Or Not): Matt Makin offers Marcus Evans some advice; The Cost Of Lying: Rob Freeman questions whether points deductions are the right penalty for breaching financial fair play.; Fair Play?: With the rise in racist abuse, Stuart Hellingsworth calls on football clubs and league to call out racism more;Third Way: Gavin Barber looks forward to what to expect in League One;

Issue 21: September 2019, Editor: Steve Moore

Dead & Buried: Bury fan James Bentley looks at how the demise of Bury FC and the near demise of Bolton Wanderers garnered more attention than the transfer window; Leagues Apart: Rob Freeman asks what the Football League is actually for, given the failures of Bolton and Bury; Inbetween days: In order that no-one else has to, Steve Moore looks back at last season, and wonders where we might go from here; Somewhere, over the rainbow; Emma Corlett interviews Di Cunningham of the Proud Canaries for a chat about inclusivity, visibilty and being 'out' at football home and away; A question of trust: With the relaunch of the ITFC Community Trust, Stephen Skeet looks at what ITFC has missed in it's absence; Staying Out For The Summer: Gavin Barber interviews BBC Commentator Robyn Cowen about being at the heart of the 2019 Women's World Cup in France; Foot Grace: In an exclusive extract from his new memoir, “Holy Goalpost“, The Reverend Percy St-Bizzle lifts the lid on life behind the scenes at Portman Road during the club’s most glorious era - as told to Gavin Barber; Made up Paul Lambert facts: As compiled, after extensive research, by  Stuart Hellingsworth and Gavin Barber; Respect your ref!: Stuart Hellingsworth Stu Hellingsworth looks at the little-loved but rather important role of the referee, including a chat with two amateur referees;

Issue 22: January 2020, Editor: Gavin Barber

Lee Way: Ever since this fanzine was founded, back in that Olympian year of 2012, we’ve been asking our football club for a leadership interview. And perhaps as part of a wider cultural change at the club, that interview has finally happened. Nobody in a leadership position at Ipswich Town is as soaked in blue and white as Lee O’Neill.; Managing Change: With some Town fans calling for a change in the Portman Road dug-out, Steve Moore looks back at how previous managerial appointments have been received by fans, and how they’ve worked out over time; Gold standard: It’s been heartening to see the ITFC Women’s team given a higher profile by the club this season. Gemma Makin is one of many who’ve made the journey down the A14 to watch them, and she likes what she sees; Distant Memory; To understand football’s present, we have to understand its past, and Stuart Hellingsworth has been poking around in the annals of history.; Share issue: Town fans continue to wonder what 12 years’ of Marcus Evans’s ownership have done to the club’s future prospects, on and off the pitch. Rob Freeman looks at the a possible future sale of the club, and reveals that it’s even more complicated than we might have thought; Decade reaction: Richard Woodall looks back over the last ten years and wonders how they could have been so different. What ‘what ifs’ could have prevented Ipswich Town from unravelling over the last decade?; Debut taunts: The last ten years saw a marked spike in the turnover of playing staff at Portman Road. Stephen Skeet looks back over a decade that saw an astonishing number of Ipswich Town debuts – and a similarly notable number of rapid exits; Pod complex: Any podcast named after a New Order song gets the Turnstile Blues seal of approval. Matt Makin chatted with the architects of the Blue Monday podcast to find out more about its success;