Published: 10:05 EDT, 19 October 2024 | Updated: 10:52 EDT, 19 October 2024

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Saturday's Premier League game between Ipswich Town and Everton was unable to start on time due to 'turnstile issues'.

The game, Ipswich's fourth home fixture following their promotion to the Premier League, had been due to kick off at 3pm.

However, it was delayed by 15 minutes.

A second statement 11 minutes later then added: 'This afternoon's game will now kick-off at 3.15pm.'

Kick-off between Everton and Ipswich Town on Saturday was delayed from 3pm until 3.15pm

The Toffees tweeted from their official X (formerly Twitter) account at 2.50pm: 'Due to IT issues here at Portman Road, kick-off has been delayed until 3.15pm.'

Everton's players had already finished their pre-match warm-up when news of the delay broke.

Sean Dyche's men then returned to the pitch to continue warming up.

The issues at Portman Road meant that the stadium was nowhere near full as the clock approached 3pm.

But a third statement from Ipswich at 3.05pm confirmed that the problem, now described as a 'localised power issue', had been resolved and the stadium soon filled up.

Everton reported via X (formerly Twitter) that the game had been delayed due to 'IT issues'

Fans had to wait just 17 minutes for the opening goal, which was scored by Everton attacking midfielder Iliman Ndiaye.

Famous Ipswich fan Ed Sheeran was among the crowd on Saturday.